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PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: King of Spain letter to UN Secretary-General (the Falklands conflict) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Muscat telegram 142 to FCO (0928Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Sultan of Oman confirms support for UK; expresses concerns over US attitude] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 42nd Meeting/82 (0930Z) (Operation Corporate, Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Special Forces) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Algeria: MT message to Prime Minister Abdelghani of Algeria (0930Z) ("Death of Algerian Foreign Minister") [condolences] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Diplomatic moves, Cabinet, Ceasefire, Military developments, Prospects, World Opinion, Reagan) ["Our constructive response did not necessarily mean acceptance"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 23rd (1045Z) (Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Dublin telegram 130 to FCO (1100Z) ("Falklands: Irish Government Attitude") ["slight easing" of Irish position] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 421 to FCO (1100Z) ("Falklands: French Attitude") [press reports Mitterrand on 4 May criticising Argentine methods as contrary to international law; France and others might intervene when he saw some chance of influencing events] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to Cabinet - C(82) 19 (TSRB Report No.18: Options for Abatement) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer and Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(82) 20 (Pay of MPs and Ministers in 1982) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(82) 21 (Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Note for Wednesday meeting (weekly report on market conditions, official activity and rates in the gilt-market) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Belize: MT letter to Prime Minister Price of Belize (1230Z) (timetable for withdrawal of British garrison from Belize) [garrison to stay for the time being due to uncertain situation in Guatemala] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Army Historical Branch factsheet (1230Z) (Casualties in other British operations since WWII) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: USE London telegram to State Department (1259Z) ("Falklands Dispute: The Turning Point for Britain?") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Office of the Secretary of Defense) Falklands: Hekman memorandum to Gast (1330Z) ("Sinking of British Destroyer - Sheffield") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands/JIC: Joint Intelligence Committee minutes (JIC(82)22nd Meeting) (?1330Z) (minutes given special distribution - none available) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Bank of England record of conversation between Deputy Governor and Lord Sandon (afternoon) (Hungary & NatWest) [Bank urges NatWest not to withdraw deposits] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 217 to UKE Paris (1430Z) (messages from Pym to EC and some other nations) [message to Dublin expresses dismay] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 147 to FCO (1440Z) ("Falklands") [Peruvian peace proposal] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Berne telegram 67 to FCO (1442Z) ("Economic Roundup") [report on Argentine economy from Swiss Embassy in Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Pym statement to the House of Commons (1453-1523Z) ("Falklands: Statement by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary in the House of Commons on 5 May") [MT annotates: "Defence of Principle"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 214 to FCO (1505Z) ("Falkland Islands/ICRC") [Argentine POWs on South Georgia] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU) paper (1600Z) ("Sinking of the General Belgrano") [line to take] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 920 to UKE Washington (1600Z) ("Repatriation of POWs") [possible plans of action] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 220 to UKE Paris (1630Z) ("Falkland Islands") [visit by Gutmann to London, talks with Acland and Palliser; French apprehensions, need to show commitment to negotiations; Council of Ministers would make statement tomorrow; asked for "more 'theatre'" - eg, a televised appeal to Galtieri] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT message to President Jawara of the Gambia (1632Z) (congratulations on re-election and thanks for assistance with Falklands campaign) [RAF using Yundum airport] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 408 to FCO (1640Z) ("FRG Attitude to the Falklands Crisis") ["Support for the UK here has taken a severe knock in the last 48 hours"; Schmidt and Genscher believe military conflict "out of proportion" with original aggression; FRG cabinet announced dismay and urgently appealed for ceasefire and negotiation] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 425 to FCO (1725Z) ("Argentina: Import Ban") [French position "shifting somewhat" following events of recent days; they still support "basic UK position" but require UK to offer "convincing gesture" in favour of negotiated solution] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 351 to UKMIS New York (1734Z) ("Secretary-General's Proposals on the Falkland Islands") [draft message from Pym to Perez de Cuellar] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 427 to FCO (1742Z) ("French Council of Ministers Statement on Falklands Conflict") [Gutmann interprets statement - "stressed heavily the public relations aspect", "spectacular peace initiative needed"; text of statement] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1604 to FCO (1745Z) ("Jamming of BBC Latin American Service") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 428 to FCO (1845Z) ("Falklands: French Press") ["almost unanimous ... shock and dismay at the sinking of the Belgrano with the consequent loss of life"; nearly all want ceasefire] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 156 to FCO (1855Z) ("Falklands: Latest Brazilian Reactions") ["anxiety and perplexity" over sinking of Belgrano] [declassified Spt 2016]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia letter to FCO ("Brazilian Press Comment") ["fair amount of Latin American solidarity rhetoric", but "some hard-hitting editorial comment of a strongly pro-British variety"] [declassified Spt 2016]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: NSC memorandum to President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ("Falklands Crisis") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Pym message for Haig (Proposals for an interim agreement on the Falklands crisis) [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs memorandum to Haig ("In Falklands Dispute, Americans Much More Sympathetic with Britain, But Overwhelmingly Favor Neutrality") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs memorandum to Haig ("Brazilian President's Reply to President Reagan's Letter on the Falkland/Malvinas Crisis") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: Clark note for President Reagan ("PM Thatcher's Reply on your Falklands Demarche") ["In a word, Maggie accepts the proposal"] [declassified Jun 2006; published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US National Security Adviser memo for Reagan ("PM Thatcher's Reply on your Falklands Demarche") ["In a word, Maggie accepts the proposal"] [declassified 2006]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Haig telegram to Weinberger (1906Z) ("SecDef's bilateral with Nott: The Falklands Crisis") [MOD give advance notice of topics, personnel] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 352 to UKMIS New York (1915Z) ("Falkland Islands: Security Council") [Guyana offers support to UK in Security Council] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Text of party political broadcast (2000Z) (Heseltine broadcast for local elections) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT draft letter to Reagan (MT: "The letter to Reagan that was never sent...") [US proposals not "faithful to the basic principles we must protect"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (2030Z) (negotiations with Argentina: Haig's proposals) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (2030Z) (MT expresses serious concerns about US/Peruvian peace proposals; proposes amendments) ["I am writing to you...because I think you are the only person who will understand the significance of what I am trying to say"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (2030Z) (MT expresses serious concerns about US/Peruvian peace proposals; proposes amendments) ["I am writing to you...because I think you are the only person who will understand the significance of what I am trying to say"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: MT letter for President Reagan (2030Z) (The Falklands conflict: Haig's latest proposals) [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1610 to FCO (2030Z) ("Falklands: Congress") [US House of Representatives adopt resolution calling for Argentine withdrawal from the Falklands] [declassified 2012]

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