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Showing items 1 - 20 of 133. Subject: Defence (Falklands). Date range: 20 Mar 1982 – 15 Jun 1982. Importance level: 1-Key.
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82 Mar 20 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falklands flash telegram to FCO (1125Z) ("Illegal Landing on S. Georgia") ["shots fired Argentine flag hoisted notices in English changed to Spanish"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Mar 23 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) | Argentine Junta: Military Committee minutes No.2"M"/82 (c2100Z) (English translation, Spanish transcription & Spanish original) [Costa Mendez to play for time with the British; reciprocity to be sought from US between Nicaragua & Malvinas issues] [declassified 2013] |
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82 Mar 24 We | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") ["we may now face the prospect of an early confrontation with Argentina" - MT copy] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Mar 24 We | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") ["we may now face the prospect of an early confrontation with Argentina"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Mar 24 We | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) | Argentine Junta: Military Committee minutes No.3"M"/82 (English translation, Spanish transcription & Spanish original) [decision to bring forward planning to invade the Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
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82 Mar 25 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 72 to UKE Buenos Aires (2030Z) ("South Georgia") [compromise proposal to regularise presence of Argentine party at Leith - "ultimate effort of goodwill"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Mar 26 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) | Argentine Junta: Military Committee minutes No.4"M"/82 (c2215Z) (English translation, Spanish transcription & Spanish original) [decision to invade the Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
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82 Mar 27 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 110 to FCO (1400Z) ("South Georgia") ["...growing impression that Costa Mendez has been less than honest with me and that, in fact, the Argentines have been playing us along"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Mar 30 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 98 to UKE Tel Aviv (for Carrington PS) (2120Z) ("South Georgia") [two reports from secret sources of Argentine intentions; Anaya briefing to naval staff on 28 March saying incident was not contrived but had come "at a wonderful time"] [declassified Mar 2016] |
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82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Acting Chief of Defence Staff briefing for Nott (?before 1700Z) ("Falkland Islands") [updated military options before OD tomorrow; plus draft and criticism of it as too negative] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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82 Mar 31 We | Chronology | ★★★★ | [Chronology] | Falklands: Argentine invasion learned to be imminent - likely to be Friday; MT evening meeting at her room in House of Commons |
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82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT message to President Reagan (2025Z) (intelligence reports Argentine navy preparing to invade) [MT asks Reagan to intervene with Galtieri] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 48 to Port Stanley (1825Z) ("Argentine Action Against the Falkland Islands") ["We now have reliable evidence that an Argentine task force will gather off Cape Pembroke early tomorrow morning ... You (and Buenos Aires) will wish to make your dispositions accordingly"] [declassified 2012] |
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82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: NSC briefing for President Reagan ("Suggested Talking Points for Telephone Call to President Galtieri") ["Maggie is a very determined woman .... The use of force by anyone will be met by force on her part"] [published 2015] |
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82 Apr 2 Fr | Chronology | ★★★★ | [Chronology] | Falklands: Argentina invaded the islands |
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82 Apr 2 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. | ★★★★ | Thatcher memoirs | Falklands: Argentina invades the Falklands [memoirs extract] |
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82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO note for the record (c0100Z) ("Points arising from Ministers' discussion at No.10") ["as reported by Mr Ure" - decisions made] [declassified Dec 2012] |
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82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) | Argentine Junta: Argentine Presidency record of Reagan-Galtieri phone conversation (0034-0114Z) (Spanish original & transcript, with English translation) [Reagan fails to persuade Galtieri not to invade the Falklands] [declassified 2013; this copy 2015] |
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82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (Rentschler MSS) | Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (imminent Argentine invasion) [Reagan calls Galtieri; writes result to MT] |
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82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (0245Z) (Reagan phone call to Galtieri) [just spoken with Galtieri: "he left me with the clear impression that he has embarked on a course of armed conflict"] [declassified 2012] |
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