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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: Prime Minister of Guyana message for MT (1900Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["strongly condemned" invasion; full support for UNSCR502] [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: UKMIS Geneva telegram 163 to FCO (1150Z) ("Falkland Islands and ICRC") [ICRC decision to ask Argentine government for access to islands] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 432 to FCO (2346Z) ("Condemned ANC Members") [draft UK statement] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major South Africa: UKMIS New York telegram 431 to FCO (2345Z) ("Condemned ANC Members") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1208 to FCO (0115Z) ("EC Cooperation against Argentina: Press Release") [statement agreed at today's meeting of EC Ambassadors in Washington] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1207 to FCO (01015Z) ("Falklands: EC Cooperation") [meeting of EC Ambassadors in Washington] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1206 to FCO (0042Z) ("OAS: Rio Treaty") [intense debate as to whether Rio Treaty applies] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1204 to FCO (0035Z) ("Use of US Facilities on Ascension Island") [further request passed on; State Department accepts that detail will be decided on the spot] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1193 to FCO (0100Z) ("Falklands: US Press") [Kirkpatrick attended dinner in her honour at Argentine Embassy on the day of the invasion] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1192 to FCO (0055Z) ("Falklands: US Press") [British declaration of Maritime Exclusion Zone] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 6 Tu Major Falklands: Jacques Chirac message to MT (expressing his solidarity and best wishes) [MT: "We must reply"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We Major Falklands: Prime Minister Jorgensen of Denmark message for MT (the Danish Government's condemnation of the Argentine invasion) [condemnation of Argentine action] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We Major Falklands: President Shagari of Nigeria message for MT (support for UNSCR502) [public statement] declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: Prime Minister Fraser of Australia message for MT (Australian position) [import ban] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: MT message to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico (1529Z) (invasion of the islands) [appeal for help bringing home to Argentine government the seriousness of its actions] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We Major Falklands: FCO draft speech for Pym (opening Commons debate) [annotated by MT] [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: 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 7 We Major Falklands: Cabinet Office letter to FCO (naval deployments in the Falkland Isles in 1977) [Armstrong concern that letter breaches rules on disclosure to ministers of records of a predecessor government; no public use should be made] [declassified Dec 2012]