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1981 Feb 2 - 1981 Mar 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/565
Prime Minister (Meeting with Jim Spicer MP on strategic importance of the Cape route; United Nations arms embargo against South Africa)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Top Secret - Codeword
Page count: 28
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Date Value Title
81 Feb 2 Mo Major South Africa: Jim Spicer MP letter to Gow ("Maritime Defence - The Cape Route") [request for meeting with MT] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 19 Th Major South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Jim Spicer MP-John Peyton MP) ["The UN Arms Embargo on South Africa"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 13 Fr Major South Africa: FCO letter to No.10 ("UN Arms Embargo Against South Africa") [allegations of French and Italian breaches of arms embargo] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 13 Fr Major South Africa: FCO letter to No.10 ("UN Arms Embargo Against South Africa: Marconi") [Marconi equipment sales to South Africa] [declassified 2011]