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1982 Apr 6 - 1982 Apr 8
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/615
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 4)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 233
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82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKHC Bridgetown telegram 101 to FCO (1615Z) ("President Reagan's Meeting of Caribbean Leaders") [Ramphal said he had urged Eastern Caribbean leaders to make it clear to Reagan that "more than an 'even handed' attitude ... was desirable"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 74 to FCO (1630Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Peruvian Foreign Minister - need to help Argentinians withdraw without losing face] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 2 to FCO (1700Z via Berne) ("Atmosphere in Buenos Aires") ["great uncertainty and concern"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKE Dublin telegram 99 to FCO (1700Z) ("Irish Republic and the Falklands") [Irish attitudes: cherishing "the role of mediator"; large Irish-Argentine community; echoes of Ulster issue "set the Irish teeth on edge"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Minor Falklands: Goodchild minute for Coles ("Dinner for the Hon. Alexander M. Haig: List of Guests") [plus seating plan] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Key Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner meeting: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands - MT annotations] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 330 to FCO (1823Z) ("Falklands: French Press Comment") [topic has "left the front pages", but substantial coverage of diplomacy still; parallels seen with French overseas possessions] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: Prime Minister Pindling of the Bahamas letter for MT (1830Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["unequivocal rejection of the use of force as a means of settling disputes between states"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: Prime Minister of Guyana message for MT (1900Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["strongly condemned" invasion; full support for UNSCR502] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Minor Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 78 to FCO (1912Z) ("Royal Marines") [no confirmation yet of their arrival here tomorrow] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 80 to FCO (2036Z) ("Falkland Islands") [smuggled out message from Falklands civil servants requesting temporary evacuation of the population under supervision of "a protecting power"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Minor Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 79 to FCO (2115Z) (text of communiqué issued by the Uruguayan council for national security) [calls for mediation, negotiation] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Minor Falklands: UKE Panama City telegram 35 to FCO (2200Z) ("Tidepool") [Panamanian permission would be needed to berth ship at US base; possible delay, best avoid] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: Ingham Note for Press Officers (c2200Z) ("Guidance after PM/Haig Dinner, April 8, 1982") ["full agreement that the UN resolution must be carried out"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: BRITNAVAT Brasilia signal to CGRM (2210Z) ("Op[eration] Corporate") [permission for ship to dock in Rio de Janeiro] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKHC Port of Spain telegram 58 to FCO (2225Z) ("Falklands") [statement by Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister, calls for "negotiation, mediation or arbitration"; notes 1965 UNGA resolution "which upholds the right of self-determination of the people of the Falkland Islands"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1195 to FCO (2245Z) ("Colombian OAS Initiative on Falkland Islands") [OAS Permanent Council meeting adjourned to avoid cutting across Haig mediation] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1196 to FCO (2250Z) ("Text of Colombian Draft Resolution") [for OAS meeting] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Minor Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 429 to FCO (2254Z) ("Falklands and British Antarctic Territory") [future meetings] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1197 to FCO (2252Z) ("Falklands: Possible Consequences for British Antarctic Territory") [conversation with Eagleburger who suggested US raise the issue when Haig visits Buenos Aires] [declassified Dec 2012]