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82 Apr 8 Th	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Falklands: Haig’s first visit to London
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1180 to FCO (0030Z) ("Falklands: US Press") [massive press coverage continues] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1181 to FCO (0032Z) ("New York Times article by Appel [sic]") [summary; sceptical] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 420 to FCO (0035Z) ("Falkland Islands at the UN") [summary of events 7 April - Rocas speech to non-aligned; Irish suggesting UNSCR502 applied as much to Britain as Argentina - "we will have to watch the Irish and other do-gooders on the Security Council"; possible Nordic initiative] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1182 to FCO (0055Z) ("Falklands") [Weinberger questioned about Ascension and US obligations under the Rio Treaty] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1184 to FCO (0110Z) ("Falklands: Meeting of Air Chiefs of the Americas") [USAF Chief of Staff due to attend meeting Buenos Aires; Eagleburger conversation - Haig inclined to let him continue] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1185 to FCO (0115Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Eagleburger's deputy, Gompert; Haig fully understood dangers of appearing neutral; Gompert urging him to go to London without "definite proposals"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1186 to FCO (0120Z) ("Falklands") [Congressman Zablocki statement of support for UK - "naked aggression"] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires (0259Z) (Costa Mendez phone call to Haig) [accepts US "good offices"; invites Haig to Buenos Aires] [declassified 2001]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Mexico City telegram 263 to FCO (0315Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Mexican Government statement "more helpful than I had feared it might be", "outright condemnation of the use of force", call for respect of UNSCR502] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 145 to FCO (0515Z) ("Falkland Islands: Economic Measures") [Australians acceding to all British requests; banning all Argentine imports from midnight] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 146 to FCO (0528Z) ("Falkland Islands and Antarctica") [conversation with Australian Foreign Minister; British will participate in meetings with Argentinians] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.94 (0530Z) ("Maritime Exclusion Zone") [Nott statement to Parliament; supplementary Q&A] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 147 to FCO (0530Z) ("Falkland Islands: withdrawal of Australian Ambassador") [Foreign Minister favoured early return of Ambassador; High Commissioner puts contrary case, thinks successfully] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Commander British Forces Hong Kong signal to MODUK (0645Z) (Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands) [monitoring various agencies for signs of Chinese intentions to gauge "temperature of water"; 45 CDO elements retrieved from HK without hitch and unnoticed] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands, US support and mediation, pay and disputes) [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: No.10 note to Press Officers ("Message from the British community in Argentina to the Prime Minister") [No.10 line: "We look to the Government of Argentina to protect British subjects"; those without urgent business urged to leave Argentina] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 11th and 12th Meetings/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 105/742/1 (1500Z, 0900Z) ("Operational and Support Planning - Operation Corporate") [planning assumptions] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.95 ("Falklands - Maritime Exclusion Zone") ["the intention was to prevent the reinforcement and resupply of the Argentine presence"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.96 (Parliamentary Questions and Answers) [supply of arms, Falklands oil and gas] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.96 ("Falkland Islands: Pre-Haig") ["Haig is not a mediator"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.97 ("Gibraltar/Spain") [negotiations to begin on 20 April] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute to Bernard Ingham ("Statement by Secretary of State Haig on arrival at airport") [will "seek solutions if we can in accordance" with the UN resolution] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Washington Post") [briefing for interview with Len Downie, 21 April] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU)") [new unit in Cabinet Office to "counter errors or inaccurate rumours concerning the Falkland Islands issue"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign Policy: No.10 Duty Clerk note (Armstrong minutes to MT on relations with UK allies) ["PM is prepared to accept that she may have thrown [top copies of Armstrong's minutes] on the fire at Chequers"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS(Misc) 94/742/1 ("Directive to Commander British Forces Support Unit Ascension Island") [forward logistic support for Task Force] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 9th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Operation Corporate, OD(SA) Debrief, Whitehall Procedures, Own Forces, Public Relations, Military Appreciation, Gibraltar) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO notes of 9th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0830Z) (amphibious operations against South Georgia and the Falklands, Argentine Zone of Operations, Rules of Engagement, Gibraltar) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Wright minute for Gillmore ("Exclusion Zone and South Georgia") [concern that zone does not include South Georgia; notes "the Navy's preference for a plan involving the initial seizure of South Georgia", "the Chiefs of Staff preference"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Sinclair minute for Wright ("Exclusion Zone and South Georgia") [MOD well aware MEZ does not extend to South Georgia - problem of enforcement and "no doubt the need to disguise our possible intentions"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Bangkok telegram 207 to FCO (0900Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Senator Percy visiting Bangkok said to be "very dissatisfied with the tone of the US Government's statements on the islands"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 161 to FCO (0945Z) ("Falkland Islands and the UN Secretary-General") [Marshall discussion with UN Secretary-General - latter expresses 'regret' at Argentine invasion, agrees to avoid use of the word 'impartial' with the press] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO telegram 57 to UKE Dublin (0953Z) ("Irish Republic: Falklands") [Irish Charge d'Affaires called on Goodison to say MT's letter to Haughey receiving "careful study", Irish support in UNSC noted] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO guidance telegram 51 to certain missions and dependent territories (1000Z) ("Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands") [summary of international reaction] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) ("Foreign Office review, Haig visit, Operational costs, Crisis management, Arms policy") ["Haig was not coming as a mediator. He was coming as a friend to learn our point of view"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 5 (Rules of Engagement) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Armstrong briefing for MT ("OD(SA)(82) 3rd Meeting") [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 3rd (1000Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: State Department telegram to Vernon Walters (1026Z) ("Falklands Dispute") [relays points prepared for 7 Apr NSPG meeting: "Brits in warlike mood - high strung, unpredictable … UK probably wants big sea battle to give Thatcher a 'victory' … Must stop their fleet"] [declassified 2001]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 309 to FCO (1055Z) ("Economic measures against Argentina") [Economics Ministry explaining follow-up to yesterday FRG cabinet decision] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: White House news summary (1100Z) ("Britain plans naval quarantine of Falklands") ["President Reagan has ordered Secretary Haig to London and Buenos Aires to help mediate the Falkland dispute"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 163 to FCO (1150Z) ("Falkland Islands and ICRC") [ICRC decision to ask Argentine government for access to islands] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MT draft message for EC leaders (thanks for help in securing common action in response to Falklands invasion) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Falklands: Gow letter to MT (support for MT) ["The purpose of this note is just to remind you that there are many of us who...will be forever thankful for having had the privilege of trying to help the finest chief...that any man could hope to serve"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Falklands: MT letter to Thomas Boden (thanks for message of support) ["It has been the most difficult week of my political life"] [released 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Bullard minute ("Falkland Islands: Italian attitude") [copy of Italian government instructions to its Ambassador in Buenos Aires] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Fenn minute to Ure ("HMG 'Given the Invasion Plans' in Advance") [British Intelligence source leaking to the press] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Pym minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Air Services between UK and Argentina") [Pym recommends suspension of operating rights to Argentina Airlines] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO briefing for Pym (meeting with Haig on 8 Apr) [as copied to Nott - speaking note; Argentine vulnerability to economic/financial pressure; UN; international reaction; economic measures against Argentina; Argentine scope for retaliation; OAS; Rio Treaty] [declassified Spt 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gibraltar: FCO letter to No.10 (“Gibraltar: effect of the Falklands crisis”) [MT notes on JIC paper that British “military capability on Gibraltar is being reviewed - URGENTLY". We must take precautions”] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Falklands/Hungary: Bank of England record of phone conversation between Governor and Fritz Leutwiler (morning) (“The Governor’s conversation with Leutwiler, on Hungary and Argentina”) [BIS second tranche; Leutwiler "to make appropriate telephone calls" to Swiss banks doing business with Argentina] [declassified 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: Haig statement arriving in London (c1300Z) (defines purpose) ["seeking to be of assistance solving the crisis"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 8 Th	Press	Minor	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: USICA morning digest (1300Z) (Haig Mission) ["peace dash"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 10th Meeting/82 (1300Z) (Operation Corporate, Nuclear Depth Bombs, Falkland Islands think tank) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (1330Z) (MT, Sir John King & Mr. Alex Dibbs, Lord Cockfield, Alan Wheatley of Price Waterhouse) ["British Airways": Price Waterhouse report; remit of Chairman & BA Board; remedial measures to address BA financial crisis] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 310 to FCO (1340Z) ("Falklands: German press comment") [still dominates press; most commentators are clear about British resolve] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Defence Intelligence Agency)	Falklands: US Defense Attaché's Office in UK signal to Defense Intelligence Agency (1354Z) ("Senior Royal Navy Views on Current Falkland Island Issue") [Leach's warning about MEZ] [published 2015]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKDIS Geneva telegram 25 to FCO (1350Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["highly satisfactory debate" in plenary session; Argentina drew no support from non-aligned] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO telegram 676 to UKE Washington (1355Z) ("Falkland Islands: Antarctic Dimension") [possible Argentine action against British personnel in Antarctic Treaty area; please raise with US] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Tokyo telegram 175 to FCO (1400Z) ("Falklands") [meeting with Foreign Minister, urging maximum pressure on Argentina and earliest consideration of MT letter to Suzuki] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 311 to FCO (1415Z) ("The Falklands") [BRITDEFAT given confidential information from FRG DA in Buenos Aires; German attaches not under as close observation as the American] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs (1415Z)
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Moscow telegram 181 to FCO (1435Z) ("Falkland Islands MEZ: Soviet attitude") [lengthy questions by Soviets, who claimed Article 51 did not apply in this case] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Moscow telegram 184 to FCO (1435Z) ("Falkland Islands: Soviet treatment") [neither UKE Moscow nor FRGE see evidence of Bonn view that Soviets campaigning to suggest US distancing itself from UK over Falklands] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Lewin letter to Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff ("Questions to be asked of the US Armed Forces") [Argentine strength; contrasts "forthright attitude" of US media with that of the Reagan Administration] [declassified Sep 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Papers circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 11th and 12th/Meetings 82 of COS (1500Z, 0900Z) (Operation Corporate, Operation Paraquet (99/742/1), Falkland Islands Landing Operations (96/742/1)) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS(Misc) 95/742/1 (1500Z) ("Draft Directive to CINCFLEET - Military Appreciation") [for consideration at 11th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS(Misc) 96/742/1 (1500Z) ("Military Appreciation - Landing Operations") [for consideration at 12th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 11th Meeting/82 (1500Z) (Operation Corporate, Amphibious Operations against South Georgia and Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 11th Meeting/82 (1500Z) (Operation Corporate, Amphibious Operations against South Georgia and Falkland Islands) [declassified Aug 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO notes of 11th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (1500Z) (amphibious operations against South Georgia and the Falklands, Psyops) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Moscow telegram 185 to FCO (1500Z) ("Falkland Islands: Soviet attitude") [Soviet media giving conflicting signals - Izvestia sees militarism, Pravda sees British interest in peaceful solution; TASS talks of British hypocrisy] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: USE Buenos Aires telegram 12065 to State Department (1525Z) ("Argentine establishes war zone, calls up reservists") [200 mile radius around the islands] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: USE Paris telegram 12489 to State Department (1528Z) ("France cuts off deliveries of arms to Argentina") [applies to current contracts halting sale of Super Etendards] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MT message to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico (1529Z) (invasion of the islands) [appeal for help bringing home to Argentine government the seriousness of its actions] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: CINCFLEET signal to MODUK (1535Z) ("Operations Corporate") [request permission for Canberra and Elk to sail as soon as ready] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 164 to FCO (1542Z) ("Falkland Islands and ICRC") [informal approach in absence of declaration of war] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 328 to FCO (1555Z) ("EC/Argentina") [pressing for positive decisions in EC tomorrow; French stress strong political support but EC solidarity crucial also] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO record of conversation (1600Z) (Pym-Haig) [Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: USE London record of conversation (1600Z) (Haig, Pym) [Falkland Islands crisis] [published 2015]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKHC Bridgetown telegram 101 to FCO (1615Z) ("President Reagan's Meeting of Caribbean Leaders") [Ramphal said he had urged Eastern Caribbean leaders to make it clear to Reagan that "more than an 'even handed' attitude ... was desirable"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 74 to FCO (1630Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Peruvian Foreign Minister - need to help Argentinians withdraw without losing face] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands/Argentina: USE Rome telegram 8716 to State Department (1634Z) ("The Falkland Islands: Beagle Channel connection") [Chilean diplomat in Rome states Costa Mendez asked Chile for support over Falklands, offering to be "much more forthcoming" in Beagle negotiations] [declassified Nov 2011]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 2 to FCO (1700Z via Berne) ("Atmosphere in Buenos Aires") ["great uncertainty and concern"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Dublin telegram 99 to FCO (1700Z) ("Irish Republic and the Falklands") [Irish attitudes: cherishing "the role of mediator"; large Irish-Argentine community; echoes of Ulster issue "set the Irish teeth on edge"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Goodchild minute for Coles ("Dinner for the Hon. Alexander M. Haig: List of Guests") [plus seating plan] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner meeting: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands - MT annotations] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: USE London to State Dept (1700Z) ("Secretary's Meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher April 8: Falkland Islands crisis") [MT: "impossible to be neutral in the face of unprovoked aggression"] [declassified 2009]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: State Department record of conversation (1700Z pre-dinner) (MT, Haig) [Falkland Islands Crisis] [published 2015]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: State Department record of conversation (1700Z) ("Secretary's Meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher April 8: Falkland Islands crisis") [corrected memcon; redacted] [declassified 2001]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 430 to FCO (1710Z) ("Maritime Exclusion Zone") [recommend informing President of Security Council; draft letter] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO telegram 680 to UKE Washington (1718Z) ("Use of US facilities on Ascension Island") [would like Wideawake airfield to operate on 24 hour basis to allow for maritime reconnaissance by Nimrods] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: State Department telegram 94151 to Haig (1705Z) ("Highlights of April 8 ABC Good Morning America") [Argentina announces military zone of 200 mile radius around the islands; Britain pinning its hopes on US mediation] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: State Department telegram 94153 to Haig (1707Z) ("Highlights of April 8 CBS Morning News") [Haig en route to London] [released Mar 1993]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram 90 to FCO (1715Z) ("Falklands: Chilean press comment") [British Embassy statement extensively reported; Chilean media taking pro-Argentina line, but MFA stance remains strictly neutral] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO guidance telegram 54 to certain missions (1730Z) ("Falkland Islands: legal position on sovereignty") ["You should not ... get involved in arguments about the merits of our legal position on sovereignty .... the British title to the Falklands is a prescriptive title, based on 149 years of open, continuous, effective and peaceful possession"] [declassified Jun 2017]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Haig MSS)	Falklands: State Department telegram 94228 to Haig (1811Z) ("Remaining articles from morning papers") [Kirkpatrick attacked for attending Argentine Embassy dinner on night of invasion] [released Mar 1993]
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]
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]
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]
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?"]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: Eagleburger memorandum for President Reagan (Situation in the Falklands) [published 2015]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Armstrong minute to MT ("Ministerial Changes: Cabinet Committees") [declassified 2012]
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]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Pay: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Index-Linked Pensions") [MT: "There will be some difficulty I believe in getting the Chancellor's view endorsed"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Canada: Howe PS minute to Coles (“Canadian Constitution: British representation at the Patriation Ceremonies on 16/17 April”) [send Hailsham in MT’s place] [declassified December 2014]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Public spending: Keith Joseph letter to Leon Brittan (“Draft Paper for Expenditure Steering Group - Education”) [Public Expenditure Survey 1982 - cash planning] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Taxation: No.10 letter to Treasury (“VAT on gold coins”) [MT: “You have made a mistake in imposing VAT… totally dishonourable”] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Regional Policy: No.10 minute to Heseltine PS ("Urban Development Grant") [Parliamentary statement rescheduled] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Lamont letter to Jenkin ("The Future of Concorde") [joint studies by British/French officials; plans for the Anglo-French Ministerial meeting 6 May] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Overseas Aid: President Nyerere letter to MT (International Development Association) ["[US] decision, to cut [funding]... a very serious blow... [welcome UK decision] to adhere to the money contribution agreed to... I ask that... [UK] should use its influence... so that all other countries adhere to the original agreement"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: UKMIS New York telegram 431 to FCO (2345Z) ("Condemned ANC Members") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Jenkins PS Treasury minute to No.10 (Treasury model for testing effects of adjustments to economic policy or behaviour) [“economic success must depend above all on what industry and work people do, rather than on what Government does”] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Howell PS letter to No.10 (“British Rail - works closures”) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("Police Pay") [scepticism about Police Negotiating Board Official Side report's conclusion that there are no grounds for changes to methods of updating police pay] [released Dec 2014]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Afghanistan: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (Vladimir Bukovsky: the strategic value of Western resistance to Soviet occupation of Afghanistan) [copy of Bukovsky letter to John Hoskyns] [released Jul 2018]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Scholar ("AFPRB Report") [Armed Forces Pay Review Body: advises delay in accepting Report's recommendations] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Police: Whitelaw letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Police Pay") [Police Negotiating Board Official Side report concludes no grounds for changes to methods of updating police pay - MT queries the report's conclusion] [released Dec 2014]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	NHS: No.10 letter to DHSS ("Road Accident Charges") [recovering NHS costs associated with road traffic accidents from insurers] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Apr 8 Th	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 8 Th	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 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: CINCFLEET signal to GCHQ (1646Z) ("GCHQ support for Corporate") [list of requirements including continuous support at Northwood from beginning of MEZ] [declassified May 2023]

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