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82 Apr 7 We	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Falklands: 200 mile Maritime Exclusion Zone declared
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 420 to FCO (0035Z) ("Falkland Islands at the UN") [events at UN 7 April; Irish diplomat said he saw UNSCR502 applying as much to British retaliatory action as to Argentine invasion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1146 to FCO (0045Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversation with Haig] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1147 to FCO (0048Z) ("Falklands") [Haig says important US not tilt too much towards Britain so as not to lose credibility with Argentinians] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1148 to FCO (0055Z) ("Falklands") [Pentagon spokesman saying US would not give military assistance to either side; Embassy complained to Weinberger's office and NSC] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación)	Argentine Junta: Argentine Presidency radio phone conversation record (0100Z) (Galtieri-Costa Mendez) (English translation, Spanish transcript & original) [Haig's conversation with Costa Mendez] [declassified 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1151 to FCO (0200Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Haig call to Henderson denying press stories that US spy planes were overflying the Falklands at British request ten days before invasion] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1152 to FCO (0202Z) ("Economic measures against Argentina") [McFarlane says Reagan "extremely chagrined" by Galtieri call] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1154 to FCO (0215Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversation with Haig re: diplomacy; "the window of opportunity is even narrower than he had thought"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1155 to FCO (0220Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversations in Congress; support from Speaker O'Neill and House Majority leader, but not from Helms] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1157 to FCO (0230Z) ("Falklands") ["US press coverage remains very favourable and well ahead of the Administration"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1160 to FCO (0240Z) ("Falklands") [Weinberger call to Henderson; "monstrous to put a long-standing ally onto the same level as Argentinia"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: State Department telegram to USE London (0409Z) ("Discussions with the UK on Falkland Crisis") [Henderson sees Haig and Enders] [published 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires & USE London (0437Z) ("Falklands Dispute: Secretary's Meeting with Argentine Ambassador") [published 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires and USE London (0520Z) ("Falklands Dispute: Secretary's Meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister Costa Mendez") [Costa Mendez agreed to put proposed visit to Galtieri] [published 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	“Pym puts off his Mideast trips” [trips to Syria and Jordan next week postponed in light of Falklands]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands, international support, mediation unions and pay [press still pursuing idea we had earlier intelligence of invasion than admitted] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands, international support, mediation, economic sanctions) [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.86 ("Falklands: British Airways jumbo jets, Cargo aircraft, SAS") [MoD talking to BA about possibility of chartering aircraft but nothing agreed] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.87 ("Falklands: Ministerial statements on when we first knew") [extracts from statements] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.88 ("Royal Yacht, Nukes, BP tankers, Ship requisitions, Argentine ship using UK gunnery range") ["We never talk publicly about nuclear weapons"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.92 ("Falklands Islands - Haig visit") ["He comes as a friend and ally to consult with us"; "There is no mediation process under way"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.93 ("Falkland Islands - NATO Commitment") [NATO will be informed when British assets committed to the alliance leave the NATO area; "there is a great deal of support for our cause"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Conservative Research Department Briefing Note No. 13, 1982 Series ("The Falkland Islands") [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Secretary CNS minute to SECCOS ("Falkland Islands - Military Appreciation") [CNS approval with amendments to COS(Misc)90/742/1] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Director of Naval Warfare minute to First Sea Lord & others ("Naval Staff assessment of the balance of fighting capability between TGs 317.8/324.3 and the Argentine Navy (ARA)") ["Provided the RN units remain over 700nm from Argentine-held airfields, the air to surface threat should be negligible"] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 8th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 93/742/1 (1300Z) ("Airfields in the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute to Whitmore ("Cabinet: Thursday, 15 April") [MT approves pre-cabinet briefing session by Nott] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Cabinet Office letter to FCO (naval deployments in the Falkland Isles in 1977) [Armstrong concern that letter breaches rules on disclosure to ministers of records of a predecessor government; no public use should be made] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 letter to MOD ("Illegal Landing on South Georgia: Chronology of Events") [encloses copy of paper prepared for MT's use at PMQs] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands Debate") [notes prepared for Nott's speech] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Lewin PSO minute for Nott PS ("Operation Corporate: Command Arrangements") [agreed wording for use by Nott in Commons] [declassified Sep 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Jackling minute to Nott PS ("Falkland Islands") [draft passage for Commons speech announcing MEZ] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Bramall minute for Nott ("Operation Corporate - Gurkha Involvement") [fundamentally disagrees with FCO reservations, although he considers small likelihood of 5 Brigade being involved in Corporate] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Chief of the Air Staff PS minute to SECCOS ("Falkland Islands - Military Appreciation") [Beetham's amendments to the paper, including problem of long-term defence after successful reoccupation] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Nott PS letter to Pym PS ("Falkland Islands Debate") [military opinion is best not to give estimates of Argentine strength on the islands, now or later] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Nott draft speech (winding-up Commons debate) [announces MEZ; command arrangements for Operation Corporate] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Cooper PS minute to Nott PS ("Falklands: Nuclear Aspects") [Treaty of Tlatelolco (Argentina's failure to ratify); Antarctic Treaty; British Negative Security Assurance] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: DS17 minute to Nott PS ("Operation Corporate: Deployment of UK Nuclear Weapons") [in principle possible to unship the weapons during planned 24 hour stopover at Ascension without penalty to operational timetable] [declassified Oct 2019]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: McLoughlin briefing for Nott (call to Lord Buxton) [HMS Endurance now en route to Ascension; St Andrews Bay party declining evacuation with Endurance] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MOD briefing for Nott speech ("Port Stanley airfield") [could be extended from 4100 to 6000 feet within three weeks of arrival of necessary equipment] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: DCDS(I) minute to CDS ("Falkland Islands") [Super Etendard flying from Argentine land bases unable to reach islands with any effective weapon load] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: DCDS(I) minute to CDS ("Falkland Islands") [answers to CDS's questions this morning] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: DNOT minute to ACNS(O) ("Operation Corporate - South Georgia option") [allocated codename OPERATION PARRAQUAT (sic)] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: SCDS(B)1 minute to CDS PSO ("Formation of Devils Advocate Group") [Williams, Mitchell, Hunt] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: CNS PS minute to SECCOS ("Falkland Islands - Military Appreciation") [Leach's amendments to the paper] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: DCDS(I) minute for CDS ("Capabilities of Argentinian Armed Forces") [information sought from US and French Chiefs of Staff, including Exocet] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: DCDS(I) minute to CDS ("Capabilities of the Argentine Armed Forces") [detailed analysis, upgrading earlier assessment of air threat] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MA/CDS minute for CDS ("Summary of Signals: No 4") [highlights from diplomatic telegrams - Chile "Second thoughts. Overt support unlikely"] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: PSO CDS minute for CDS ("Briefing for Heads BDS Washington") ["As we discussed, your aim is to get as much as we can from the Americans ... we would like the President to play down his even-handed approach and have been encouraged by some recent DIPTELS on the subject"] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Ian McDonald minute to Nott PS ("Daily Press Briefings") [keeping British defence correspondents occupied with unattributable material, perhaps in joint briefings with FCO] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Falklands: Jopling minute to Pym (further reaction within the Parliamentary Party to Falklands situation; Labour and SDP reactions) [account of views of individual MPs] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Government Chief Whip's PS letter to Cabinet Office (Ted Rowlands remark that Britain had been reading Argentine codes) [discussion among MOD ministers; Jopling approach to Cocks; "Mr Rowlands has undertaken to make no further public pronouncements on this matter"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Falklands/Defence: Gow letter to Frederick Burden MP (spending on the Royal Navy) [responds to Burden's worry that the Navy is being "run down"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 1st (0800Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: CDS staff minute to Cabinet Secretary's PS ("Meeting of officials - 080900 local Apr 1982") [proposed ROEs for SSNs to be discussed at the meeting] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Minutes of MOD Defence Operations Executive - DOE 4th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Intelligence Assessment; Own Forces; Public Relations; Release of Information; Security; Meetings) [estimate of Argentinian air threat increased] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Lilongwe telegram 109 to FCO (0930Z) ("Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO draft speech for Pym (opening Commons debate) [annotated by MT] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Ure minute ("Falklands: Governor's Talk With Opposition Leaders") [points emerging from Rex Hunt's meeting with Foot and Healey, including runway - Pym comment: "This spells trouble"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO telegram 49 to UK Embassies and Missions (1000Z) ("Argentine Invasion of Falkland Islands") [summary of action taken by HMG since invasion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) ("PM's Day, Press Notice, Pilot Ethnic Survey of the Civil Service, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Tony Benn, Debate, John Nott, UN Resolution, World Cup, British Gas") ["We emphasised that the obligation was on Argentina to withdraw before negotiations began"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 2nd (1030Z) (Future Co-Ordinating Machinery, Implications of Economic Measures Against Argentina, Programme of Work) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1110Z) (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [Schmidt rings to offer support] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Press	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: Reuters reports (1159Z) ("Falklands Mediation") [British officials ruled out US mediation unless Argentine troops withdrew first] [this copy released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Message from the Prime Minister to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico") [importance of Mexico "in the balance of South American opinion"; FCO draft, largely composed by the Ambassador] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Falklands: Prime Minister Joergensen of Denmark letter to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [Denmark condemns invasion] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Prime Minister Jorgensen of Denmark message for MT (the Danish Government's condemnation of the Argentine invasion) [condemnation of Argentine action] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Falklands: President Shagari of Nigeria letter to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [Nigeria condemns invasion and supports UN resolution calling for withdrawal] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: President Shagari of Nigeria message for MT (support for UNSCR502) [public statement] declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Sir Derek Rayner note to MT (support) ["warmest wishes for a good outcome"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO telegram 78 to UKMIS Geneva (1235Z) ("Falkland Islands: UN Aspects") [instructions for meeting with Secretary-General - emphasize UNSCR502, "brush aside all speculation about other avenues of a settlement"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 8th Meeting/82 (1300Z) (intelligence matters, ODSA debrief, instructions to overseas representatives, signal to military commanders, amphibious operations appreciation, public relations, tactical nuclear weapons; forecast of decisions or actions required) [declassified Aug 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram 75 to FCO (1305Z) ("Falklands/Chile") [military met last night - source "rather disappointed" at outcome] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: Talking Points prepared by State Department ("NSPG meeting, 8.30AM, April 7 1982") [Falklands dispute: political situation in UK/Argentina; military capabilities; US proposals to both sides; next steps] [published 2015; largely declassified 2001]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: National Security Planning Group meeting (1334-1415Z) (situation in South Atlantic) [account from Rentschler memoirs, Weinberger diary] [published 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKDEFAT Bonn signal to MODUK NAVY (1400Z) (FRG action to stop export of arms and components to Argentina) [list of naval projects] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: State Department note for Haig (1406Z) ('Mr Secretary') [British Embassy just rang saying HMG "look forward to receiving you tomorrow in London"] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 minute for MT ("Menu for Dinner for Mr Alexander Haig on 8 April") [seafood, steak and sorbet] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 153 to FCO (1415Z) ("Falkland Islands") [possible EC sanctions against Argentina - Bottai and Berlinguer conversations; MT's message to Spadolini] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 153 to FCO (1415Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Italian support for the UK] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 154 to FCO (1420Z) ("Falkland Islands: Italian views") [Spadolini condemns the use of force and calls for a negotiated solution] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 154 to FCO (1420Z) ("Falkland Islands: Italian views") [Italian communique following Spadolini meeting with Karamanlis] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Hansard	HC S: (1447Z begins) [Falkland Islands] [debate - Pym maiden speech, Nott winding up and announcing MEZ]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) ("Administration v Sovereignty, Easter, Mandate, Government Information Services") ["We said sovereignty had never been lost but clearly we did not have a British ADMINISTRATION at present"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Ottawa telegram 187 to FCO (1520Z) ("Falkland Islands: economic measures against Argentina") [have asked for urgent meeting with PM Trudeau] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: USE Buenos Aires to State Department (1514Z) ("Secretary's April 6 meeting with Costa Mendez") [Argentine government's "impressive capacity for self-delusion"] [declassified 2001]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1161 to FCO (1515Z) ("Falkland Islands") [conversation with Haig - how visit should be described; Henderson urging mention of UNSCR502] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 307 to FCO (1530Z) ("Economic measures against Argentina") [FRG three hour cabinet, 2/3 on Falklands; Chancellery said Schmidt supportive; "So far so good"] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 308 to FCO (1535Z) ("Economic measures against Argentina") [text of FRG statement] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKDEL NATO telegram 167 to FCO (1537Z) ("Falkland Islands") [short discussion at North Atlantic Council - Luns asking if we were not prepared to negotiate prior to Argentine withdrawal] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC I: (1543Z) [Falkland Islands] [MT intervenes in Callaghan speech]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Hungary/Falklands: Bank of England record of phone conversation between Governor and Chairman of Federal Reserve (1640Z) (“The Governor’s conversation with Volcker”) [Volcker 99 per cent certain US would not block support but would do nothing positive either; freeze of Argentinian assets in London] [declassified 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO letter to Treasury ("How vulnerable is the Argentine economy?") [note prepared by FCO with help from Bank of England - Argentina's vulnerability to crisis of confidence and capital flight] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKDEFAT Bonn signal to MODUK NAVY (1600Z) (FRG action to stop export of arms and components to Argentina) [list of projects now blocked by FRG Government] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO telegram 115 to UKDEL NATO (1600Z) ("Falkland Islands") [want to keep allies "as fully informed as possible" but without risking leak of military preparations; avoid discussion of military dispositions and options] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MODUK signal to CINCFLEET and others (1615Z) ("Operation Corporate") [overall aim defined] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1163 to FCO (1635Z) ("Falklands: US opinion") [initial confusion about British policy dispelled by "major campaign to get at the American press, radio and television"; media coverage at present "very satisfactory"; Argentinians doing very little with media here] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 155 to FCO (1650Z) ("Implementation of SCR 502: tricky point in the future") [Italians and other member states may be neutral about our case on sovereignty ] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKDEL NATO telegram 168 to FCO (1655Z) ("The Falklands") [report from West German military attaché in Buenos Aires, given in confidence to UK] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Cooper minute to Nott (?1700Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Cabinet Office meeting drafting terms of MEZ; draft attached; FCO discomfort] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Cooper PS minute to Cooper (Operation Corporate: Deployment of UK Nuclear Weapons) [line-up in OD(SA) - Pym firmly backs offloading, Nott wants to delay decision until next week] [declassified Oct 2019]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (1700Z) (Sir Frank Cooper-Fleet Street editors - meeting 1) ["Briefing for editors on the Falkland Islands emergency"] [declassified Oct 2019]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: BRITDEFAT Paris signal to MODUK (1700Z) ("Falkland Islands") [A/DA summoned to meet Hernu and invited to pose military questions, including Super Etendard and Exocet AM39s] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 162 to FCO (1705Z) ("Falklands: Parliamentary Statement") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands/EC: UKE The Hague telegram 80 to FCO (1750Z) (“Economic measures against Argentina”) [van Agt: "The Dutch had often claimed to be Britain's best friend in Europe. Now was the time to show that the claim was well-founded"] [declassified Jul 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE The Hague telegram 80 to FCO (1750Z) ("Economic Measures Against Argentina") [Ambassador's conversation with Van Agt; "the Dutch had often claimed to be Britain's best friend in Europe, now was the time to show that"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 326 to FCO (1753Z) ("Ban on arms sales to Argentina") [Cheysson's statement endorsed by Council of Ministers; "we have to rest on that as far as Cheysson is concerned"; "great delicacy" of information they have provided - "In this respect they are making a major effort to be helpful"] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 4 (Possible Notification of Exclusion Zone) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 2nd (1800Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1164 to FCO (1800Z) ("Falkland Islands: US economic pressure on Argentina") [military; trade; finance] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 325 to FCO (1800Z) ("Falklands: French Council of Ministers") [statement plus Beregevoy press conference at Elysee afterwards affirming "political solidarity" with Britain] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 327 to FCO (1804Z) ("EC/Argentine") [pressing for early decision] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1169 to FCO (1835Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Haig about Kirkpatrick - "Haig said that he had no words bad enough for that person. The trouble was that she had the ear of the White House. She was a complete disaster"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Ottawa telegram 188 to FCO (1845Z) ("Falkland Islands: economic measures against Argentina") [meeting with PM Trudeau; "entirely with us" on resisting aggression; sceptical of economic measures however] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Trinidad telegram 57 to FCO (1900Z) ("Commonwealth Secretary General") [Ramphal called invasion "a gross, unprovoked and utterly unwarranted setback in the international legal order"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Pym TV interview for ITN ("Falkland Islands") [restoration of British administration] [released 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Chairman of the British Community Council in Argentina telegram to MT (urging peaceful solution) [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Jackling minute (1949Z) ("Falkland Islands: Exclusion Zone") [ministerial decision made; terms of announcement] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: Pym letter for Haig (evening) (establishment of a Maritime Exclusion Zone around the Falklands) [notifies him of Nott announcement] [published 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: McLoughlin briefing ("Briefing on points raised with the Governor") [failure to destroy runway; communications with Falklands] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Peter Blaker note to Nott (prompts for Commons debate) [Labour discussing Falklands sovereignty in 1960s?] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: ?State Department note for Haig (received 2015Z) (Vernon Walters) [Argentine Ambassador to France suggests Walters to act as confidential intermediary between Galtieri and British; Walters asking for this message to be passed to Haig] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1174 to FCO (2142Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson summarises US views; Haig: "there cannot be another Suez"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación)	Argentine Junta: Argentine Presidency conversation record (cabinet meeting) (Spanish original) [Peruvian offer of petrodollars; Libyan offer of oil] [declassified 2015]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 72 to FCO (2215Z) ("Falklands") [Peruvian Minister of War Cisneros publicly expressed total support for Argentine position possibly including military help] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: Costa Mendez letter to Haig (sends documents supporting the Argentine case) [first aim of action was to "alter the protacted negotiations that were stagnated and had no future"; carried out with great care to avoid loss of lives or damage to property; mindful of national pride on both sides] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: Haig handwritten notes (Argentine case) ["disproportion - of what is at stake"; "No one listened"] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: Haig handwritten notes ('UK') ["1. Can't negotiate until troops w[ith]draw; 2. Must reestablish AUTHORITY; 3. Relevance of Security Council Resolution"] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: White House press briefing (2241Z) (Haig departing for London) ["Haig is going to be helpful under the President's direction"]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 73 to FCO (2245Z) (Argentine request for OAS meeting) [Peruvian MFA official says Argentine Ambassador asked Peru to summon consultative council of OAS; Peru refused but said it would support Argentina if council met] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MODUK signal to UKMILREP Brussels and others (2255Z) ("Sitrep No.6 on Falkland Islands as at 072200Z") (1615Z) [General; Argentine naval forces; Argentine ground forces; Argentine air forces; own forces; navy; army; notice of exclusion zone; Nott announcement of forces; command and control] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 413 to FCO (2340Z) ("Falkland Islands at the UN") [Summary of main developments at the UN from 6th of April] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report [Eagleburger acting] ("Egyptian-Israeli Border Dispute, El Salvador Coalition Building Process, Law of the Sea Negotiations") [declassified 2016]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: Department of State memorandum ("Highlights of April 7 TV newscasts and programs") [Falklands - announcement of MEZ, Nott and Pym speeches); Haig flying to London, talk of 'mediation'] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (CIA)	Falklands: CIA paper ("The Falkland Islands and Dependencies") ["A Geographic Reference Aid"] [declassified Dec 2017]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO briefing for Pym (meeting Haig on 8 Apr) [speaking note; background papers on international reaction, UN, economic measures and Argentine vulnerability to US pressure] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit of President Reagan") [further revised programme] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: Jenkin minute to MT (“US visit - March 22 - April 22, 1982”) [trade mission] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Brittan letter to Cockfield (GEC sale of turbines to South Africa: Biffen’s proposal) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Pay: Joseph minute to MT ("Impending Pay Decisions") [public sector pay] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Armstrong minute to MT ("Cabinet Office: Review of Open Structure") [Civil Service reform] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Regional Policy: Heseltine letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (additional Enterprise Zones) ["have to make a decision on whether we wish to see any more... within the lifetime of this Parliament"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to Edwards PS ("Education, Science and Arts Committee: Second Report, Session 1981-82") [first Government reply to Second Report of Parliamentary Committee] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial policy: No.10 letter to Department of Employment ("Lay Off") [MT's response to Tebbit's proposals on lay-offs] [declassified 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Lord Hailsham PS letter to Cabinet Office (Questions of Procedure for Ministers) [proposed new committee on procedure of the courts in matrimonial cases] [declassified 2014]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Energy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("An Eighth Round of Offshore Licensing") ["timing of the eighth round, the gas round, the financial arrangements and future arrangements"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local government: Department of the Environment letter to Nick Ridley (“Local Government Finance (No 2) Bill - Water Audit”) [public access to Water authorities] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised industries: Central Policy Review Staff minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Longer term study on electricity prices”) [MT: “And without any consultation with me! - Not good”] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised industries: Jenkin minute to MT (“British Shipbuilders’ pay settlement”) [MT: “a most unsatisfactory paper”] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Walters MSS)	Monetary Policy: Treasury briefing "Interpretation of Monetary Conditions: April 1982" [released 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Note for Wednesday meeting (weekly report on market conditions, official activity and rates in the gilt-market) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Posts and telecommunications: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("Telephone Rental Charges and Pensioners") [MT not convinced that enough thought given to her suggestion for reducing costs for pensioners; asks for more detailed justification of refutal] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (weekly report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2013]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions including US report) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO minute for Acland ("Falkland Islands: Notice of an Exclusion Zone") [recommends Pym resists Nott announcing MEZ tonight; Acland agrees, thinking Reagan and Haig will feel 'bounced'] [declassified Dec 2012]

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