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 81 - 92 of 92
| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1107 to FCO (1915Z) ("Falklands") ["It is possible that the US Administration will become involved, whether directly or indirectly, in efforts to find a solution so as to avert conflict"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (freezing of Argentine financial assets) ["unavoidable risk" of reputational damage to City, but will "in present circumstances be widely understood"] [declassified 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: Coles minute for Whitmore (First Sea Lord's request for a meeting with MT) [has a suggestion re: HMS Invincible; MT asks him to talk with Whitmore] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1111 to FCO (1926Z) ("Falkland Islands") [text of Washington Post editorial "Argentina's Aggression"; "The Brits have nothing to apologise for in the Falklands"] [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 Apr 2 Fr | Key | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 15th (1830Z) (Falkland Islands) [decision to despatch Task Force] [declassified 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 3 Sa | Key | Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (2100Z?) (MT, King Hussein of Jordan) [seeks, and gets, Jordan's support for UN Security Council resolution] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Key | Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1700Z) (MT-President Mitterrand) [transcript; Mitterrand expresses support for MT] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Key | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1130Z) (MT-Falklands Governor Rex Hunt-Major Norman-Major Noott) [Argentine invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |