1982 Apr 1 - 1982 Apr 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/614
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 3)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 236 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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Showing items 61 - 80 of 92
| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1119 to FCO (2258Z) ('Falklands') [Reagan comments in news conference - US in "a very difficult position because it was friendly with both countries"; hopes for peaceful solution, willing to act as "honest broker"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKHC Wellington telegram 101 to FCO (0415Z) ("Falklands") [New Zealand breaking diplomatic relations with Argentina and ending flights from Argentine airlines] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 395 to FCO (1653Z) ("Security Council: Falkland Islands") ["an additional reason for keeping the action away from the Security Council is Jeane Kirkpatrick. She has very close and sympathetic relations with the Argentine leadership"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 393 to FCO (0045Z) ("Security Council: Falkland Islands") [two important factors at UN (1) antipathy to use of force (2) "we have virtually no support on the substance of the dispute"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: UKE Mexico City telegram 247 to FCO (0007Z) ("Falklands: Possible Message from Mrs Thatcher to President Lopez Portillo") [invasion a "challenge to the international order and the rule of law"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Mar 3 We | Major | Falklands: "Threat of Action on Falkland Islands" (Buenos Aires statement following New York talks) |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Major | Falklands: BBC Monitoring Service transcript (1600Z) ("Opening Announcement by Argentina Radio") ["the republic, by means of its armed forces ... has recovered the Malvinas Islands"] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Major | Falklands: Cabinet Office record of conversation (1330Z) ("Immediate Implications for Civil Departments of an Argentinian Invasion of the Falkland Islands") [possible action by home departments, meeting before invasion confirmed] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Major | Falklands: ?FCO draft ("Draft Joint Press Statement: Falkland Islands") [statement for Carrington and Nott] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Major | Falklands: MT message to Commonwealth Heads of Government (1340Z) ("Falkland Islands") [seeking "the strongest and earliest possible condemnation"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Major | Falklands: BBC Radio Interview with Dr David Owen MP (1200Z) (claim that government was withholding information about the invasion) |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Major | Falklands: FCO draft statement (Lord Privy Seal's Commons statement on the situation) ["a real expectation that an Argentine attack against the Falkland Islands will take place very soon"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: Australian PM Fraser letter to MT (Argentine invasion) ["Australia's firm and unequivocal support"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: MT message to King Hussein (2210Z) (thanks for Jordan's support in UN Security Council vote) ["deeply grateful"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1700Z) (MT, President Mitterrand) [summary of conversation prior to transcription] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: New Zealand PM Muldoon message to MT (0110Z) (Argentine invasion) ["we stand ready to help in whatever way may be appropriate"; statement condemning "armed aggression"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute to No.10 (0630Z) ("Falkland Islands: SITREP at 0730, 4 April") [passage of UNSCR 502, but with much sympathy for Argentinian case on sovereignty; South Georgia confirmed to have fallen] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: Archbishop of Canterbury letter to Pope John Paul II (hostilities in the South Atlantic) [sending his envoy Terry Waite for discussions with Cardinal Secretary of State] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: Commonwealth Secretary-General letters to MT and other Commonwealth heads of government (support) [shares MT's condemnation of "Argentina's reprehensible conduct in this matter"; "unprovoked aggression", need for Commonwealth "to stand by Britain in this matter"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: Dominican Prime Minister Eugenia Charles message for MT (1656Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["unprovoked violation of international law, and decency is to be unreservedly deprecated ... the Argentine act of aggression and invasion places international peace in jeopardy"] [declassified Dec 2012] |