Search

Search

Searched for: 1982cac. Subject: Defence (Falklands).

Showing items 1 - 100 of 944.

PDF 71 Aug 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Exchange of Notes between HMG and Argentine Government ("Communications between the Falkland Islands and the Argentine Mainland") [MT copy of 1971 White Paper] [released 2013]
PDF 81 Sep 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Defence Secretariat paper for the Chiefs of Staff ("Defence Implications of Argentine Action Against the Falkland Islands") [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jan 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to C. Needham (withdrawal of HMS Endurance from service) ["the relatively limited contribution made by HMS Endurance to our defence capability does not justify the continued expense of running her"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Mrs Nichols (withdrawal of HMS Endurance from service) ["Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines Garrison...is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 26 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Hugh Clover Minute "Week Ahead" (EC Budget, Economy Falkland Islands talks) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: Gow note to MT ("Captain John Moore, R.N. (Retired)") [Moore delivers letters on the navy to Gow, highly critical of "grievous lack of leadership"; Admiral Leach's support for Fieldhouse rather than Eberle as his successor] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1600Z) (Falklands, Cable TV, Northern Ireland, Thorn) [had approached Argentinians to express concern at landing on South Georgia; understood that they had now left] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Law & Order; Other Crime; London Transport ... Falkland Islands) ["FT says 50 scrap metal merchants land and hoist Argentine flag; Guardian sees it as a comic opera episode but we haven't heard the last of it"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 90 to FCO (1510Z) ("South Georgia: Argentine Press Treatment") [range of reactions from factual to hysterical; brief MFA statement - MT copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Pattison minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Luce's statement to the Commons regarding Argentine landing on South Georgia; "tough questioning from both sides of the House"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 91 to FCO (1642Z) (Argentine landing on South Georgia) [UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires warned by Argentine Foreign Minister Costa Mendez that "harsh action will produce a harsh response" - MT copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Coles note to MT (Argentine landing on South Georgia) [FCO view: "the situation is intolerable...the remaining Argentinian personnel must be removed"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Hillhead [by-election]; Unemployment; Law & Order) [no mention of Falklands] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (Science in India exhibition, press notices, EC briefing, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], EC mandate, Reagan visit) [plus copy of Luce statement in Commons] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Hillhead [by-election]; Law & Order; Education; Economy ... Falklands) ["We send a gunboat - Endurance which sets off argument as to whether Endurance should be scrapped; D/Star says clear off Argentina"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1100Z) (meeting of ministers, Queen's awards, law and order, NCB, Hillhead by-election) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Easter Recess; Northern Ireland; Defence - Trident, Defence - Endurance, Defence - Rhine Army; living standards) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Falklands/Press Office: UKE Buneos Aires telegram 104 to FCO (2005Z) ("South Georgia: Argentina Press Treatment") [illegal landing on South Georgia] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 27 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Prime Minister: MT engagement diary ("Prime Minister's Engagements for the Week Beginning Saturday, 27 March, 1982") [plan for week pre-Falklands; the week that never was] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 27 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Politics - Hillhead by-election; Economy; Industry ... Falklands) ["We don't seem to be getting anywhere fast with our plans for peaceful removal of scrap metal men from South Georgia"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 115 to FCO (1406Z) ("South Georgia") [UK Ambassador's talks with Argentine Foreign Ministers, Costa Mendez and Ros - MT copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 116 to FCO (1500Z) ("South Georgia") [Costa Mendez message to Carrington: "the present situation is the direct result of the persistent lack of recognition [by UK of Argentine claim to Malvinas]" - MT copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 117 to FCO (1550Z) ("South Georgia") [Williams' advice on Costa Mendez message to Carrington: "I fear that the Argentines intend no move to resolve the dispute"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Governor Falklands telegram 58 to FCO (1855Z) ("South Georgia") [Governor Hunt comments on "basic inaccuracies" in Costa Mendez's message to Carrington; "I am appalled at the arrogance of the message"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Law and Order, Falkland Islands, El Salvador, Economy) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falkland Islands, El Salvador, Law & Order, Police) ["This looks like being a foreign affairs week"; Falklands: "Most papers have confrontation stories as Argentina is reported to be sending gunboats to South Georgia"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (EEC, El Salvador, Falklands, Law & Order) [Falklands: Telegraph condemns FCO for "determination not to comment"; Sun "urges toughness in negotiations"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (MT's day, Falklands statements, European Council, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], meeting with Haughey, HMS Endurance) [refused to comment on stories of a reprieve for the ship] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Falklands, European Council) [refused to discuss options or back up for HMS Endurance] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (European Council, Falklands, Economy, Industry) [Falklands: "This is the next big story - and the story is in the pops - with gunboats, including Navy oil tankers and nuke submarines heading south for a confrontation with the Argentines"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (Ronald Bell, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Falklands, EC mandate) [Falklands: "Inevitably the PM was being kept in touch. ... We were seeking a diplomatic solution"; would not confirm or deny ship or submarine movements] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT reading at Sir Ronald Bell's memorial service (1100Z) (Ephesians 6, 10-18) ["For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness in this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places"] [this text released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (India, British Rail, Falklands, European Community) [Falklands: although Carrington in Israel, still leading on this matter; MT "would continue to take a close interest"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands) [extract - Sun sees "welcome touch of strength", Times leader questions dramatising incident by sending HMS Endurance] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (Cabinet, meeting of ministers, Northern Ireland, Falklands, European Community) [could not confirm that submarines, nuclear or otherwise, had been despatched] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.73 ("Falkland Islands") [UK seeking a peaceful and diplomatic resolution] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing by Lord President (1515Z) (Northern Ireland, C&AG, Privatisation of ROFs, Falklands, capital punishment) [Falklands: encouraged suggestion that "Argentinians were in a certain amount of difficulty and that the issue might help them internally"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.74 ("Falklands") [UNSG's appeal; "We have used every effort to bring about a solution by diplomatic means"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Prime Minister: MT engagement diary ("Prime Minister's Engagements for the Week Beginning Friday 2 April") [pre-Falklands plan; the week that never was] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 363 to FCO (0329Z) ("Falkland Islands Crisis") [Parsons' statement of 1 April to UN Security Council - MT copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands, Northern Ireland, industrial disputes) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Hugh Colver minute for MT (“Week Ahead”) ["Major News Events are likely to include the Falkland Islands"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.76 ("Falkland Islands: Citizenship and Radio") ["We should avoid getting into the numbers game but remind people of the Government's commitment to the Falklanders"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1030Z) (Cabinet, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Falklands, FCO news conference) ["We could not confirm reports of any invasion"; MT returned from Windsor 11pm last night for meeting of ministers] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: FCO press conference (1130Z) (Falklands) [could not confirm invasion reports, but appeared imminent] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: FCO note (c1200Z) ("Falklands") [British Antarctic Survey ship RSS Bransfield intercepts Falkland Island radio saying that 200 troops have landed: "We must accept this as confirmation of an Argentine landing" - MT's copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Minutes of a meeting of representatives of Government Departments (1330Z) ("Immediate Implications for Civil Departments of an Argentinian Invasion of the Falkland Islands") [MT's copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT message to Commonwealth Heads of Government (1340Z) ("Falkland Islands") [seeks support for UK and condemnation of Argentine invasion of the Falklands] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1350Z) (Falklands) ["We had no confirmation of an invasion"; "It was incorrect to say the Government was regarding the matter as a 'war situation'. We regarded it as a grave situation"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Falklands/Press Office: BBC World Service news report (1500Z) (account of Argentine invasion of the islands)
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Carrington-Nott press conference (1700Z) (confirming and condemning invasion)
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.78 (1930Z) ("Falklands - Security Council") [draft British resolution and statement by British Permanent Representative] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (2000Z) (chronology) [event during the day] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT notes for speech to House of Commons (0100Z?) ("Events This Week") ["The Government has now decided that the fleet will sail as soon as all preparations are complete"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: New Zealand PM Muldoon message to MT (0110Z) (Argentine invasion) ["we stand ready to help in whatever way may be appropriate"; statement condemning "armed aggression" - MT copy] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Fraser of Australia letter to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) ["I agree with you completely as to the gravity of this use of armed force"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1100Z) (Falklands) ["We refused to play the head-hunting game or to indulge in speculation along the lines that the Falklands would be impossible to recapture and so we were talking about a naval blockade"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Gow notes (1310Z?) (1922 Committee Meeting: The invasion of the Falkland Islands) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Gow notes (1310Z?) (1922 Committee Meeting: The invasion of the Falkland Islands) [transcript of Gow's notes] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Falklands) ["a task force was going to sail subject to orders"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 129 to FCO (0605Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Prime Minister Fraser of Australia announces full support for UK Government against Argentine "invasion and occupation"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands, Argentine assets frozen, UN support) [Government felt to have suffered Parliamentary humiliation] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin 78 (Facts; Indications from press reports; Ministers; Governor's party; Press arrangements; Prince Andrew; Other points) [British marines on South Georgia overwhelmed] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 295 to FCO (1120Z) ("Falkland Islands") [German Ambassador to BA meets with Galtieri: "Galtieri added that he had no special confidence in US attempts to mediate in the dispute. He preferred to look to Europe to do this"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1600Z) (Falkland situation) [detailed update; Prince Andrew to sail on HMS Invincible; refuted suggestion of cabinet changes] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham note to MT ("ITN Tomorrow") [interview with Glyn Mathias will focus on Falklands] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (?0700Z) (Week Ahead; Falklands, US support, resignations, public borrowing, unions and pay) ["Press generally baying for Lord Carrington's blood ... his friends say he is thinking of resigning"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Press Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note of BBC Today ("Today summary April 5") [main news items; "Mrs Thatcher not looking for any resignations at present"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Price of Belize message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [Price condemns invasion and calls for withdrawal of Argentine forces] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Note to Press Officers ("Possible Economic and Trade Sanctions Against Argentina") [HMG "considering a wide range of options including diplomatic and economic measures"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: FCO note to No.10 ("Communications with Port Stanley") [report on functioning of outside communications with Port Stanley prior to Argentine invasion] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: FCO minute to FCO News Department ("Falkland Islands: ICRC") [ICRC sensitive as to their neutrality] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (Lord Butler, HC Statement on NI, Falklands) [MT "not of a mood to want resignations", her view was that "this was a time for the Government to pull together and unite"; HMS Invincible sailed at 10am] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Commonwealth Secretary General Ramphal message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) ["I share your condemnation of Argentina's reprehensible conduct in this matter"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Charles of Dominica message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [condemns invasion] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin (Canberra requisitioned as a troop carrier, marines) [plus sitrep for guidance of press officers] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.79 ("Prime Minister's meeting with Governor and marines") [account of meeting; biographical notes] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Pattison minute to Whitmore (John Nott's resignation letter) [Nott wants his resignation letter made public, ideally with a reply from MT giving reasons for rejecting it, to be published alongside, essential for his position here and with the Task Force] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1150Z) (Resignations) [Carrington resigned "as he believed that this was the only honourable course for him to pursue"; "no question of [MT] sacking Lord Carrington or rebuking him"; Nott resignation refused] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT note to ?Gow (appointment of new Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary) ["It was Francis or George Younger...I realise your worries"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Notice (resignations) [exchanges of letters between MT and departing ministers] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Thapa of Nepal message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) ["The use of force by any country against another is fraught with serious consequences for stability and peace"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: President Jayewardene of Sri Lanka message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) ["Sri Lanka condemns the use of force in the settlement of any international disputes"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: FCO press conference transcript (1430Z) (Governor Rex Hunt, Majors Noonan and Norman) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) ('Resignations') [Carrington, Atkins & Luce resign; stressed that MT "was not of a mind to seek resignations"; "we did not know of any plans the PM might have to resign"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: CCO press release (1500Z) (Winston Churchill MP speech in Loughborough) [failure to deter; "Weakness ... invariably invites aggression"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 press notice (Ministerial Appointments) [Pym as Foreign Secretary, Biffen as Lord President, taskforce sets sail] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Mower minute to MT ("Interviews") [briefing for interviews with ITN and the BBC on Falklands, Carrington's resignation, use of force, US attitudes] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1710Z) (ministerial appointments) [MT's objective "was to return the Falklands to British sovereignty"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Jock Bruce-Gardyne letter to MT (Bruce-Gardyne urges compromise with Argentina) ["More spectacular solutions may appeal to the gallery: but would they last?"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Laurens van der Post letter to MT (advice for MT on influencing public opinion) ["one supreme value...which is at stake": "naked aggression will not be allowed and wherever it occurs, it will be resisted and overcome"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands, EC, international and domestic support, unions and pay) [Times and Telegraph allege "we knew of invasion plan 10 days ago and ignored it"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.82 (UNSCR502) [reissues text of UNSCR502] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.83 ("UK import ban on Argentine goods") [announcement of immediate total ban; urgently seeking EC help to stop Argentine imports being reexported to UK] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Walters note to MT ("The Gilt Market") [fall in gilt edged securities is a vote of confidence in MT: "It reflects a fear that you may lose control of the Government"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) ("PM's Day, Cabinet, Questions, Ulf Adelson, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Publications, Bill, Mr Heath, Ministerial Appointments, Advance Warning ...") ["we could not be sure that the consequential Ministerial appointments would all be completed today"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Carrington letter to MT (Carrington's decision to resign) ["I was right to go. There would have been continual pressure & such advice as I gave you would have been questioned. The Party will now unite behind you..."] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Carrington message to FCO ("Farewell Message from Lord Carrington") ["Most of this criticism [of Government Falklands policy] has in my view been unfounded. But I was responsible...and it is right that I should have resigned"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Jopling minute to Pym (reaction within the Parliamentary Party to Falklands situation) [account of views of individual MPs] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Foreign Policy: Hugh Thomas minute to MT (recommends foreign policy unit at No.10) [unit would be "comparable to the US National Security Council"] [released 2013]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

Legend

  • Full Text Full text on site
  • PDF PDF
  • Photo Photo
  • Video Video
  • Audio Audio
  • Info Only Info only (no text available)
  • CD Only Text on CD only