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PDF 82 Jan 12 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Governor Falkland Islands telegram 4 to FCO (1245Z) ("Possibility of a Strike") [rumours of strike if hourly paid employees' cost of living bonus demand not met] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Jan 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("HMS Endurance") [Carrington wishes to persuade Nott to reverse decision to withdraw Endurance from service] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Jan 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: HMS Endurance signal to MODUK (1955Z) (pilot mentions possible invasion of Falklands) [cold reception at Ushuaia; "an order" issued not to fraternise with the British] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Feb 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("Falkland Islands") [tough worded Argentine 'bout de papier'; draft response for Ambassador and Hunt] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Feb 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: John Weston minute to Robin Fearn ("Falkand Islands") [Fieldhouse closely questioned Defence Staff on possible reinforcement following Argentine "threatening noises"; uncertainty on the part of MoD and CINCFLEET about what the navy would find themselves called upon to do] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Governor Falkland Islands telegram to HMS Endurance (1136Z) ("Falkland Talks") [NY talks did not end in deadlock, but councillors likely to reject Argentine proposals, which would lead to deadlock] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("Falkland Islands") [consulting Falklands councillors on draft message to Ros; FCO reconciled to probability that negotiations were coming to an end; draft message to Haig] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("Falkland Islands") [odd that MOD should be confused over role of Royal Marines in event of attack on Falklands] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to Carrington PS ("Falkland Islands") [FCO copy of MT: "we must make contingency plans"; Weston wants to insist on annex to OD paper] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Fraser Wheeler note to Robin Fearn (MoD planning) [paper intended to "make Ministers appreciate that the Falkland Islands could simply NOT be defended"] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("Falkland Islands: HMS Endurance") [draft minute to send Nott urging MOD maintain Endurance on station in South Atlantic] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 21 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: NP8901 signal to Commandant General Royal Marines (1250Z) ("Illegal Landing South Georgia") [nine members of NP8901 embarked on Endurance; "sensitive subject", recommends CGRM take naval advice before acting further or relaying information] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 21 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: HMS Endurance signal to CINCFLEET (1545Z) ("Illegal Landing South Georgia") [en route from Port Stanley with Royal Marine detachment; "maintaining constant watch"] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 21 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: HMS Endurance signal to Governor Falklands & CINCFLEET (1720Z) ("Illegal Landing South Georgia - Sitrep") [ship preparing to leave c1900, but assumption a shore party will remain] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("Falkland Islands: HMS Endurance") [draft minute to Nott urging him to circulate MOD paper on military contingency planning; case for maintaining Endurance on station] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MODUK signal to CINCFLEET (2028Z) (HMS Endurance) [Endurance should continue towards South Georgia; advice tomorrow on action to be taken on arrival] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: HMS Endurance signal to MODUK (0327Z) (assesses pattern of Argentine action) ["Argentina has been flexing her muscles over the sovereignty of the dependencies"; imprudent to regard Davidoff as just a commercial contractor failing to obtain the required authorisation; "has all the trappings of a cunning plot"] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Nicholls minute for Wiggin (c1500Z) ("Illegal Landing on South Georgia") [account of events; decision to use HMS Endurance] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: John Weston minute to Gillmore ("Falkands") [MOD thinks Endurance would be out-gunned if intercepted so should be kept out of the way at Grytviken; options to reinforce - but Argentine navy "can always outnumber us"; Gillmore: "Alas Britannia!"] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Gregory-Hood minute to Robin Fearn ("South Georgia and HMS Endurance") [meeting at MOD; said "feelings were running high" in FCO on Endurance; "getting a lot of political 'flak' over £4.5m"] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("South Georgia") [Davidoff's intentions; "still no evidence that the Argentine MFA had prior knowledge of Davidoff's current plans"] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute ("South Georgia: Assessment") [options if Argentina refuses to take the men off] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Robin Fearn minute to Luce PS ("South Georgia") [brief lull waiting for Argentine reply to Carrington message; evidence that "the Argentines consolidating the landing at Leith", options if they reject proposals] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Ure minute to Fearn ("South Georgia") [favours Endurance removing workmen at Leith and if necessary transferring them to Argentine ship] [declassified Mar 2016]
PDF 82 Mar 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MODUK signal to NP8901 (1645Z) (Falkland Islands) [roulement cancelled, but "situation remains fluid"] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: HMS Endurance signal to CINCFLEET (2035Z) ("South Georgia Sitrep") [Endurance returned to anchorage at Grytviken, passing Bahia Paraiso with exchange of courtesies] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: John Weston minute to Carrington PS ("South Georgia: Ships") [draft minute for FCO & MOD ministers to send MT urging despatch of a third SSN] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 343 to FCO (0335Z) ("South Georgia: Security Council") [if (as Fearn hinted over the phone) Argentines contemplating 'dramatic' (ie, military) action against the Falklands in next few days, should consider convening Security Council ourselves] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: John Weston minute to Robin Fearn ("The Falklands") [account of Defence Operations Executive meeting; decision to keep HMS Endurance at sea rather than return her to Grytviken] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Tel Aviv telegram 130 to FCO (0715Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Carrington message - sees advantage in publicising our offer to send emissary to Buenos Aires to show UK seeking diplomatic solution; agrees Parsons' view that referring incident to UNSC would look "very foolish" without "absolutely convincing" public evidence of invasion threat] [declassified Aug 2015]
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