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PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Armstrong minute for MT ("Implications for Civil Departments of the Situation in the South Atlantic") [meeting of Permanent Secretaries; permanent committee of officials formed to co-ordinate Falklands work] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Armstrong minute for Cooper (draft paper about 'objectives') ["with a view to directing ministers' minds to various questions"] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: No.10 record of conversation (Whitmore-Nott) [membership of Ministerial group on Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: FCO press conference transcript (1430Z) (Governor Rex Hunt, Majors Noonan and Norman) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Moscow telegram 176 to FCO (1430Z) ("Falkland Islands: Soviet Attitude") ["the Russians will probably wish to delay for as long as possible coming down firmly on one side or the other"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("House of Commons Debate on the Falkland Islands: The Prime Minister's speech - possible outline") [draft speech needed for MT or other minister] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) ('Resignations') [Carrington, Atkins & Luce resign; stressed that MT "was not of a mind to seek resignations"; "we did not know of any plans the PM might have to resign"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: CCO press release (1500Z) (Winston Churchill MP speech in Loughborough) [failure to deter; "Weakness ... invariably invites aggression"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: No.10 press release (Pym appointed Foreign Secretary, Biffen appointed Lord President) [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 press notice (Ministerial Appointments) [Pym as Foreign Secretary, Biffen as Lord President, taskforce sets sail] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 minute for MT (c1500Z) ("Trade with Argentina") [exchanges in the Commons] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: DNOT briefing for Nott (1530Z) ("SSN communications in the South Atlantic") [UK to SSN; SSN to UK; Force Commander to SSN; message time between Whitehall and SSN] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1113 to FCO (1630Z) ("Falklands: US Senate") [Senator Percy anxious to help; Henderson asked for immediate statement] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 141 to UKE Cape Town and others in Africa and Middle East (1630Z) ("Falklands: Follow up to Security Council Resolution") [approach governments to pressurize Argentina to comply with UNSCR502] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Mower minute to MT ("Interviews") [briefing for interviews with ITN and the BBC on Falklands, Carrington's resignation, use of force, US attitudes] [released 2013]
Text 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (1630Z) (Falklands)
Text 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (c1640Z) (Falklands)
Video 82 Apr 5 Mo Multimedia Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (1640Z) (Falklands) [film]
Text 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for IRN (c1650Z) (Falklands)
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Agricultural Council - 31 March and 1/2 April 1982) [Walker statement to Parliament: CAP price package] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Lisbon telegram 52 to FCO (1650Z) (conversation with Portuguese Foreign Minister) ["strong condemnation of Argentine action"; understood importance of bringing "utmost pressure to bear" on Argentina] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 395 to FCO (1653Z) ("Security Council: Falkland Islands") ["an additional reason for keeping the action away from the Security Council is Jeane Kirkpatrick. She has very close and sympathetic relations with the Argentine leadership"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Dominican Prime Minister Eugenia Charles message for MT (1656Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["unprovoked violation of international law, and decency is to be unreservedly deprecated ... the Argentine act of aggression and invasion places international peace in jeopardy"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Archbishop of Canterbury letter to Pope John Paul II (hostilities in the South Atlantic) [sending his envoy Terry Waite for discussions with Cardinal Secretary of State] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Vatican: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Archbishop of Canterbury) ["Papal Visit: Service at Canterbury" - MT reluctant to attend; Archbishop worrying he had pressed her too hard on a stressful day] [declassified 2011]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1710Z) (ministerial appointments) [MT's objective "was to return the Falklands to British sovereignty"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Defence Staff record of phone conversation (1720Z) (General Boam call from Washington) ["Informing BDLS" - British Defence Liaison Staff need to be kept in the picture] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym message to Haig (1728Z) (text plus guidance, FCO telegram to UKE Washington 653-654) [too early for high level talks with the US, need for the moment is to maximise pressure for Argentine withdrawal] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 397 to FCO (1733Z) ("Falkland Islands: Security Council") [Chinese statement explaining refusal to support UNSCR502] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: Reagan press conference (1807Z) ("Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Foreign and Domestic Policy Issues") [friends with both sides; "Both sides have threatened with the use of force"]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) Argentine Junta: Argentine Embassy London telegram 879 to MFA (received 1815Z) (diplomatic relations) (Spanish original) [declassified 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 396 to FCO (1832Z) ("Falkland Islands: UN Aspects") [Costa Mendez telling UNSG that Argentina was "in a negotiating mood and had the best intentions to negotiate its differences with HMG"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Edmund Vestey letter for MT (offering his help amid the Falklands crisis) [contact less good with Galtieri than his predecessors] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Jock Bruce-Gardyne letter to MT (Bruce-Gardyne urges compromise with Argentina) ["More spectacular solutions may appeal to the gallery: but would they last?"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Laurens van der Post letter to MT (advice for MT on influencing public opinion) ["one supreme value...which is at stake": "naked aggression will not be allowed and wherever it occurs, it will be resisted and overcome"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1117 to FCO (2030Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Stoessel - any US initiatives would have to entail Argentine withdrawal] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1118 to FCO (2032Z) ("Falklands") [New York Times reports US officials expecting US to produce a diplomatic formula to avoid a military clash] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 67 to FCO (2055Z) ("Falklands") [meeting with FM to urge Brazil bring pressure on Argentina] [declassified Spt 2016]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: USE Santiago to State Department (2142Z) (Chilean response to invasion as relayed to US officials) ["blatant aggression"] [declassified 2002]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1119 to FCO (2258Z) ('Falklands') [Reagan comments in news conference - US in "a very difficult position because it was friendly with both countries"; hopes for peaceful solution, willing to act as "honest broker"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1120 to FCO (2300Z) ('Falklands') [Embassy "had a word with the NSC staff" about Reagan comments implying Argentina had not already used force] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1123 to FCO (2309Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Henderson speaks with Bush ("not well informed and generally somewhat cagey") and Weinberger ("had not the faintest inkling in advance", unaware of strength of feeling in Britain about the Falklands)] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 405 to FCO (2350Z) ("Falklands at the UN") [possible actions to bolster British position through lesser UN bodies] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Stoessel memorandum for Haig ("Falkland Islands") [conversation with Henderson previous evening, "feels the US is the only possible mediator"] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Enders & Scanlan action memorandum for Haig ("Proximate Visits of High-Level USG Officials to Argentina") [Haig decides to go ahead with visits by General Allen and Agriculture Secretary Block] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Presentation of Presidential Letters to Chinese, The Egyptian-Israeli Border Dispute, France/Nicaragua") [declassified 2016]
Text 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Nott note circulated to Cabinet - C(82) 9 (Statement on the Defence Estimates 1982) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community affairs") [Walker "report on the outcome of the 31 March - 2 April Agriculture Council": CAP prices; green pound] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Statement on the Defence Estimates 1982 (C(82) 9)") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) India: Prime Minister Gandhi of India message to MT (thanks for message of support on Republic Day) [released 2013]

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