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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 1 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 13th (0830Z) (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs [Brussels European Council], Northern Ireland, Public Expenditure) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 14th (0845Z) (Falkland Islands) [declassified 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 Mar 3 We Major Falklands: "Threat of Action on Falkland Islands" (Buenos Aires statement following New York talks)
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Falklands: ?FCO draft ("Draft Joint Press Statement: Falkland Islands") [statement for Carrington and Nott] [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: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Falkland Isles") [points for cabinet meeting; appointment of OD(SA)] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Falklands: Armstrong minute for MT ("Implications for Civil Departments of the Situation in the South Atlantic") [meeting of Permanent Secretaries; permanent committee of officials formed to co-ordinate Falklands work] [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 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: BBC Radio Interview with Dr David Owen MP (1200Z) (claim that government was withholding information about the invasion)
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 5 Mo Major Falklands: Carrington letter to MT ("Falkland Islands: Economic Measures") ["The UK's ability, on our own, to inflict damage on Argentina is limited"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Economic Measures") [plans for further economic and financial measures against Argentina] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Falklands: Carrington telegram 219 to Governor Hong Kong (1730Z) ("Falkland Islands") [advise HK ship owners not to call at Argentine ports] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Falklands: Carrington telegram 51 to UKE Brasilia & other posts (2200Z) (Falklands: Carrington's and Nott's opening statements at a press conference in the FCO) ["Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 4 Su Major Falklands: Carrington telegram 60 to UKE Bogota (1210Z) (and Lima, Mexico City, Ottawa, Quito) ("Falkland Islands: Contingency Planning") [seeks advice as to whether their governments would agree staging and/or overflights in connection with current operation] [declassified Dec 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 4 Su Major Falklands: Coles minute for Pattison ("Falkland Islands") [MT wants Nott to speak in the next debate; will have to be another Falklands statement tomorrow] [declassified Dec 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]