1981 May 1 - 1981 Sep 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/531
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East) (Part 6)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 340 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 May 1 Fr | Major | Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv to FCO ("Israel/Lebanon") ["Seen from here, the events of the last week can only be explained on the basis of an irresponsible failure by the Americans...to make clear to the Israelis where US limits lie"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 1 Fr | Major | Middle East: FCO to UKE Tel Aviv ("UK/Israeli Relations and the EC Initiative and Lebanon") [John Graham meets with Israeli Minister in London] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 1 Fr | Major | Middle East: Alexander minute to MT ("Arab/Israeli Dispute") [Carrington's case "for making an effort to move the PLO towards the conditional recognition of Israel's right to exist within secure boundaries"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 4 Mo | Major | Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv to FCO ("Israel/Europe") [Begin attacks Schmidt and Giscard at Herut party meeting] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 4 Mo | Major | Middle East: UKE Rome to FCO ("Libya") [account of quadripartite Ministerial dinner in Rome, 3 May: concerns about Gaddhafi] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Major | Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 ("Arab/Israel Dispute") [Carrington to begin discussion with the PLO] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 29 Fr | Major | Middle East: UKE Cairo to FCO ("Sadat/Begin Meeting") ["This announcement has surprised everyone here, including the US Embassy"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 3 We | Major | Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1707 to FCO (1920Z) ("Observer Status for PLO at IMF and IBRD") ["not possible" to grant PLO observer status according to US] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 5 Fr | Major | Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv to FCO ("Begin/Sadat Meeting") ["Begin...was clearly delighted by this meeting"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 7 Su | Major | Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1755 to FCO (2200Z) ("Israeli Attack on Iraq") [attack on Osirak nuclear installation: "Weinberger says he thinks Begin must have taken leave of his senses"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 8 Mo | Major | Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv to FCO ("Israel Attack on Iraq") [attack on Osirak nuclear installation: "Until the Americans put a stop to this...any Israeli Prime Minister will believe he can repeat such operations with impunity"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 8 Mo | Major | Middle East: UKE Baghdad to FCO ("Attack on Iraqi Nuclear Plant") [Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation: account of damage, casualties] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 8 Mo | Major | Middle East: UKE Baghdad to FCO ("Attack on Iraqi Nuclear Plant") [Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation: further details] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 8 Mo | Major | Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1758 to FCO (1935Z) ("Israeli Attack on Iraq") [attack on Osirak nuclear installation: State Department views on motivation behind Israeli attack] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 8 Mo | Major | Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 ("Israeli Attack on Iraq") [attack on Osirak nuclear installation: "Carrington believes that it would be wrong not to condemn"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 9 Tu | Major | Middle East: UKE Cairo to FCO ("Israeli Raid") [Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation: Egyptian government condemns attack] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 9 Tu | Major | Middle East: Winston Churchill MP letter to MT (Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation) [criticises MT's position on Israeli attack] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 10 We | Major | Middle East: UKE Baghdad to FCO ("Israeli Attack on Nuclear Plant") [Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation: meeting of the Ten to clarify details of attack] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 10 We | Major | Middle East: Yitzhak Shamir letter to Carrington (Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation) ["the decision which my government took in self-defence was...one from which...we could not shrink"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 11 Th | Major | Middle East: FCO to UKE Baghdad ("Israeli Attack On Iraq") [Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation: Arab Ambassadors call on Gilmour, condemn Israeli attack] [declassified 2011] |