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1982 Apr 1 - 1982 Apr 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/614
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 236
Any docs withheld? 1

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82 Apr 4 Su Major Falklands: Coles minute for Whitmore (note for the record) [MT requests analysis of recent intelligence and JIC assessments of the Falklands Islands situation] [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]
82 Apr 5 Mo Minor Falklands: Edmund Vestey letter for MT (offering his help amid the Falklands crisis) [contact less good with Galtieri than his predecessors] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 1 Th Major Falklands: FCO briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands: Economic Retaliation Against Argentina") ["the scope for effective action ... is very limited"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Key Falklands: FCO Defence Department minute for Foreign Secretary ("Retaking the Falkland Islands: The Political Costs") ["hard to persuade people that the game was worth the candle" - MT's copy] [declassified Dec 2012]
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 4 Su Minor Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute to No.10 ("Falkland: Security Council") [draft message of thanks to President Mitterrand] [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 2 Fr Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [MT approves draft letter to Commonwealth Heads of Government] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Falklands: Naval Deployments in November/December 1977") [research into files shows force was kept secret from Argentina] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (c1900Z) ("Falkland Islands: House of Commons Debate") [draft speech - MT's copy] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (c1900Z) ("Falkland Islands: House of Commons Debate") [draft speech - Robert Armstrong's copy] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (Carrington suggests MT send message to Governor and people of the Falklands) ["we admire their steadfastness and our thoughts are with them"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 4 Su Minor Falklands: FCO minute ('Argentina') [Edmund Vestey's offer to make contact with authorities in Argentina if useful] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Falklands: FCO minute for Armstrong ("Falkland Islands: Economic Measures") [amendment to minute sent this morning; pressure of time] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 3 Sa Major Falklands: FCO record of conversations (0400Z - 0850Z) ("Note for the File: Marines at Grytviken") [MT "inclined to favour surrender [of Marine detatchment] in order to prevent pointless loss of life", but persuaded by Nott and Carrington to order resistance with "minimum force"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 4 Su Major Falklands: FCO telegram 634 to UKE Washington (1800Z) ("Likely UK Requirements at Ascension Island") [thank Americans for their offer; "on present plans we shall be making considerable on US facilities on the island"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 4 Su Major Falklands: FCO telegram 636 to UKE Washington (1830Z) ("Falklands") [Nott's account on TV of fighting at Grytviken] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Falklands: FCO telegram 91 to UKE Buenos Aires (1830Z) ("Argentina: Severance of Diplomatic Relations") [Palliser informs Argentine Chargé that HMG was breaking diplomatic relations with Argentina] [declassified 2012]