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Showing items 1 - 500 of 4846. Subject: Defence (Falklands). Date range: 4 May 1979 – 14 Jun 1982.
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79 May 10 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure briefing for Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 10 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute for Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [background briefing on Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 11 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Parsons minute to Ridley's PS ("The Falkland Islands") [sceptical of leaseback, in light of Arab-Israeli experience, "tidy solutions" do not always exist] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 11 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Hall minute for Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [options for future policy] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nick Ridley minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands") [Ridley's comments on options for future policy] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 15 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: George Hall minute to Parsons ("Falkland Islands") [response to his doubts about leaseback] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: USE Buenos Aires airgram to the State Department ("The Malvinas (Falkland) Islands: A Political and Social Review") [predicts negotiations will eventually secure the islands for Argentina and end "Britain's admittedly anachronistic colonial rule"] [published 2015] |
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79 May 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, officials) ["it would be a mistake for the new Government to hedge or prevaricate further with the Argentines who knew we had been doing so in the past"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute to Ridley's PS ("Falklands/Antarctic Resources") [oil & fishing] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Hall letter for Carless ("UK/Argentine Relations") [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 29 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Argentine Relations: Falklands") [Cavandoli requesting a meeting with Ridley] [declassified 2012] |
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79 May 30 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Parsons minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [warns that MT called Begin's West Bank proposal an "unknown constitutional animal"; relevant to leaseback] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jun 4 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley minute for Carrington ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jun 4 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nick Ridley minute to Carrington ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [negotiation with Argentina "the only valid option"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jun 7 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Cavandoli") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jun 7 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute to Ridley's PS ("Falkland Islands: Parliamentary Exchanges") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jun 18 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to Carless ("UK-Argentine Relations") [Carrington does "not want to have to deal with [Falklands dispute] for the foreseeable future"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jun 19 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Hall letter to Carless ("UK/Argentine Relations") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 20 Fr | Chronology | ★★★★ | [Chronology] | Falklands: Ridley's first visit, floats leaseback (ended 26 Jul) |
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79 Jul 21 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Nicholas Ridley, Falkland Island Councillors) [taxation, agriculture, oil industry, nationality, cooperation with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 25 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Nicholas Ridley, Falkland Island Councillors) [dispute with Argentina on agriculture; shortage of capital in the Islands; the labour shortage] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Cavandoli) [the restoration of Ambassadors & Argentine-British bilateral relations] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Dr Martinez de Hoz) [possible solutions to sovereignty issue; nuclear power contracts] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Parker telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Financial Times Article") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to Port Stanley ("Article in Financial Times") [report on leaseback proposal] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 27 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Cavandoli) [Vietnamese refugees & the Geneva Conference; British-Argentine bilateral relations] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Jul 31 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO South America Department minute to Wall ("Falklands Papers") [key papers on the Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Aug 7 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Falklands Governor Jim Parker despatch to Carrington ("The Minister of State's Visit to the Falkland Islands: 20-26 July 1979 ") [account of Ridley's first visit] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Aug 8 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UK Charge d'Affaires Buenos Aires despatch to Carrington ("Visit of the Honorable Nicholas Ridley MP, Minister of State at the FCO, to Argentina: July 1979 ") [restoration of Ambassadorial relations] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Aug 10 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Beale minute to Legal Advisers (British attitudes towards Indonesia's forcible incorporation of East Timor) [declassified 2012] |
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79 Aug 17 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute to Hall ("Falkland Islands") [recommended next moves in dispute with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Falkland Islands Committee) [councillors supported further conversations with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Aug 30 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley's office meeting) [economic policy towards the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Aug 30 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Wall minute to Duggan ("Falkland Islands") [Carrington requests more detail on leaseback scheme] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 1 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO paper for OD ("Falkland Islands") [draft Carrington paper] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 4 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Hall minute to Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 17 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of telephone conversation (Ridley, Blanco) [Argentine aide-memoire: future of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 18 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Rowlands) [Falklands financial matters] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 18 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lyne minute to Duggan ("Falkland Islands") [suggested redrafting of minute to MT on options for the Falklands; need to frame leaseback positively] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 20 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Carrington's copy] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 20 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT comments on leaseback scheme: "I could not possibly agree to the line the Foreign Secretary is proposing"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 21 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT comment on leaseback scheme: "I cannot possibly agree to the proposed course of action"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 21 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Department of Trade letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [future negotiations with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 21 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lord Chancellor's Office letter to FCO (Hailsham's response to Carrington's minute on the Falklands) [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 22 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Howell minute to MT (Carrington's minute to MT on the Falklands) [consequences of Carrington's suggestions on UK access to hydrocarbons] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 24 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lyne minute to Duggan ("Falkland Islands") [comments by Ministers on Carrington's minute to MT on the Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 24 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nick Ridley PS note (Falklands contingencies) [economic harrassment, shipping interference, invasion] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 24 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Watkins minute to Nick Ridley PS (costs of Falklands garrison and HMS Endurance) [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 24 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Howe comments on leaseback scheme: "I confess to some political anxieties about this idea"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 25 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 585 to UKMIS New York (1810Z) ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [MT wants to slow negotiation process] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 25 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 585 to UKMIS New York (1810Z) ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [Nick Ridley message to Carrington: has discussed OD paper with MT, she wants full consideration at OD] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Sep 27 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Berrill letter to Howell ("Falkland Islands") [access to possible oil and gas discoveries] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Oct 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister: New York: 26 September") [account of meeting] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Oct 4 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Harding minute to Ure ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Oct 12 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [enclosing advance copy of Carrington paper for OD] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Oct 12 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(79) 31 (Falkland Islands) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 12 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft paper for OD Committee on the Falklands; heavily annotated by MT] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Oct 15 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 note to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [MT wishes to postpone OD discussion of Falklands "until after the Rhodesian issue has been settled"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Oct 24 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Italy: FCO record of conversation (Nicholas Ridley, Italian Ambassador) [Argentinians for the present “being extremely charming to us” over the Falklands] [declassified Dec 2009] |
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79 Oct 30 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Harding minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands: Views of the VCNS") [Vice Chief of the Naval Staff] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 8 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute to Harding ("Argentine Threat to the Falkland Islands: draft JIC Assessment") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 12 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Anglo/Argentine Relations") [Argentina proposes Ridley-Cavandoli meeting; possible responses] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 15 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carless despatch to FCO ("Subversion, Repression and Human Rights in Argentina") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 15 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carless letter to Harding ("Argentina and the Falklands") ["the danger of naval impatience being expressed in stronger terms than mere criticism of the Foreign Ministry should never be forgotten"] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 21 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Argentine Threat to the Falkland Islands and Dependencies") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 23 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("JIC Assessment on the Argentine Threat to the Falkland Islands and Dependencies") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 28 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Harding ("Southern Thule: Radio Hams") ["the Argentine amateur radio station on Southern Thule has started operating again"; suggested response] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 30 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Duggan & Cowling ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Nov 30 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley ("Visit by Mr Ridley to the Falkland Islands: 22-29 November 1980") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Dec 6 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cowling minute to Duggan & Fearn ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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79 Dec 6 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute to Fearn and Harding ("Falkland Islands: Examples of Shared Sovereignty") [other examples of shared sovereignty; comparison to Falklands situation] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Dec 20 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Chile: Lord Carrington minute to MT ("Chile") [restoration of Ambassadorial relations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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80 Jan 9 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Parker letter to Duggan ("Falkland Islands: Sovereignty") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 9 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Falklands Governor James Parker minute to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Sovereignty") [comments on leaseback option] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 11 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn briefing for Ridley ("First Call on Minister of State by Argentine Ambassador: Monday, 14 January, 3:30 PM") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, new Argentine Ambassador) [UN Commission on Human Rights; the Falkland Islands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: State Dept Bureau of Intelligence memorandum ("Argentina: New Army Commander will provide continuity") [Galtieri appointment "a victory for moderates"] [declassified 2002] |
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80 Jan 15 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Negotiations") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute ("Falkland Islands: Points Arising from Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Harding ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January 1980") [briefing documents for informal meeting to discuss options for resolving Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 17 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA Information Report (1934Z) ("Alleged belief of the Argentine Government that the current US Administration is trying to 'destabilize' it by using the human rights campaign") ["knee-jerk rationalisation among elements within the GOA"] [declassified 2018] |
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80 Jan 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute ("Falkland Islands: Points Arising from Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 24 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [need to start exploratory talks with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 24 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [options for talks with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 25 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(79) 31)") [postponed discussion] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 28 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Parker valedictory despatch to FCO ("Last Impressions of the Falklands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 28 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: PQ") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 29 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Temple minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: PQ") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jan 29 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(80) 3rd (BBC External Services, Armed Protection for British Government Representatives Overseas, The Kharg, The Falkland Islands) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Feb 1 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO memorandum ("Policy Towards the Dependent Territories") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Feb 5 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Howell letter to Carrington ("Falkland Islands") [access to possible oil and gas discoveries] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Feb 7 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Harding ("Argentina: Mr Carless's Valedictory Despatch") [Carless's views on the Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Feb 11 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MOD letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [matters arising from Harding's meetings with Argentine Admirals] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Feb 22 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [views of Falklands Councillors] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Feb 26 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Argentina: FCO letter to No.10 ("Argentina") [visit to the UK of Argentine Minister of the Economy] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Feb 28 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Howell minute to MT (access to possible oil and gas discoveries in Falkland Islands waters) [response to Carrington's suggestion of resumption of talks] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Mar 13 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Colin Bright minute to Ridley (his visit to the Falkland Islands: assessment) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Mar 18 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires (Anglo-Argentine talks on the Falkalnds) [Carrington proposes opening of talks] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Mar 19 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falkland Islands Rex Hunt letter to Fearn (first impressions of the Falklands) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Apr 17 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Falklands Governor Rex Hunt minute to Fearn ("Anglo-Argentine Talks") [Falklands representatives to the talks] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Apr 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Parker note for Fearn (Adrian Monk's biography) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Apr 28 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley ("Falklands: Anglo-Argentinian talks in (New York, 28-30 April 1980)") [full set of briefs] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Apr 28 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands: New York, 28-29 April 1980 (Nick Ridley-Cavandoli) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Apr 29 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nick Ridley message to FCO ("Falkland Islands Talks") [account of Ridley's talks with Argentine Under-Secretary of State Cavandoli] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Apr 30 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Ambassador Bowdler) [State Department talks on Falklands; Central America; Jamaica; Caribbean security; Belize] [declassified 2012] |
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80 May 1 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley note for Carrington ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 May 2 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute for Fearn ("Falkland Islands Talks in New York: Presence of Island Councillor") [declassified 2012] |
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80 May 7 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires ("US/UK Consultations: UK Talks on Falkland Islands") [published 2015] |
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80 May 21 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nick Ridley minute to Carrington ("The Falklands Dispute") ["slim possibility of a solution ... but ... worth pursuing"] [declassified 2012] |
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80 May 27 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Harding ("Falkland Islands: The Falkland Islands Committee and Interested MPs") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jun 3 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ridley ("Falkland Islands: Discussion in OD") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jun 5 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Carrington, Argentine Minister of the Economy Martinez de Hoz) [Argentine economy & political situation] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jun 5 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Argentine Minister of the Economy Martinez de Hoz) [Falkland Islands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jun 5 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Nick Ridley notes of conversation (MT-Argentinian Minister of the Economy) [triumphs of the Argentinian economy & lessons for UK] [released 2011] |
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80 Jun 5 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Argentina: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Argentine Minister of the Economy, Dr. Martinez de Hoz) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Jun 6 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “New moves over the Falklands” (Argentine Economy Minister meets MT & other British ministers) |
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80 Jun 11 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Nick Ridley letter to Ian Gow (asks to see MT re: Falklands) ["I know the PM is very concerned about this whole subject"] [released 2011] |
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80 Jun 11 We | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT letter to Martinez de Hoz (thanks for lovely present) ["very much enjoyed our meeting ... sorry that it was so short"] [released 2011] |
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80 Jun 15 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lyne minute to Fearn ("Falkland Islands: Draft OD Minute") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jun 16 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Argentine Ambassador) [suggested informal meeting with Cavandoli "over a fishing line in Scotland"] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jun 16 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Ian Gow letter to Nick Ridley (Martinez de Hoz conversation note) [thanks] [released 2011] |
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80 Jun 27 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(80) 46 (Falkland Islands) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Jun 30 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO speaking note for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: OD Meeting, 2 July 1980") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 1 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(80) 46)") [Nick Ridley's negotiations with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 2 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(80) 17th (UN Law of the Sea Conference, UK Territorial Sea, Falkland Islands, Olympic Games) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Jul 7 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ridley ("Falkland Islands: Relations with Argentina") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 7 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: Message to Comodoro Cavandoli") [drafts] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 8 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley record of conversation ("First Falklands Consultative Lunch: Tuesday 8 July 1980") [private meeting with Conservative MPs] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 8 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley message to UKE Buenos Aires (arrangements for a private meeting) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 8 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Personal Message from Mr Ridley") [Nick Ridley message to Argentine Under-Secretary of State Cavandoli; proposes private meeting] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Harding minute for Fearn ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 15 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires letter to FCO (the next secret meeting on the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley record of conversation (Ridley, Conservative MPs) [lunch to consult on options] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department ("Argentina and the coup in Bolivia") [consensus among diplomats in Buenos Aires is that "Argentine government aided and abetted the event", but no hard evidence as yet] [declassified 2018] |
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80 Jul 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn letter for Hunt ("The Dispute") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 30 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Gozney minute to UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires ("Falklands Dispute: Interest of the Army Command") [Argentine Foreign Relations Advisor to Galtieri, Colonel Zambonini, expresses views on dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Jul 31 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Harding ("Falkland Islands: Meeting with Comodoro Cavandoli") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 5 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires (Ridley's meeting with Cavandoli in Venice) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 14 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley minute for Carrington ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 15 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department ("Growing Argentine involvement in Guatemala") [Argentina fearing Central American haven for militants expelled from southern cone; "Argentine model" in counterinsurgency seen as the "ultimate 'success story'" by Guatemalan goverment; training of its forces by Argentine advisers already taking place] [declassified 2019] |
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80 Aug 20 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Sukey Cameron, Davies) [FIC asks about Geneva talks in autumn - denied any planned] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 21 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute for Harding ("Meeting with Comodoro Cavandoli: Venue") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 21 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires (Ridley's meeting with Cavandoli: Venue) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 25 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Arrangements for Ridley's meeting with Cavandoli) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 26 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Harding, Argentine Ambassador) [Argentina/Falkland Islands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 27 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 218 to UKMIS Geneva (1230Z) ("Argentina") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 28 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 382 to FCO (1055Z) (Arrangements for Ridley's meeting with Cavandoli) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 29 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley ("Geneva: Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Aug 29 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute to Harding ("Geneva: Falkland Islands") [briefing for Nick Ridley for talks with Cavandoli] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 2 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute to Harding ("Mr Ridley's Visit to Geneva") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Temple minute to Duggan ("Mr Ridley's Visit to Geneva") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 4 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKA Buenos Aires despatch to Carrington ("A New Look at Argentina") [assessment of situation in Argentina and Anglo-Argentina relations] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Harding ("UNGA: Bilateral Meeting between the Secretary of State and the Argentine Foreign Minister") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 10 We | Chronology | ★★★★ | [Chronology] | Falklands: Ridley secret meeting with Argentinians to explore leaseback (ended 11 Sep) |
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80 Sep 10 We | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falklands (Ridley-Cavandoli secret meeting near Geneva, 10-11 Sep) [leaseback with 99 year term agreed as basis to proceed] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Sep 12 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 12 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands") [report of Nick Ridley's talks with Cavandoli; leaseback proposal probably acceptable to Argentine Government] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 18 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires letter to FCO (secret ministerial meeting in Geneva) [Cavandoli "bubbling with pleasure"] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Sep 22 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley minute to Carrington ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 23 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Lord Buxton) [Nationality Act; fishing limits; tourism] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 24 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Argentine Foreign Minister Pastor speech to the UN General Assembly (disarmament, peace and development, Middle East, Southern Africa, the Falklands) [in file declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 25 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 25 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Carrington, Argentine Foreign Minister) [next steps] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 25 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-Foreign Minister Pastor of Argentina) [Anglo-Argentine relations, Argentina and Brazil, human rights] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: State Department memcon (Muskie-Argentine FM Pastor) [Bolivian coup; Pastor calls US-Argentina relations "mainly a one way street with his country on the losing end"] [declassified 2018] |
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80 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands: Secretary of State's Meeting with Pastor") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Argentine Ambassador in London) [Argentina/Falkland Islands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 6 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 6 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 7 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lyne minute for Fearn ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 9 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 22 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington message for Hunt ("Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 22 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lyne minute to Ridley's PS ("Future OD Business") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 23 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington message for Hunt ("Possible Visit by Mr Ridley") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 23 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Harding ("Falklands: Mr Ridley's Proposed Visit to the Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 24 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Harding ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 29 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute for Harding ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 30 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Bean minute for Duggan (Falkland Islands: Ridley's comments) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 30 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute for Harding ("Mr Ridley's Visit to the Falklands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 30 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Duggan minute for Harding ("Mr Ridley's Visit to the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Oct 30 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands: Possible Visit by Mr Ridley") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 4 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn briefing for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: OD Meeting: 7 November 1980") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 4 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(80) 66 (Falkland Islands) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn briefing for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: OD Meeting: 7 November 1980 - Points to Make") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Argentina/Falkland Islands: Lease-Back) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [Cavandoli has "Junta clearance for the idea of seeking a solution on the basis of solipsism"] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 6 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(80) 66)") [Nick Ridley's negotiations with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 7 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(80) 23rd (Falkland Islands, Health of the Alliance) [OD approves Ridley putting leaseback to Falkland Islanders] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Nov 11 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [Islanders opposed to leaseback] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 12 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Day minute for Harding (Ridley's visit to the Falklands: steering brief) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 14 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires letter to Ridley's PS (Ridley's meeting with Cavandoli: Argentina/Falklands) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 16 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("The Falklands: Argentine Press Coverage") [Argentine press coverage of leaseback proposal] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 18 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Minister’s visit to consult Falklands people” (Nick Ridley & leaseback) |
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80 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Harding ("Argentina/Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley's PS minute to Fearn ("Mr Ridley's Visit to the Falkland Islands: Falkland Islands Committee") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 20 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Harding letter to UKA Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 20 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Hunt briefing for Ridley (current situation in the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Argentine Vice Foreign Minister) [Argentina/Falkland Islands: leaseback] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires (postponement of the Falklands discussion at the UN) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Nick Ridley-Argentine Under-Secretary of State Cavandoli) [Falklands and leaseback proposal] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 22 Sa | Chronology | ★★★★ | [Chronology] | Falklands: Ridley's second visit, urging leaseback - mixed reception (ended 29 Nov) |
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80 Nov 22 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO steering brief ("Visit by Mr Ridley to the Falkland Islands: 22-29 November 1980") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 22 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley (Visit to the Falkland Islands: direct contacts with Argentina) [New York proposal for direct Islander-Argentinian contacts] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 22 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley (Visit to the Falkland Islands: Anglo-Argentine talks) [summary of previous talks back to 1977] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 24 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington message for Hunt ("Falklands Talks") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 24 Mo | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Argentine anger over Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) |
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80 Nov 24 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of Nick Ridley's visit to the Falkland Islands (First Session with Councillors) [negotiations over future of the Falklands and sovereignty] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to Port Stanley ("Mr Ridley's Visit: Following from News Department") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("The Falklands") [Argentine press reports of Argentine attitudes and actions toward re-establishing sovereignty over the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of Nick Ridley's visit to the Falkland Islands (Second Session with Councillors) [negotiations over future of the Falklands and sovereignty] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 26 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to Port Stanley ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 26 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Transfer of Falklands sovereignty proposed” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) |
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80 Nov 27 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute to Port Stanley ("BBC World Service Item on the Falklands") [UN debate postponed; improved relations between Britain and Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 27 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [public meetings] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 27 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("The Falklands: Argentine Press Coverage") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 27 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 42nd (Firemen’s Pay, Canadian Constitution, Remuneration of Junior Ministers in the House of Lords, etc) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Nov 28 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington telegram to Hunt ("Mr Ridley's Visit: Editorial Comment") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 28 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Chairman of Port San Carlos Ltd letter to Governor Hunt ("Visit of Minister of State Mr Nicholas Ridley") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 28 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Parliamentary Clerk letter to Lord Privy Seal's PS ("Statement on Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 29 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley's PS telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 29 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of Nick Ridley's visit to the Falkland Islands (Third Session with Councillors) [negotiations over future of the Falklands and sovereignty] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 30 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [results of Nick Ridley's talks with Councillors] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Nov 30 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO (attitudes of Islanders to leaseback proposal) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Harding, Cuban Ambassador) [British policy towards Latin America] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Argentina/Falklands: leaseback negotiations) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 2 Tu | Chronology | ★★★★ | [Chronology] | Falklands: HC statement by Nick Ridley on leaseback - mauled by MPs |
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80 Dec 2 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: BBC Radio interview with Ridley (Minister's visit to the Falkland Islands) |
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80 Dec 2 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ridley's PS ("Falkland Islands: OD Meeting: 3 December 1980") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 2 Tu | Multimedia | ★★★★ | Nicholas Ridley | HC: Statement by Nicholas Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [minister savaged] [audio] |
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80 Dec 2 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands") [Nick Ridley's visit to the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 2 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's statement") [leaseback - "Mr Ridley had an awful time in the House this afternoon"] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley's PS ("Falkland Islands: Message to Comodoro Cavandoli") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley telegram to FCO ("The Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 3 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Commons is united by suspicion of Ridley intentions on Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) [minister badly mauled in Commons] |
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80 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(80) 25th (Defence Sales, Falkland Islands) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("The Falklands: Argentine Press Coverage") [response to Nick Ridley's visit to the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 4 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Sir Nigel Fisher) [Falkland Islands Committee: ideas for possible solutions] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 4 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 43rd (New Zealand Butter, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg European Council, etc) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Temple minute for Fearn ("Falkland Islands: Contacts with Argentine Government") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Ridley/Cavandoli meeting: Argentine reactions) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Negotiations over the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Ridley/Cavandoli meeting) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands: Argentine Attempts to Exercise Sovereignty") [new developments in the Argentine position] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 8 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Call on Mr Ridley by Argentine Ambassador: Tuesday 9 December at 10:00 AM") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 8 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Lord Shackleton) [Shackleton critical of Commons reaction to leaseback; idea merits exploration] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 8 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Falklands Governor Rex Hunt despatch to Carrington ("Visit of the Honourable Nicholas Ridley, M.P. Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to the Falkland Islands: 22-29 November, 1980") [account of Ridley's second visit] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Argentine Ambassador) [Ridley's visit to the Falkland Islands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (negotiations over the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ridley record of conversation (Ridley, Conservative Backbench Foreign Affairs Committee) [some support for leaseback] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 11 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Harding minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: the Argentine Line") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 11 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 12 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of telephone conversation (Ridley, Argentine Ambassador) [Falkland Islands] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 15 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Falklands Dispute") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 15 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires minute to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Christmas Cards") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 16 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: Unattributable Press Briefing") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 18 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Harding minute for Ridley's PS ("Falkland Islands: Next Steps") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 18 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to Port Stanley (Ridley's message to the Falkland Islands Councillors) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 19 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Harding, Argentine Ambassador) [Falkland Islands: Argentine views] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 19 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley letter to Fearn ("Mr Ridley's Visit: Maintaining the Momentum") [views of the Islanders on leaseback] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 24 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley telegram to FCO ("Run-up to Councils' Meeting on 6 January") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 29 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO message to UKE Buenos Aires (Ridley/Cavandoli negotiations) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 30 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: Preparations for Meeting of Island Councillors on 5/6 January 1981") [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 31 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lord Buxton letter for Ridley (Falkland Islands/Argentina: sovereignty) [declassified 2012] |
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80 Dec 31 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute for Hunt ("Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 7 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley to FCO ("Councillor's Meeting") [Governor Hunt report on discussion of leaseback proposal at Falkland's Council meeting] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 7 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Proceedings of Falklands Legislative Council (debate on leaseback proposal and next round of talks with Argentina) [leaseback rejected as basis for talks in preference for sovereignty freeze] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 8 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO (Falklands leaseback proposal) [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 12 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Whitelaw minute to MT ("The Falkland Islands Under the Nationality Bill") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 13 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Message to Cavandoli") [Carrington message to Cavandoli regarding Falkland Islanders' response to leaseback proposal] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 14 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires message to FCO ("Mr Ridley's Visit to the Falklands: Argentine Press Coverage") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 14 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to Alexander ("The Falkland Islands under the Nationality Bill") [implications of the Nationality Bill for Islanders] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 16 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to Port Stanley ("Reactions to Mr Ridley's Visit") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 20 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Falklands Government First Secretary letter to FCO ("Legislative Council Motions of Emergency") [forwards records of debates and motions surrounding leaseback proposal] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 26 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(81) 2 (Falkland Islands) [declassified 2011] |
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81 Jan 28 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(81) 2)") [Falkland Islanders' response to Government proposals] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 29 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(81) 1st (Falkland Islands, Arms Supplies to Iran and Iraq) [declassified 2011] |
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81 Jan 30 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands: PQ") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 30 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands: PQ") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jan 30 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands: PQ") [Gilmour to answer question on leaseback] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 2 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Overflight") [message to Argentine Foreign Ministry expressing concern over Argentine military overflight of South Georgia] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 3 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands Dispute: Argentine Press Comment") [Argentine press comment on alleged British policy toward Falklands] [partly illegible] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 11 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute to Ure ("The Beagle Channel Dispute") [Pope's proposals for settlement of Argentina-Chile dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 12 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires letter to Fearn ("The Beagle Channel") [Galtieri's views on Argentine dispute with Chile] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Draft steering brief for Anglo-Argentine talks in New York ("Falkland Islands: Anglo-Argentine Talks (New York, 23/24 February)") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO teleletter to UKMIS New York ("Falkland Islands Talks") [arrangements for arrival of UK delegation] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 19 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Pentagon) | Argentina: Joint Chiefs memorandum to Secretary of Defense ("Security Assistance Policy - Argentina/Chile") [argues for early action to repeal legislative restrictions on military assistance as relationships have "steadily deteriorated"] [declassified 2017] |
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81 Feb 19 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States: 25-28 February 1981") [complete set] [released Dec 2011] |
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81 Feb 23 Mo | Chronology | ★★★☆ | [Chronology] | Falklands: British-Argentinian talks in New York (ended 24 Feb) - sovereignty freeze advanced by Ridley and rejected by Argentinians |
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81 Feb 23 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 96 to UKMIS New York (1100Z) ("Anglo/Argentine Talks") [Times quotes Nick Ridley: "we shall be stalling, just stalling for time"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 23 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands: New York, 23/24 February 1981 (Nick Ridley-Cavandoli) [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Nick Ridley ("Falklands: Anglo/Argentine Talks Communique") [Argentine difficulties with the communique] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 169 to FCO (0029Z) ("Anglo Argentine Falklands Negotiations") [text of agreed joint communique] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington telegram 716 to FCO (0810Z) (“Secretary of State’s meeting with Mr Haig: Falkland Islands”) [“Our aim was to keep the dialogue going and avoid a crisis”] [declassified 2014] |
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81 Mar 3 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: State Department telegram to USE London ("Secretary's Meeting with British Foreign Secretary Carrington, February 27, 1981: Falkland Islands") [published 2015] |
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81 Mar 3 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley to FCO ("Falklands Talks") [Falkands Council reactions to Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 4 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Parsons letter to Ure ("The Falklands, Argentina and the UN") [pessimistic about appeal to UN decolonisation committees] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 10 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Aftermath of the New York Talks") [Argentine Government and press reaction] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 12 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: USE London telegram to State Department ("Britain Searches for Solution to Falkland Islands Dispute") [published 2015] |
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81 Mar 13 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [report on Anglo-Argentine talks in New York - Carrington's copy] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 13 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [report on Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 17 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: White House record of conversation (Reagan-Argentine President-designate Viola) ["Argentina will cooperate in any effort to contain Communism and promote freedom"; Reagan promises "no public scoldings and lectures" on human rights; nuclear non-proliferation] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 17 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Reagan Library) | Argentina: Presidential Daily Brief ("Argentina: President-Designate Viola") ["a strong and effective leader"; importance of his meeting with you "to strengthen his hand against opponents both inside and outside the military"] [declassified 2016] |
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81 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Bush Library) | Argentina: White House record of conversation (Vice-President Bush-Argentine President-designate Viola) [human rights; El Salvador] [declassified 2016] |
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81 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: HMT letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [cost implications of Argentine non-cooperation and/or hostility with regard to Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Peru: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander ("Prime Minister of Peru") [objectives to advance commercial interests, strengthen political relations, encourage helpful Peruvian stance on international issues] [declassified Jan 2014] |
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81 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to Ure and Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands: Councillors' Meeting Reporting on New York Talks") [reactions of Falklands councillors to New York talks] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT message to President Viola of Argentina (congratulations on accession to the Presidency) [declassified 2012] |
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81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: US Embassy in Argentina telegram to State Department ("Falkland Islands Negotiations: The View from Buenos Aires") [published 2015] |
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81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Peru: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ulloa) [MT: "Peru's return to democracy, through impeccably conducted elections, had given great pleasure"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
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81 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram 2645 to State Department (1915Z) ("Army Chief of Staff Meyer's visit to Argentina: a substantive and public relations success") [Galtieri pleasure expressed to US Ambassador - "all past differences with the US can be put behind the two governments as relations enter a constructive phase"] [declassified Apr 2017] |
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81 Apr 11 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Pentagom) | Falklands: US Army Chief of Staff 'Shy' Meyer telegram to Ambassador Shlaudeman (1611Z) (visit to Buenos Aires) [thanks for help; finalising letter to Galtieri "on the initiatives which I proposed"] [declassified 2019] |
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81 Apr 15 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires letter to FCO ("Argentine Press Comment on the Falklands") [article from La Prensa ] [declassified 2012] |
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81 May 5 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires letter to Fearn ("Falkland Islands Dispute") [stresses importance of leaseback plan and laments intransigence of Islanders: "If I go to the Islands I can at least wake councillors up by making their flesh creep with expert advice about potential Argentine frightfulness"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 May 10 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn letter to UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires ("Falklands") [Fearn rejects Williams' "flesh creep" offer] [declassified 2012] |
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81 May 11 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Nott) [defence expenditure, NATO, USSR] [declassified 2011] |
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81 May 13 We | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT (views of First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Henry Leach, on defence programme) [Leach disagrees with Nott's proposals] [declassified 2011] |
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81 May 17 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Nott) ["Keith Speed"; Speed's critical remarks on the defence programme] [declassified 2011] |
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81 May 18 Mo | Chronology | ★★★☆ | [Chronology] | Keith Speed dismissed as Navy Minister |
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81 May 18 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: First Sea Lord minute to MT ("The Defence Programme") ["I am confident that you will at least spare two minutes to read this note...before you and your Cabinet colleagues consider a proposition to substantially dismantle the Navy"] [declassified 2011] |
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81 May 18 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Carrington-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Joseph-Nott-Armstrong) ["Defence Programme"] [declassified 2011] |
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81 May 18 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Ingham note for the record (MT-Keith Speed MP) [Keith Speed sacked as PUSS for the Royal Navy] [declassified 2011] |
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81 May 19 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Argentina: State Department research paper ("Argentina: a new President and old problems") [assessment of Viola; his civilian ties; poor relationship with Galtieri] [declassified 2017] |
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81 May 22 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands: Press Comment") [remarks to press by Argentine Foreign Minister Camilion] [declassified 2012] |
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81 May 29 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to Port Stanley ("Southern Thule") [Carrington message to Falklands Governor Hunt] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Comments on the Falklands by General Galtieri") [Galtieri: "We have defended our country from the Marxists, just as we shall defend it strongly against any attempt to undermine our territorial sovereignty"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chiefs of Defence Staff-Nott-Carrington) ["The Defence Programme"] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Jun 4 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Nationality: Whitelaw minute to MT (case for creating distinctive citizenship for dependent territories, such as Falkland Islands) [declassified 2011] |
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81 Jun 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to Nott ("Defence Programme") [comment on HMS Endurance: "Any reduction [in UK Defence presence in Falklands] would be interpreted by both the Islanders and the Argentines as a reduction in our commitment to the Islands and in our willingness to defend them" - Carrington's copy] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Carrington minute to Nott ("Defence Programme") [concerns about implications of defence cuts for Belize, Gibraltar, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Jun 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("The Defence Programme (OD(81) 29 and 31)") [declassified 2011] |
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81 Jun 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Falklands Government House letter to FCO ("Argentine Overflights") ["It would seem that despite our protests Argentine overflights of Falkland Islands and Dependencies are increasing"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 10 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Watkins minute to Acland ("The Defence Review: Gibraltar, HMS Endurance, Cyprus, Belize") [MOD/FCO meeting to discuss issues raised by Carrington's minute to Nott] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 12 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Day and Nick Ridley ("The Defence Review: HMS Endurance") ["The MOD were adamant that the case for withdrawing HMS Endurance after her 1981-82 programme...could not be reconsidered"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 15 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Mr Ridley's Meeting with Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister") [account of Nick Ridley-Ros meeting in Paris] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 25 Th | Chronology | ★★★☆ | [Chronology] | Nott announced outcome of Defence Review, published as White Paper |
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81 Jun 25 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Defence: Defence White Paper ("The United Kingdom Defence Programme: The Way Forward") [released 2012] |
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81 Jun 26 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure letter to Nick Ridley and Day ("Some Thoughts on the Falklands Dispute, Following a Visit to Argentina and the Falkland Islands in June 1981") [paper by Ure urging education campaign to sell leaseback in UK and Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 26 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley to FCO ("HMS Endurance") ["The people of the Falkland Islands deplore in the strongest terms the decision to withdraw HMS Endurance from service"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jun 30 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands: Strategy Meeting") [draft record of meeting of FCO officials, Falklands Governor Hunt and UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jul 3 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to Port Stanley ("HMS Endurance") [withdrawal of Endurance from Falklands is "not evidence of pressure on them to agree to further negotiations"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jul 9 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute to Fearn ("HMS Endurance") [Lord Shackleton unhappy at withdrawal of HMS Endurance from Falklands; no prospect of reversal of decision] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department ("Conversation with President Viola") [despondent; denied rumours of government instability, on ground Galtieri too mistrusted by air force and navy to replace him] [declassified May 2017] |
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81 Jul 14 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("HMS Endurance: Argentine Press Comment") ["All the reports have high-lighted the theme that Britain is thereby quote abandoning the protection of the Falkland Islands unquote"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nick Ridley minute to Carrington ("Falkland Islands") [state of play in Falklands negotiations] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jul 27 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands") [text of communique issued by Argentine Foreign Ministry] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jul 27 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Argentine Foreign Minister Camilion letter to UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires (next round of negotiations over Falklands) [declassified 2012] |
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81 Jul 30 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department ("Argentina Urges Acceleration of Negotiations") [published 2015] |
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81 Aug 14 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: Director of Central Intelligence daily schedule ("DCI's Schedule for Friday, 14 August 1981") [DCI attends Galtieri reception for US Army Chief of Staff at Argentine Embassy] [declassified 2006] |
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81 Aug 18 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn letter to Marrack Goulding ("Falkland Islands at the UN") [current state of play with regard to Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Aug 19 We | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT letter to Lord Buxton of Alsa (HMS Endurance to be withdrawn from service) ["we have had reluctantly to conclude that HMS ENDURANCE's continued operation can no longer be justified"] [released 2012] |
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81 Aug 27 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ridley (draft OD paper for meeting with Carrington) [campaign to educate the Islanders] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Aug 27 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ridley ("Falkland Islands: Secretary of State's Office Meeting: 4.00, 7 Sept") [Carrington to hold meeting in response to Ridley's minute] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Aug 28 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Weinberger memorandum for President Reagan (“Weekly Report on Defense Activities”) [Nott outlines UK naval cuts; "My real concern is that deeper cuts may be required later"] [declassified 2016] |
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81 Aug 28 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute to Nick Ridley (Carrington's meeting to discuss Falklands) [Hunt and Ure to attend meeting] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Aug 31 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: State Department memcon (Haig-Argentine FM Camilion) ["strong support for US policy in Central America"; no danger of war with Chile] [declassified 2017] |
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81 Sep 1 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: Department of Defense memcon (Carlucci-Argentine FM Camilion) [views on Central America "correspond closely"; "military solution is probably not possible ... covert assistance may be possible"] [declassified 2019] |
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81 Sep 1 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA National Foreign Assessment Center Memorandum ("Cuba: Promoting Armed Struggle in South America") [particularly its role in Argentina] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Sep 1 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Draft note by FCO officials ("Falkland Islands: Contingency Planning (Civil)") [planning for Argentine cancellation of services to Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 4 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MOD letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [military contingency planning] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play regarding Falklands dispute - Carrington copy of minute] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play in Anglo-Argentine dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MOD draft paper ("Defence Implications of Argentine Action Against the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Defence Secretariat paper for the Chiefs of Staff ("Defence Implications of Argentine Action Against the Falkland Islands") [released 2013] |
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81 Sep 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 889 to FCO (2349Z) ("Falkland Islands") [statement by Argentine Foreign Minister Camilion to UN] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 909 to FCO (1934Z) ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister: 23 September") [Carrington-Camilion conversation] [declassified Dec 2012] |
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81 Sep 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands") [UK policy objectives following June strategy meeting] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 24 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Argentina/Falklands: Argentine Press Comment") [coverage of Carrington-Camilion meeting] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Sep 24 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Chief Secretary minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [financial implications of Falklands dispute: "there is a risk that the Islanders will assume that HMG will bail them out"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 1 Th | Chronology | ★★★☆ | [Chronology] | Falklands: Legislative Council election (complete 14 Oct) - results confirm hostility to leaseback |
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81 Oct 2 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires letter to Fearn ("Falkland Islands Strategy") ["In effect, as I understand it, the decision is to have no strategy at all beyond a general Micawberism"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 5 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Defence: Tessa Jardine-Patterson to Sir Peter Scott (HMS Endurance) [withdrawal of the ship from the Falklands region] [released 2017] |
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81 Oct 5 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department ("Malvinas/Falklands Dispute") [published 2015] |
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81 Oct 7 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Translation of article from Cambio Newspaper, Buenos Aires ("We Must Occupy the Malvinas") ["Only military action will ensure the recovery of the usurped Islands"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 8 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to Port Stanley ("Anglo-Argentine Discussions: Consultations with New Councillors After Elections") [guidance as to handling; "we recognise the hardening of opinion in the islands against substantive sovereignty negotiations"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 9 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA National Foreign Assessment Center Memorandum ("Argentine Assistance to Bolivia") [Argentine role in promoting, funding and sustaining Bolivian coup regime] [declassified 2019] |
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81 Oct 13 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute to Luce PS ("Falkland Islands") ["inducements we might offer the Argentines to encourage them to adopt a less difficult policy on the Falklands dispute"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 13 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT letter to Lord Buxton of Alsa (decision to withdraw HMS Endurance from service) [withdrawal "does not foreshadow any loss of interest on the Government's part in the Falkland Islands"] [released 2012] |
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81 Oct 14 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires briefing document ("Leading Personalities in Argentina 1981") [odd numbered pages only] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 14 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Day and Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands: International Arbitration") [possible reference of Falklands sovereignty dispute to International Court of Justice] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 15 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA National Intelligence Officer/Latin America memorandum ("Central America - Talking Points") [situation assessments country by country] [declassified 2019] |
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81 Oct 21 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT letter to Sir Peter Scott (decision to withdraw HMS Endurance from service) ["As for the Falklands, there is no question as to the legitimacy of our sovereignty"] [released 2012] |
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81 Oct 26 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | United Nations: FCO telegram 646 to UKMIS New York (0952Z) (“Election of UN Secretary-General”) [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 29 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("HMS Endurance") [possible moth-balling of HMS Endurance rather than sale] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Oct 30 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires note for political files ("Meeting with Rosendo Fraga") [Galtieri "very susceptible to US influence"; Fraga see Falklands settlement "as a reachable goal in the near future"] [declassified 2019] |
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81 Nov 2 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("HMS Endurance") [draft minutes from Luce to Carrington and from Carrington to Nott to protest at withdrawal of HMS Endurance] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Nov 4 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Palliser PS letter to Ure ("HMS Endurance") [explores possibility of British Antarctic Survey ships filling in for Endurance] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Nov 9 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT letter to Lord Buxton of Alsa (decision to withdraw HMS Endurance from service) [released 2012] |
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81 Nov 10 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department ("Galtieri trip to US gets major attention") [heavy press coverage of Galtieri visit to Washington, including "favourable post-lunch comments" on him by Weinberger and Allen ('majestic presence')] [declassified May 2017] |
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81 Nov 10 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: National Security Council Minutes ("Strategy towards Cuba and Central America") (NSC 0024) [declassified 2005] |
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81 Nov 10 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT letter to Sir Peter Scott (decision to withdraw HMS Endurance) [released 2012] |
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81 Nov 16 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: State Department memcon (Ambassador Vernon Walters-General Pinochet) [Pinochet concern at "Argentinian rigidity" on papal decision of Beagle Channel dispute; Pinochet broached need for 'tranquillity' during passage of legislation repealing Humphrey-Kennedy amendment] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Nov 17 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Luce PS minute to Fearn et al ("Withdrawal of HMS Endurance") [Luce no longer wishes to press MOD to reverse decision to withdraw Endurance] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Nov 21 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA National Intelligence Daily ("Argentina: political uncertainty") [Viola ill; speculation as to possible replacement] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Nov 24 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [possible measures to improve Falklands economy] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Nov 25 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Reagan Library) | Central America: Allen memorandum for Reagan ("Memorandum on Cuba and Central America") [CIA Director conversation with Galtieri as to "what the Argentines are doing in Central America and what they want from us"] [declassified 2010] |
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81 Nov 25 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Immigration: Lord Carrington minute to Whitelaw ("British Nationality Act 1981") ["The timing suits us well" - completing discussions with dependent territories and training consular officers] [declassified Jan 2014] |
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81 Nov 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to UKE Buenos Aires ("Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands Dependencies and the British Antarctic Territory") [legal situation regarding FIDs and BAT] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Nov 26 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn letter to UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires ("Falkland Islands: The British Case") [British legal situation regarding Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Nov 30 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: State Department memcon (Ambassador Vernon Walters-Pope John Paul II) [Beagle Channel dispute - Galtieri upset, Argentina did not get "a single square metre"; Soviets in Central America] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Dec 2 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play regarding Falklands dispute - Carrington copy] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 2 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play regarding Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 3 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UK Ambassador Buenos Aires teleletter for Robin Fearn (political prospects) [President Viola's position, chances of Galtieri's taking over] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 4 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT letter to Simmerson (decision to withdraw HMS Endurance from service) [released 2012] |
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81 Dec 7 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Chief Secretary PS letter to Foreign Secretary PS ("Falkland Islands") [glad at "cautious optimism concerning the forthcoming talks in Geneva"; worry about spending implications if Argentina interferes with communications] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 7 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Chief Secretary letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [glad at "cautious optimism concerning the forthcoming talks in Geneva"; worry about spending implications if Argentina interferes with communications; "a silly letter" (FCO official) - FCO copy] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 7 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MOD minute to MOD Ministers and Officials ("Sale of HMS Endurance") [possibilities for selling HMS Endurance] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: USE London telegram to State Department ("Talks Resume on Falkland Islands") [published 2015] |
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81 Dec 11 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires letter to Fearn ("Argentina, Internal") [ousting of President Viola] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 12 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA National Intelligence Daily ("Argentina: new President") [assesses Galtieri; will have more power than Viola, but inexperienced in policy-making and "tends to act on impulse"] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Dec 15 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO News Department press release ("Anglo-Argentine Talks on Falklands") [talks postponed at Argentine request] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA briefing for DCI ("DCI Worldwide Briefing - Latin America") [Galtieri presidency likely to take tougher line with Chile, slower political reform, perhaps better economic decision-making] [declassified 2019] |
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81 Dec 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department (1500Z) ("Galtieri's swearing-in") [recommends Reagan send message wishing him well, stopping short of congratulations] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Dec 16 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Argentina: Internal Political") [briefing on Viola's ousting and replacement by Galtieri] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 17 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falkland Islands telegram 24 to FCO (1720Z) ("South Georgia: Sr Davidoff") [Salvesens say Davidoff sailing for South Georgia to photograph and inventory scrap] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 18 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 317 to UKE Buenos Aires (1150Z) ("Postponement of Talks") ["no question of any change in the Argentine position at a next round"] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 18 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 318 to UKE Buenos Aires (1645Z) ("Davidoff") [party to spend five days ashore to analyse scrap and transport operation] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 18 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 167 to Governor Falkland Islands ("Davidoff") [intention to visit installations at Leith] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 18 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to Port Stanley ("Davidoff") [Davidoff to visit Leith, Stolmes and Husvic in South Georgia] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 18 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Argentina") [MT will not send congratulations to Galtieri: "I don't like sending these messages on military take overs"] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA biography ("Leopoldo Fortunato GALTIERI") [unrevealing career profile] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA biography ("Jorge Isaac ANAYA") [career profile; "receptive to US views and will try to find common ground with this country on international issues"; schoolmate of Galtieri] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA biography ("Basilio Arturo Ignacio LAMI DOZO") [career profile; "flexible yet pragmatic .... impressive network of civilian contacts .... anti-Communist, anti-Peronist and highly nationalistic"] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Dec 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department (1833Z) ("Galtieri sworn in") [brief and austere ceremony; Videla present, but Viola and his allies absent; Anaya too short to bestow presidential sash] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Dec 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA National Intelligence Daily ("Argentina: new President") ["much stronger power base in the military" than Viola, but growing sentiment Junta "has exhausted itself"; replaced key army officers; economy; risk of "diplomatic imbroglio" over the Falklands] [declassified 2018] |
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81 Dec 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: BBC Monitoring Service report ("Argentine President's Inaugural Speech") [Galtieri: "the time for words and promises has gone ... this is a time for firmness and action"; austerity; foreign policy firmly in the Western camp] [declassified Mar 2016] |
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81 Dec 23 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("HMS Endurance") [MoD seeking a decision on the final disposal of the ship] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 24 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA memorandum for Director ("Monthly Warning Assessment: Latin America") [Central America overview; Honduras; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Costa Rica; Argentina] [declassified 2007] |
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81 Dec 30 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure minute to Luce ("Falkland Islands: Anglo-Argentine Talks") [Argentine Ambassador to London call on Ure] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 31 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falkland Islands telegram 204 to FCO (1134Z) ("South Georgia: Argentine Ship's Visit") [unauthorised landing, Davidoff knows rules and cannot plead ignorance] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 31 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 150 to Governor Falkland Islands (1830Z) ("South Georgia: Argentine Ships Visit") [attempting proceedings against Davidoff would risk provoking a serious incident] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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81 Dec 31 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Port Stanley to FCO ("South Georgia: Argentine Ship's Visit") [unauthorised landing by apparent Argentine Naval vessel] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Dec 31 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires letter to FCO ("President Galtieri's Inaugural Speech to the Nation") [account of speech] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 1 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UK Ambassador Buenos Aires annual review ("Argentina: Annual Review for 1981") [including FCO response] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Jan 1 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKA Buenos Aires despatch to FCO ("Argentina: Annual Review for 1981") [Carrington copy] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 1 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKA Buenos Aires despatch to FCO ("Argentina: Annual Review for 1981") [MT printed copy] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 3 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Lord Privy Seal letter to Dr David Owen (plans to phase out HMS Endurance) [rebuts argument that "On grounds of our interest in the Antarctic and Falkland Islands it seems to be a false economy"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 4 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 2 to UKE Buenos Aires (1700Z) ("South Georgia: Argentine Ship's Visit") ["we are concerned to bring home to the Argentines as soon as possible the unwisdom of actions of this kind"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 6 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | Argentina: CIA memorandum for Director, FBIS ("Monthly Report: [redacted words] December 1981") [new Junta] [declassified 2018] |
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82 Jan 7 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 8 to UKE Buenos Aires (1230Z) ("Anglo-Argentine Talks on Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 7 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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82 Jan 12 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falkland Islands telegram 4 to FCO (1245Z) ("Possibility of a Strike") [rumours of strike if hourly paid employees' cost of living bonus demand not met] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Jan 18 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MOD minute to FCO (sale of Vulcans to Argentina) [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 19 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falklands despatch to FCO ("The Falkland Islands: Annual Review for 1981") [MT copy] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 19 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falklands despatch to Carrington ("The Falkland Islands: Annual Review for 1981") [Carrington copy] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 21 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MOD draft reply to PQ by Michael Shersby MP (HMS Endurance) [text and background information] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 22 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("HMS Endurance") [Carrington wishes to persuade Nott to reverse decision to withdraw Endurance from service] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 22 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to John Nott ("HMS Endurance") [withdrawal of Endurance has led to strong protest, "disproportionate impact on the credibility of our policy in the area"; could Nott not reinstate her, as with Intrepid and Fearless, to ease more far-reaching defence cuts?] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Jan 25 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: HMS Endurance signal to MODUK (1955Z) (pilot mentions possible invasion of Falklands) [cold reception at Ushuaia; "an order" issued not to fraternise with the British] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Jan 25 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Labour Affairs") [indications of increasing labour unrest] [mostly illegible] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 26 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to MOD (sale of Vulcans to Argentina) [no ministerial clearance likely for sales of more than one: "On the face of it, a strike aircraft would be entirely suitable for an attack on the Falklands"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 27 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | Falklands: State Department record of conversation (Forrester, Keane) [Falklands dispute; Beagle negotiations; Argentine ties to Non-Aligned Movement] [published 2015] |
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82 Jan 27 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegrams 22-24 to FCO (1625Z) ("Falkland Islands Negotiations") [Argentine proposal for technico-political permanent negotiating commission] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Jan 27 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 24 to FCO (1650Z) ("Argentine Proposal on the Falklands") [Argentine Government proposes 'new mechanism for negotiation'] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 28 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 23 to FCO (1107Z) ("Argentine Position") [translation of the Argentine 'bout de papier'] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Vulcan") [Argentine Government wants "6-12 aircraft which would form into a new unit additional to and not replacing any existing units"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Jan 31 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKHC Ottawa telegram to FCO (“Falklands: Argentine amateur radio operators”) [declassified 2013] |
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82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("Falkland Islands") [tough worded Argentine 'bout de papier'; draft response for Ambassador and Hunt] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 28 to UKE Buenos Aires (1715Z) ("Falkland Talks") ["we are not indulging in pre-talks tactics"] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 16 to Governor Falkland Islands (1800Z) ("Falklands Talks") [wish to negotiate peaceful solution to dispute but "in no doubts about British sovereignty"] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands") [briefing on and suggested response to "toughly-worded" paper delivered to the British Ambassador to Buenos Aires by the Argentine Government; Ure response (2 Feb)] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 29 to UKE Buenos Aires (1715Z) ("Falkland Talks") [Talking points for UKA Buenos Aires response to Argentinian note] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 2 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: John Weston minute to Robin Fearn ("Falkand Islands") [Fieldhouse closely questioned Defence Staff on possible reinforcement following Argentine "threatening noises"; uncertainty on the part of MoD and CINCFLEET about what the navy would find themselves called upon to do] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 2 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MOD minute to FCO ("Argentina - Vulcan Aircraft") [Vulcans could be used to threaten Falklands, so "we are bound to oppose the sale"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute to UKE Buenos Aires ("Falklands: Article in La Prensa") [report that Argentina will break off negotiations, options do not exclude military activity] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires letter to Fearn ("Falklands Talks") ["my current impression of what we are up against"; Fearn thinks only option is "sitting it out and waiting to see if the Argentines really do anything"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires teleletter to FCO ("Falklands: Article in La Prensa") [Rouco article suggests Junta taking tough new line on Falklands and Beagle disputes] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nott minute to Carrington ("HMS Endurance") [Nott reaffirms decision to withdraw Endurance from service] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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82 Feb 4 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Ure note on Weston minute ("Falkland Islands") [possible reinforcement of Royal Marine contingent, uncertainty between Cs-in-C and MoD] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 4 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Hickson minute ("Falkland Islands, MFA Attitudes") [departing Argentine MFA official says "proponents of strong-arm tactics" in all branches of the services, not just navy, some even in MFA itself; asks how Britain would react] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falkland Islands telegram 16 to FCO (1230Z) ("Falkland Talks") [joint councils' meeting, working groups] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Argentina/Chile: The Beagle Channel Dispute") [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 8 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires teleletter to FCO ("Falklands: Article in La Prensa") [Rouco article on Argentine foreign policy, 7 February; "Malvinas ... the most positive chapter of its policy"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 8 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands") [military contingency plans and situation report on Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("HMS Endurance") [Callaghan warned Gilmour yesterday he would urge retention of Endurance at PMQs; Armstrong agrees] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 33 to FCO (1306Z) ("Falkland Talks") [UK Ambassador meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister Ros] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires teleletter to FCO ("Falklands: B.A. Herald Editorial") [editorial from Buenos Aires Herald - new government "has made toughness its hallmark"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 9 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 34 to FCO (1455Z) ("Falklands: Protests") [UK Embassy to Buenos Aires delivers protests to Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Argentine actions regarding South Georgia and Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 9 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. | ★★★☆ | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
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82 Feb 11 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKA Buenos Aires despatch to FCO ("The Argentine Armed Forces in 1981") [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 15 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT copy - Ministerial talks with Argentina; MT: "We must also make clear that the Islanders' wishes are paramount"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 15 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [British and Argentine negotiating positions prior to New York talks - Carrington copy] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 15 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("HMS Endurance") [recommendations for dealing with proposed withdrawal of Endurance] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 16 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Luce PS minute ("HMS Endurance") [Luce thinks it right "to delay commenting substantively on the problem" of Endurance's withdrawal] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 16 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands and the United States") [briefing for US Secretary for Inter-American Affairs] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 16 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands: Annual Review") [comments on Hunt's annual review] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 17 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [MT comment on Carrington's minute: "the wishes of the Islanders are paramount"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 17 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Argentina/Chile: The Beagle Channel Dispute") [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 17 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to Nott ("HMS Endurance") ["I remain concerned at the strength of public and Parliamentary opposition to HMS Endurance's withdrawal"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 18 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires record of conversation ("'La Prensa' Articles on the Falkland Islands") [conversation with Rouco over dinner, denying official influence over his articles; Fearn sceptical] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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82 Feb 18 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires translation of La Prensa newspaper article ("The Malvinas: A Necessity") [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 18 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires letter to FCO ("South Georgia: Illegal Visit by Argentine Naval Vessel") [Argentine rejection of UK protest] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Feb 21 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands: territorial limits”) [declassified 2013] |
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82 Feb 22 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO steering brief ("Falklands Islands: Anglo-Argentine Talks (New York, 26/27 February 1982)") [Argentine intentions, Islanders' position, British objectives, tactics, publicity] [declassified Aug 2015] |
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