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PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.123 (1300Z & 1530Z) (FCO guidance telegrams 65 & 67) [on nuclear aspects & Rio Treaty] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.124 (Argentine terrorist group) [threatening letters received in Montevideo, close watch being kept, but HMG does not believe Argentina would connive at acts so damaging to its international standing] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Ankara telegram 1160 to FCO (1340Z) ("Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.125 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Northwood") [arrived shortly before midday, briefed by Fieldhouse; lunch afterwards at Admiralty House] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.126 ("Argentine prisoners") [Geneva Conventions apply to prisoners taken; "We are NOT at war with Argentina"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department (1429Z) ("Falklands dispute: attitudes in the military") ["increasing solidarity and a degree of cockiness about the outcome"] [declassified 2001]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (1430Z) ("Falklands: Norwegian Ban on Argentine Imports") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Pym PS ("Announcement of additonal measures going beyond the Maritime Exclusion Zone") [warning to Argentina conveyed through Swiss, "we thought it tactically wise to play this in fairly slow time"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: HMG notice to Argentina ("Text of communication from HMG to Swiss Government dated 23 April 1982") [warning that "any approach on the part of Argentine warships, including submarines, naval auxiliaries, or military aircraft which could amount to a threat to interfere with the mission of British forces in the South Atlantic will encounter the appropriate response"] [this copy declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 64 to UKE Berne (1445Z) (warning from HMG to be conveyed by Swiss to Argentine Government) [all Argentine naval and aircraft will be considered hostile and will "encounter the appropriate response"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 29th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 157/742/1 (1515Z) ("Special Projects Group - Paper No 4: Nimrod Air-to-Air Refuelling Capability") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Agenda for MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 29th Meeting/82 (1515Z) (Operation Corporate Strategy, Meeting with Ministers, Appreciation by the Air Force Department) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 29th Meeting/82 (1515Z) (Vulcan Attacks on Port Stanley Airfield, Strategy, Meeting with Ministers) [full minutes including attendance list] [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 29th Meeting/82 (1515Z) (Vulcan Attacks on Port Stanley Airfield, Strategy, Meeting with Ministers) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO (1537Z) ("Stability of Spanish Government") [fallout from failed military coup; Falklands/Gibraltar; forthcoming elections; terrorism] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1545Z) (Falkland Islands - Sales of Hydrographic Charts) [sales suspended] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1600Z) (Falkland Islands - Merchant Seamen) [reports of racial vetting of people on the Task Force] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to South Atlantic Presentation Unit (1645Z) (Pym's Visit to Washington; Status of South Georgia; Task Force Plans) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym interview for BBC Radio 4 (1700Z) (the Falklands crisis: negotiations with Argentina)
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: BBC Radio 4 interview for 6pm News (1700Z) (Francis Pym in Washington on the Falklands) ["we remain determined to work for a peaceful solution if it is humanely possible ... But we shall not shrink from the use of force if that is necessary"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires (1717Z) ("Message from Lami Dozo: setting the record straight") [GOA appeals to Rio Treaty only hours after warning Haig] [declassified 2001]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1416 to FCO (1728Z) ("Falklands: Satellite Coverage") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Haig off the record briefing to Newsweek (1750Z) (shuttle diplomacy) [junta: "there are as many as 40 to 50 guys who can veto anything"] [declassified 2002]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 41 to FCO (1805Z) ("Argentine War Zone") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 824 to UKE Washington (1915Z) (message for Pym from Acland) [warning to Argentinians on lines already approved by OD(SA), driven by need to respond to Argentine 707 reconaissance flights, Sea Harriers given ROEs to drive them away but not attack] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department record of conversation (1915–2130Z) (Pym, Haig) [Falkland Islands framework] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: US draft of peace agreement (as of 23rd April) [Haig proposals delivered via Pym & unacceptable to MT] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Enders & Middendorf memorandum to Haig ("Falkland Islands: Preparing for the Rio Treaty MFM") [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: NSC staff memorandum to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ("Falklands") [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington record of conversation (Pym-Judge Clark) [Judge Clark floats trusteeship idea] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 108 to FCO (1945Z) ("Falklands/OAS") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 543 to FCO (2005Z) ("Visit of Deputy Leader of the Opposition") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram to MODUK (2010Z) ("Falkland Crisis Press 23 April") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Mexico City telegram 315 to FCO (2040Z) ("Falklands/OAS") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 109 to FCO (2045Z) ("Falklands: Brazilian Arms Sales to Argentina") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Ad Referendum Agreement Reached on Taba Border Dispute, El Salvador: Coalition Building, German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Conference") [declassified 2016]
Text 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Walters MSS) Economy: Alan Walters diary [back from Sri Lanka, nothing much except Falklands][released 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions including US report) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: GCHQ intercept of Argentine signal (2126Z) ("Argentine naval/air activity: destroyer Trinidad reports results of naval/air exercise") ["extremely effective"] [declassified May 2023]

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