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Text 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department record of conversation (0000–0045Z) (Pym, Haig) [Falkland Islands framework] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1413 to FCO (0040Z) ("Ascension Island: Vulcan Bombers") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Mexico City telegram 310 to FCO (0057Z) ("Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1414 to FCO (0140Z) ("Falkland Islands: Secretary of State's Talks with Mr Haig on 22 April") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1415 to FCO (0149Z) ("Secretary of State's Visit: Meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (State Department) Falklands: Haig message to Costa Mendez (0355Z) ("Falkland Islands: Letter from Secretary to Costa Mendez") ["we should all be concerned about the possibility of imminent military action in the area of South Georgia"] [declassified 2001]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr 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 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Liverpool Research Group press release (“Quarterly Economic Bulletin”) [Scholar:“very encouraging analysis…growth forecasts highly optimistic”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) “Pym thanks the world for support” [speech to Diplomatic Corps City banquet]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands - Treatment, Negotiations, Argentina, UK) ["British view from Washington of Argentinian proposals: horrendous/ Pressure grows on Capitol Hill for Reagan to come down more firmly on our side"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers ("Falklands: Argentines on South Georgia: Prisoners of War Question, Civilian Detainees") [Geneva conventions have applied to the Falklands since 2 April] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Situation Report (0600Z) (Falkland Islands: Pym's visit to Washington; OAS; Non-Aligned Movement; Cuba; China; The Commonwealth; US Press) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Agenda for MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 28th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Matters for Discussion with Ministers) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 28th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Operation Corporate, Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Ascension Island) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 28th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0830Z) (Intelligence, Task Force Advance Group) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Mexico City telegram 316 to FCO (0830Z) ("Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of meeting of the Information Group on the Falklands (0900Z) [media and related issues] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Chequers Meeting on the Falklands") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: FCO memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 23 (Falkland Islands: UN Involvement After Argentine Withdrawal) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Facer note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 24 (Rules of Engagement for Total Exclusion Zone) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr 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) 29 (Falkland Islands: Assistance for Islanders Wishing to Leave) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr 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) 30 (International Reaction to the Argentine Invasion of the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong note circulated to OD Anglo-Irish Sub-Committee - OD(AI)(82) 1 - (“Dissolution of the Committee”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 minute to MT ("Mr Edward Du Cann") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 minute to MT ("Chequers, Sunday 25 April - List of Guests") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 minute to FCO ("Falkland Islands Population") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Pay: Cabinet Office letter to No.10 ("Pay: The Issues for Consideration") [public sector pay] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Pay: Fahey PS Employment minute to No.10 (Pay Brief) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO note to No.10 ("Operation Paraquet") [draft telegram to Pym] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (departure of a number of teachers from the Falkland Islands) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Assistance from certain West African Governments over the Falkland Islands Dispute") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("The Commonwealth and the Falkland Islands Dispute") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to No.10 ("Operation Corporate: Vulcan Support") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Vienna minute to FCO ("Falklands Crisis: Austrian Media Comment") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Wolfson minute to MT (opinion polls regarding Falklands crisis) ["Your courage, conviction and principles are not in doubt!...But if things get tough, you must not be seen to have underestimated the problem"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Wade-Gery minute to No.10 ("Falklands: Military Decisions") [account of decisions taken in meeting without MT; MT: "Who represents the PM?"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Rayner Unit minute to No.10 (“The Reform of Financial Management: Objectives and co-ordination of certain policies and instruments”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Commonwealth Coordination Department report ("Commonwealth Governments' Reactions to Falklands Crisis") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Security: Central Statistical Office letter to Department of Industry ("Index of Production - monthly statistics") [advance copies: security considerations] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Baker letter to Hurd (“Action to stem state aids for textiles”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Armstrong minute to Acland (articles about the intelligence cover of the operations in the South Atlantic) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Palliser minute to Armstrong ("The Falklands: British Objectives") [British objectives in relation to a long-term settlement of the Falklands issue] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Palliser minute to Whitmore ("The Falklands: British Objectives") [MT: "[Palliser's paper] doesn't add to our perception in any way"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cockfield letter for Pym (Ban on exports to Argentina) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department record of conversation (0935–1045Z) (Pym, Haig) [Falkland Islands framework] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Pym Visit, Argentine propaganda, OAS, Air cover, Economy) ["We would certainly expect the US to apply pressure on Argentine if the talks broke down"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 44 to FCO (1000Z) ("Press Summary") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Bonn telegram 282 to FCO (1300Z) (“Call by the Soviet ambassador on Secretary of State”) [de-escalating the arms race] [declassified 2012]

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