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PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1000Z) (Falkland Islands) [all-party talks] [released 2013]
Text 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1000Z) (Falkland Islands - HMS Sheffield) ["We are considering our options as to what to do with her"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 43rd Meeting/82 (1000Z) (Operation Corporate - intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required, military options, concept of operations, rules of engagement, active service, honours and awards) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: John Nott press conference (Falkland Islands) ["The support which we have received has greatly heartened us"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 101 to UKE Lima (1045Z) ("Draft Interim Agreement on the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Falkland Islands - Last HM Ship Sunk in Enemy Action) [sunk 1945] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Falkland Islands - HMS Sheffield) [disciplinary action] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Dublin telegram 133 to FCO (1100Z) ("Falklands: Message to Foreign Ministers") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: BBC Radio Interview for World at One (Sir Anthony Williams on the Falklands) [Parsons: "We will put in substantive proposals, we will then see if there is a possibility of making progress here"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram to UKMIS New York (1215Z) ("Secretary General's Proposals on Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram to UKMIS New York (1215Z) ("Secretary General's Proposals on Falklands: Draft Reply") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department record of telephone conversation (1300Z) (Haig, President Belaunde of Peru) [the Falklands crisis: negotiations with Argentina] [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Falkland Islands - "Scrap" Vulcans) [proposed landing site] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands/JIC: Joint Intelligence Committee minutes (JIC(82)23rd Meeting) (1330Z) (Falklands - current assessments; Soviet long-term interest in Argentina and the Falkland Islands; implications for Soviet policy of declining growth; national caveat items on Argentina/Chile; intelligence liaison) [agrees further redraft of Soviet South Atlantic interests paper to take more account of naval aspects] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1630 to FCO (1400Z) ("Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1631 to FCO (1410Z) ("Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
Text 82 May 6 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs (1415-1430Z)
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 661 to FCO (1430Z) ("Secretary-General's Proposals on Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: USE London telegram 9964 to State Department (1434Z) ("Falklands Conflict: Military Support") [Defence Attache now receiving British requests; decisions needed] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Civil service pay, Media, Falkland Islands) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1500Z) (MT, Dr Rafael Caldera) ["pluralistic solidarity" against Britain among Latin American nations; "He could not consider the Falkland Islands to be a country; they were merely a territory"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1515Z) (Criminal Justice Bill, Northern Ireland Bill, Falkland Islands) ["the Lord President said the British response was designed to be constructive and to give a lift to negotiations"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1515Z) (Falkland Islands - HMS Liverpool) [will be joining Task Force] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE The Hague telegram 107 to FCO (1530Z) ("Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 925 to UKE Washington (1545Z) ("Falklands") [Argentina rejects US/Peruvian peace proposals: "The Argentines were now moving to the UN and that was the end of that"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 210 to FCO (1600Z) ("Repatriation of Pows") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKDEL Brussels telegram 164 to FCO (1600Z) ("Falklands - Renewal of Sanctions: Message to Foreign Ministers") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKDEL NATO telegram to MODUK (1602Z) ("Euro-Group Dinner - The Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (1615Z) (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [nationalised industries and membership of Sub-Committee on Nationalised Industries] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (1615Z) (MT, Howe) [process for new appointments; Chair of E(NI) sub-committee] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised industries: No.10 record of conversation (1615Z) (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer) [nationalised industries] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram 252 to FCO (1618Z) ("Falklands: Allegations about Spanish Supply of Arms to Argentina") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to South Atlantic Presentation Unit (1700Z) (international support for Britain; military strategy) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (1700Z) (Sir Frank Cooper-Fleet Street editors - meeting 3) ["Third meeting with editors on Falklands emergency"] [declassified Oct 2019]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Pym-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Walker-Armstrong-Butler) ["30 May Mandate: Meeting of Foreign Ministers on 8/9 May"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 430 to FCO (1715Z) ("French Policy on Falklands") [conversation with PM Mauroy, desirability of British initiative to bring about negotiations] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1634 to FCO (1730Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson meets again with Haig; Haig unsure what to do with US/Peruvian peace proposals] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Belmopan telegram 173 to FCO (1800Z) ("British Garrison") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1900Z) (Falklands - Diplomatic Initiatives) ["There could be no question of any ceasefire without Argentine withdrawal"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chairman of the British Community Council in Argentina message for MT (urging for a peaceful solution of the conflict) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department record of telephone conversation (Pym, Haig) [the Falklands crisis: negotiations with Argentina] [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs memorandum to Haig ("Latin Reaction to Falklands Development") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department telegram to Multiple Diplomatic Posts (1926Z) ("Falklands Dispute, Action by the Secretary General") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Caracas telegram 153 to FCO (2000Z) ("Falkland Islands") [UK Ambassador to Venezuela meets with President Herrera; Venezuela will not take measures against UK, but argues Falklands should be given up] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 158 to FCO (2005Z) ("Defence Sales to South America") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 663 to FCO (2007Z) ("Secretary General's Proposals") [Parson's delivers Pym's message to Perez de Cuellar on HMG's peace proposals] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (National Archives) Falklands: Haig message for Pym (2040Z) (Falklands dispute: negotiations with Argentina) [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 664 to FCO (2233Z) ("Falkland Islands: Nordic Statement") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1648 to FCO (2243Z) ("Repatriation of POWs") [UK requests US help with transport of POWs] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BDS Washington telegram to MODUK (2320Z) (Argentine attempts to procure Exocet missiles from Libya) [declassified Dec 2012]

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