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PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statements (1100Z) (Falkands) [Sidewinder missiles, Stingray torpedoes; Argentine vessels in Port Stanley harbour] [these copies released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press briefing (1100Z) (Falkands) [operation of Maritime Exclusion Zone] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press briefing (Falkand Islands) [Parliamentary questions and answers] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers ("Falkland Islands: Non Use of Force") [Pym in Commons "said (inadvertently) 'I will exclude it so long as negotiations are in play'" - line to take] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (President Ahidjo, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Meeting of Ministers, Pym Visit: US, Falkland Island opinions) ["it could not be gainsayed that the fleet would be continuing during this time thus increasing the pressure for a diplomatci solution"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD press briefings (1300Z, 1530Z) (MV Norland, Radio Paging, "Love Lines", Insurance) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Francis Pym reply to Dick Douglas (1430Z) (Falkland Islands) ["I am doing everything that I humanly can to achieve a peaceful settlement but we have to be realistic"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Pym correction, Interim administration, Pym US Visit, Falkland Island opinions) ["The reality was that the Foreign Secretary did get mixed up and obviously got it wrong"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.121 ("Interim Administration") [line to take following Pym statement; try not to be drawn beyond restoration of British Administration remaining our objective] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD press briefings (1930Z, 1930Z) ("Sale of HMS Invincible to Australia", "Argentine Overflight of Task Force") [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD minute (1955Z) ("Breach of MEZ") [ITN rang asking about possible breach; MOD not able to confirm reports] [released 2013]
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 (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Pym's statement in the House, Party views, Defence White Paper, Pym/Washington) [Pym immediately correcting his error] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD press briefing (1025Z) ("Portsmouth Dockyard Redundancies") [Blaker meeting with unions; no long-term change in run-down of dockyards exoected] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1030Z) (Falkland Islands - Visit to USA by Sec of State) [Nott not going to US] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD minute ("Radio Interviews") [increasing number of requests for down the line interviews, particularly American; two officials authorised to give interviews] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press briefing (1100Z) (Falkands) [Task Force] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1500Z) (Falkland Islands - Admiral Woodward) ["he referred to the importance of the Argentinians firing first in his present situation"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1515Z) (Northern Ireland, Falklands, Feeling within the Government on Falklands, Falklands veto, Defence White Paper, Diplomatic initiative) ["the activities of the military Task Force should be seen in the context of a diplomatic solution"] [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 (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 (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.123 (1300Z & 1530Z) (FCO guidance telegrams 65 & 67) [on nuclear aspects & Rio Treaty] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.124 (Argentine terrorist group) [threatening letters received in Montevideo, close watch being kept, but HMG does not believe Argentina would connive at acts so damaging to its international standing] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.125 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Northwood") [arrived shortly before midday, briefed by Fieldhouse; lunch afterwards at Admiralty House] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.126 ("Argentine prisoners") [Geneva Conventions apply to prisoners taken; "We are NOT at war with Argentina"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1545Z) (Falkland Islands - Sales of Hydrographic Charts) [sales suspended] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1600Z) (Falkland Islands - Merchant Seamen) [reports of racial vetting of people on the Task Force] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: BBC Radio 4 interview for 6pm News (1700Z) (Francis Pym in Washington on the Falklands) ["we remain determined to work for a peaceful solution if it is humanely possible ... But we shall not shrink from the use of force if that is necessary"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD press briefings (0830Z, 1030Z, 1045Z) (Falkland Islands - Atlantic Conveyor, Insurance and Death and Disablement Benefits, Voice of "Liberty") [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1530Z) (Falkland Islands - Master of Uganda) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 24 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Francis Pym remarks to the press outside No.10 (2015Z) (Falkand Islands) [holding discussions on visit to Washington] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MT remarks to the press outside No.10 (2150Z) (prospects for Falklands diplomatic settlement) ["we're working for one, of course we are"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: CND letter to MT (Falkland Islands) ["concern over the threats to peace in the South Atlantic and the need for a peaceful solution"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press briefing (1100Z) (Falkands) [submarine attack, "new Defensive Area", Task Force rules of engagement] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1100Z) (Falkand Islands) ["British helicopters today attacked a hostile Argentine submarine"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Ships from the reserve) ["There is no such thing as the reserve, these are ships which would normally be for disposal"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD and No.10 joint press statement (1605Z) (Falkand Islands) [attack on Argentine submarine - "Unattributably we added that the submarine was on the surface but of course was in a position to fire torpedos [sic]"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1700Z) (Redundancies, Falkland Islands - Rundown at Portsmouth and Chatham) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1700Z) (Falklands) ["British forces are now ashore in South Georgia"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Reuters telegram (1736Z) ("Marines sank Argentinian craft, claim") [owner of Falkland Times claims that Royal Marines sank Argentinian landing craft during invasion] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1900Z) (Falklands) [Argentine submarine alongside jetty at King Edward Point, "smoking, leaking oil and listing to port"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: John Nott press statement (2115Z) (Falkand Islands) [South Georgia re-taken] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD press statement (recapture of South Georgia) [MT & Nott remarks plus additional paragraph] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office statement (Falkand Islands) [MEZ: "any approach on the part of Argentine warships ... which could amount to a threat to interfere with the mission of British forces ... will encounter the appropriate response"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (2200Z) ("Operations on and around South Georgia") [points to make in any briefing; chronology of events 24/25 Apr] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (Argentines on South Georgia: Prisoners of War Question) [application of Geneva conventions] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers ("South Georgia/Falkland Islands: 26 April") [on the record line to take] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MT message to Commander-in-Chief, Fleet (recapture of South Georgia) [congratulations to "the men in the Armed Forces under your command on the successful outcome of this operation"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], South Georgia, OAS, Du Cann, Negotiation, Brits in Argentina, US atttitude, HM Queen) ["we thought the South Georgia action would strengthen our negotiating position"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1515Z) (Cabinet, Urgency, Negotiations, Pressure, Haig, MoD announcements) ["We could not rule out future military action before or during negotiations"] [released 2013]

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