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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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Showing items 81 - 92 of 92

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Datesort descending Value Title
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 5 Mo Major Falklands: UKE Moscow telegram 176 to FCO (1430Z) ("Falkland Islands: Soviet Attitude") ["the Russians will probably wish to delay for as long as possible coming down firmly on one side or the other"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("House of Commons Debate on the Falkland Islands: The Prime Minister's speech - possible outline") [draft speech needed for MT or other minister] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Falklands: No.10 minute for MT (c1500Z) ("Trade with Argentina") [exchanges in the Commons] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Falklands: UKE Lisbon telegram 52 to FCO (1650Z) (conversation with Portuguese Foreign Minister) ["strong condemnation of Argentine action"; understood importance of bringing "utmost pressure to bear" on Argentina] [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: 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 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 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 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 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]