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Text 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 515 to FCO (0013Z) ("Falklands: Non-Aligned Movement") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 516 to FCO (0020Z) ("Falkland Islands: your visit to Washington") [sees no serious difficulty with possible new paragraph committing to UN peacekeeping/observer force; would pass if approach took place after agreement signed with Argentina] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department to European Diplomatic Posts (0104Z) ("Editorial comment on the Falkland Islands") ["Of 22 major US dailies taking sides … all labeled Argentina the aggressor"] [unclassified; released 2001]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1397 to FCO (0130Z) ("Falklands/OAS") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 6 to BIS Buenos Aires (0211Z) ("British Nationals in Argentina") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Panorama") [further briefing for interview with Kee and Lindley] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands- Negotiations, Argentina, US, Military) ["Pym's reference to "interim administration" said to have caused anxiety among some Tory MPs"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD briefing ("Falkland Islands - Admiral Woodward") ["PR line" - Woodward's remark to press that Argentinians had to fire first not applying to MEZ] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: BBC Radio 4 interview for Today (Neil MacFarlane on the Falkands) [calls from MPs to ban Argentina from World Cup] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Situation Report (0600Z) (Falkland Islands: Secretary of State's Visit to Washington; UN, OAS and NAM; US Press; USSR; Chile/Argentina; Brazil; Australia; Evacuation) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: SCDS briefing for CDS PSO (c0700Z) ("Handover notes") [Haig; Canberras held at Belize; SAS recce party safely ashore; Ascension] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: SCDS(I) briefing for Chief of Air Staff ("US training of Argentine senior officers") [question asked at COS meeting - figures from BRITDEFAT Montevideo, army 25-30 percent, air force up to 50, navy 10-15] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD briefing for OD(SA) (0800Z) (military planning) [SSN operations outside MEZ; Argentine capability to withstand a blockade; landing options in the Falklands] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: SCDS briefing for CDS (0800Z) ("OD(SA)(82) meeting in COBR at 0900 on Thursday 22 Apr 1982") [briefs from A-X; suggests Pym should delay visit to Washington until after Paraquet] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 14th (0900Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [decisions on sailing of amphibious forces, TEZ and special forces to be delayed until after Pym's return early next week] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 21 ("Composition and Terms of Reference") [composition revised to include proper ministerial titles] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Nott memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 22 ("Falklands - selective call out of reservists") [plans to recall a small number of specialists, involving statement to Parliament] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: GCHQ notes of meeting ("Falklands: Notes of Meeting on 22 April 1982") [Boston Globe leak] [declassified May 2023]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: GCHQ intercept of Argentine signal ("Argentine summary of intelligence on British forces, 21 April: advance action against Georgias not ruled out") [British Task Force could arrive in operational area from 27/28 April] [declassified May 2023]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Nott APS minute for DS15 ("Declaration of Active Service") [Nott unconvinced at present, but quite happy to raise it at OD(SA) if needed] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: SCDS(A)1 minute to CDS PSO ("Foreign Office sensitivities") [signalling to SSN; "The cooing of doves is getting louder!!"] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 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) 27 (Evacuation of the Falkland Islands: Financial Assistance) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: FCO note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 28 (Argentina: Threat to British Economic Interests in Other South American Countries: Developments to 22 April) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Chairman of Coalite Group (recent contacts with the Falkland Islands) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cameroon: MT letter to President Ahidjo of Cameroon (thanks for invitation to Cameroon tenth anniversary celebration) [Channon to attend] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to C.E. Needham (thanks for giving account of contacts with the Falkland Islands) [MT responds to question about evacuation of Islanders] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT ("Abolition of the Schools Council") [report on Keith Joseph's statement to Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 minute to FCO ("Falkland Islands: The Australian Prime Minister") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Threat to British Citizens from the Argentine Security Services") [case for publicising the threat] [unredacted copy; declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Threat to British Citizens from the Argentine Security Services") [case for publicising the threat] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Safety of British citizens in Argentina") [asks to be told "when you have completed your examination of the possibility of giving publicity to the latest report which you have received on this matter"] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: FCO letter to No.10 (photo of MT) ["Sir Michael Palliser told us that the Prime Minister had been very taken with the photograph of herself which had appeared in one of the Flemish newspapers"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Jonathan Warrender letter to MT (Warrender thanks MT for lunch and for allowing him to paint Chequers) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("British Claim to the Falkland Islands and Dependencies") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Messages from EC Governments") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Islanders' Savings and Falkland Islands Government Reserves") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Omand letter to No.10 ("Operation Paraquet - Special Forces") [Fortuna Glacier helicopter crashes during rescue of SAS] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Vienna minute to FCO ("Falkland Crisis: Argentine Press Conference") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Hugh Thomas record of conversation (Hugh Thomas, Enrique Pinedo) [the Falklands crisis] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Ulises Torres letter for MT (urging to order the fleet to stand down) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Wolfson minute to MT ("The Falklands and Panorama; An Inexpert View") [ideas for MT] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Nott minute to MT ("Maritime Rules of Engagement") [Brazilian submarines will be kept within Brazilian territorial waters] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Neil Marten letter to MT (PPS appointment) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: MA CDS minute for CDS ("Argentinian PW [Prisoners of War]") [proposals for - Lewin still prefers Argentine collection] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: MA CDS minute for PS Chief of Air Staff ("Air Transport for FCS") [Lewin tells us MT wants an RAF VC10 to bring Pym back from Washington on Friday afternoon] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Acland letter to Armstrong (moving an SSN outside the MEZ to be ready for possible attack on Argentine carrier) [Pym disagreeing with proposal agreed between MT and Lewin] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Armstrong minute to Lewin (suspension of order for nuclear submarine to leave MEZ and pursue Argentine naval force) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Armstrong minute for Coles ("Falkland Islands Population") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Lord Chancellor’s PS letter to Whitmore (“Proclamation of the Canadian Constitution”) [“The Canadians were plainly disappointed that the Prime Minister was unable to come”] [declassified December 2014]

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