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PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 330 to FCO (1823Z) ("Falklands: French Press Comment") [topic has "left the front pages", but substantial coverage of diplomacy still; parallels seen with French overseas possessions] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: State Department record of conversation (1830Z) ("Secretary's Working Dinner with Prime Minister Thatcher, April 8") [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1830Z) (MT-Haig) [dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
Text 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Rentschler MSS) Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (US decision to launch mediation; Haig's first visit to London) [MT: "Interim authority? - to do what?"]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Prime Minister Pindling of the Bahamas letter for MT (1830Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["unequivocal rejection of the use of force as a means of settling disputes between states"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Bahamian PM Pindling letter to MT (support) [sent to No.10 on 29 Apr] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 158 to FCO (1835Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Italian measures towards Argentina] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1835Z) ("Haig timetable, Talks - general nature") ["It was made plain that the withdrawal of Argentine troops and a return to British administration was an absolute prerequisite for a solution"; Haig not a mediator but a friend and ally] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: President Burnham of Guyana message to MT (1900Z) (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [Burnham supports UK and calls for withdrawal of Argentine forces] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Prime Minister of Guyana message for MT (1900Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["strongly condemned" invasion; full support for UNSCR502] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Pindling of the Bahamas message to MT (1908Z) (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [Pindling supports UK and calls for Argentine withdrawal] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 237 to UKMIS New York (1908Z) ("Falklands at the UN - Human Rights violations by occupying authorities") [cannot substantiate accusations so far other than denial of self-determination] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 78 to FCO (1912Z) ("Royal Marines") [no confirmation yet of their arrival here tomorrow] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 80 to FCO (2036Z) ("Falkland Islands") [smuggled out message from Falklands civil servants requesting temporary evacuation of the population under supervision of "a protecting power"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 79 to FCO (2115Z) (text of communiqué issued by the Uruguayan council for national security) [calls for mediation, negotiation] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1189 to FCO (2115Z) ("Falklands") [Eagleburger said he was unable to speak with Haig meeting of Air Chiefs] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: White House press briefing (2130Z) (Haig in London) [President 'mis-spoke' when he referred to Haig as involved in negotiations]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Press Minor Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: USICA news summary (Haig Mission) ["key to any US role in Falklands"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Panama City telegram 35 to FCO (2200Z) ("Tidepool") [Panamanian permission would be needed to berth ship at US base; possible delay, best avoid] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Ingham Note for Press Officers (c2200Z) ("Guidance after PM/Haig Dinner, April 8, 1982") ["full agreement that the UN resolution must be carried out"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BRITNAVAT Brasilia signal to CGRM (2210Z) ("Op[eration] Corporate") [permission for ship to dock in Rio de Janeiro] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Port of Spain telegram 58 to FCO (2225Z) ("Falklands") [statement by Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister, calls for "negotiation, mediation or arbitration"; notes 1965 UNGA resolution "which upholds the right of self-determination of the people of the Falkland Islands"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MODUK signal to UKMILREP Brussels and others (2233Z) ("Sitrep No.7 on Falkland Islands as at 082200Z") (1615Z) [1. General; 2. Argentine naval forces; 3. Argentine ground forces; 4. Argentine air forces; 5. own forces; 6. navy; 7. army; 8. air force; 9. minimise in force] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1195 to FCO (2245Z) ("Colombian OAS Initiative on Falkland Islands") [OAS Permanent Council meeting adjourned to avoid cutting across Haig mediation] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1196 to FCO (2250Z) ("Text of Colombian Draft Resolution") [for OAS meeting] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 428 to FCO (2252Z) ("Falkland Islands: UN Secretary-General") [Ahmed put in charge of Falklands issue; Perez de Cuellar asking him to "formulate proposals"] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 429 to FCO (2254Z) ("Falklands and British Antarctic Territory") [future meetings] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1197 to FCO (2252Z) ("Falklands: Possible Consequences for British Antarctic Territory") [conversation with Eagleburger who suggested US raise the issue when Haig visits Buenos Aires] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 430 to FCO (2301Z) ("Maritime Exclusion Zone") [letter to Perez de Cuellar should lay foundations for charging Argentinians with military occupation of the islands] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 432 to FCO (2346Z) ("Condemned ANC Members") [draft UK statement] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Belmopan telegram 140 to FCO (2350Z) ("Falkland Islands: Belize/Guatemala") [PM Price genuinely supportive over Falklands, as well as concerned for Belize security against Guatemala] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [Canada considering sanctions against Argentina] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Fraser of Australia message to MT (Argentine invasion of the Falklands) [Australian sanctions against Argentina] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Prime Minister Fraser of Australia message for MT (Australian position) [import ban] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: Eagleburger memorandum for President Reagan (Situation in the Falklands) [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: Goldberg note (position of British fleet) ["No[rt]h of Ascension - reach [Rio] Treaty area around Monday 4/12"] [released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: State Department note ("Papers Needed") [Strategy Paper; Settlement Options; Press Paper; Talking Points; Background; Messages to key third countries; "Pending and possible British requests"] [released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) Argentine Junta: Swiss Embassy Buenos Aires memorandum ("Comunicacion del Reino Unido notificando el bloqueo") (Spanish original) [transmits British announcement of MEZ] [declassified 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Israel-Lebanon, Falklands, Buckley in Ottawa") [OAS; Franch and German support for UK] [declassified 2016]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander, Middleton and Spivey note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 8 (United States Economic Pressure Against Argentina) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Home Office note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 9 (Argentinians in the United Kingdom and Other Possible Requirements for Legislation) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander, Middleton and Spivey note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 10 (Financial Restriction on Argentina) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander, Middleton and Spivey note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 11 (Effect of Trade Sanctions Against Argentina) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander, Middleton and Spivey note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 12 (International Reaction to the Argentina Invasion of the Falklands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander, Middleton and Spivey note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 13 (Argentina: Anti-British Retaliation) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander, Middleton and Spivey note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 14 (Hydrocarbon Potential Around the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Social Security: MT letter to Michael Foot (value of retirement pension) ["The country is not at present in a position to finance significant real terms increases in pensions"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: MT letter to Len Murray (Brussels European Council meeting, 29-30 March) [Community level measures to reduce unemployment] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong minute to MT ("Ministerial Changes: Cabinet Committees") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Aid: President Nyerere of Tanzania letter to MT (International Development Agency and the World Bank) [asks UK to use influence to encourage other nations to donate to IDA] [released 2013]

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