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PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (c.1100Z) (MT, Howe, Whitelaw, Biffen, Parkinson, Tebbit, Michael Jopling) [“MPs’ pay”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Military Action") ["I cannot overemphasise the sensitivity of this paper"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: UPI report (1159Z) ("Argentine FM confident problem with Britain can be solved") ["The US offered its services as mediator Tuesday"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo signal to MODUK (1215Z) ("Falkland Islands") [BRITDEFAT's pessimistic analysis of situation] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram 185 to FCO (1230Z) ("Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands") [asked to call on Spanish FM, Spanish government still committed to Lisbon Agreement but doubted 20 Apr possible; Falklands "very conscious of their close links" with UK] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Jacques Chirac, Mayor of Paris, message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [in French] [support for MT] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("American Base on Ascension") [agreements governing Wideawake USAF Air Base] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Rome letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [Colombo's 4 April statement to "Corriere della Sera"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("UN Special Session on Disarmament") [UK delegation] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym minute for Whitelaw ("Falkland Islanders: Entry into the UK") [must give Commons assurance that any islanders wishing to settle in UK will be able to do so] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute for Coles (false reports that British intelligence had warning of invasion much earlier than we did) [MT "will want to be extremely careful about what she says [in public] on this"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Jopling minute to Pym (reaction within the Parliamentary Party to Falklands situation) [account of views of individual MPs] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Nott's PS letter to No.10 (defensive material: response to allegation that Government is "ruining" the Navy) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Foreign Policy: Hugh Thomas minute to MT (recommends foreign policy unit at No.10) [unit would be "comparable to the US National Security Council"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram 186 to FCO (1315Z) ("Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands") [suggests postponing opening of Gibraltar frontier to late June] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 174 to FCO (1326Z) ("Falklands and Time Scale of Argentine Intentions") ["we refused to face the fact that our encouragement of total intransigence from the Islanders involved a physical risk to them"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands/JIC: Joint Intelligence Committee minutes (JIC(82)16th Meeting) (1330Z) (Falklands - immediate assessments; Argentine armed forces; events leading up to invasion; review of intelligence; assessments staff future work) [daily updates as required, ideally in a way that could be shared with intelligence allies] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 175 to FCO (1405Z) ("Falklands") [Argentine press suggests marines left behind on Falklands now captured and will be repatriated] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Cabinet, ministerial appointments, debate, intelligence) ["The world was offering its support"] [released 2013]
Text 82 Apr 6 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT notes made during conversation with Macmillan (c1500Z) (advice on handling the crisis) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE The Hague telegram 78 to FCO (1512Z) ("Falklands") [Dutch Government condemns invasion, warm tribue to Carrington] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 303 to FCO (1515Z) ("The Falklands") [FRG Government condemns invasion; in close contact with HMG] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKDEL NATO telegram 165 to FCO (1542Z) ("The Falkland Islands") [lunch of Permanent Representatives; Luns spoke of Argentina's "naked aggression ... all would be with the UK"] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Guatemala City 58 to FCO (8 Apr 1550Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Guatemalan dictator in tv interview declares support for Argentina] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 152 to FCO (1610Z) ("Falkland Islands: UN Aspects") [Perez de Cuellar wondering when or whether to intervene] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 319 to FCO (1615Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Foreign Minister Cheysson] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Mallaby minute for Pym PS ("Falkland Islands: Secretary of State's speech in the House of Commons on 7 April") [draft for Pym's first speech - realism, calm, determination] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands/JIC: GCHQ London signal to GCHQ Cheltenham (1700Z) ("Highlights of special JIC on Tuesday 6 April 1982" - JIC(82)16th Meeting) [decision to invade could not have been taken before 28/29 Mar; JIC agreed PM's request that Nicoll examine JIC performance in run-up to war, but Tovey warned against "repeated investigations" into intelligence arrangements as "insulting and ... highly damaging to morale"] [declassified May 2023]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: White House press briefing (1701Z) (announcements; Falkland Islands; budget; arms control; economy) [extract on Falklands]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Jacques Chirac message to MT (expressing his solidarity and best wishes) [MT: "We must reply"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: USE London telegram 7568 to State Department (1742Z) ("Falklands dispute: a few suggestions") [partially redacted text; buy time with "dramatic proposal for talks"] [declassified 2001]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: USE London telegram 7568 to State Department (1742Z) ("Falklands Dispute - A Few Suggestions") [unredacted text; buy time with "dramatic proposal for talks"] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft message to world leaders] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: MT message for President Reagan (1846Z) (seeking help in pressuring Argentina to withdraw from the Falklands) [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message to world leaders (1846Z) ("Falkland Islands: economic measures against Argentina") [urges support for measures to bring Argentina to act on Security Council resolution] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) Argentine Junta: Argentine Embassy London telegram 851 to MFA (received 1915Z) (diplomatic relations) (Spanish original) [meeting at Foreign Office] [declassified 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) Argentine Junta: Argentine Embassy London telegram 887 to MFA (received 2000Z) (diplomatic relations) (Spanish original) [Brazilian role representing Argentine interests in UK] [declassified 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) Argentine Junta: Military Committee minutes No.9"M"/82 (Spanish original) [reinforcement of islands] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MA/CDS minute for CDS ("Summary of Attitudes") [highlights from diplomatic telegrams] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 1 (Composition and Terms of Reference) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Pym memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 2 (Diplomatic Action Following the Invasion of the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 1 (Composition and Terms of Reference) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander and Middleton note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 5 (Falkland Islands: Departmental Contact Arrangements) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander and Middleton note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 6 (Programme of Work) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Middleton and Alexander note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 4 (Argentinian Invasion of the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Nott memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 3 (Military Action Following the Invasion of the Falkland Islands) [list of options] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Naval Staff minute to CNS (2250Z) ("Revision to proposed rules of engagement for SSNs") [Nott call to request separate ROEs for Argentine warships and auxiliaries] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 77 to FCO (2300Z) ("Falklands") [meeting with FM to receive Brazilian public appeal for peaceful solution] [declassified Spt 2016]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO flash telegram 658 to UKE Washington (2345Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Haig called Pym; wants to visit London; "tends to confirm our fears about the mediatory role the Americans see themselves playing"] [declassified Dec 2012]

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