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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 6 Tu Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 16th (0900Z) (Resignation of Carrington, Falkland Islands, Community Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Defence Estimates, International Conference Centre) [declassified 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: BRITNAVAT Brasilia signal to CGRM (2210Z) ("Op[eration] Corporate") [permission for ship to dock in Rio de Janeiro] [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]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU)") [new unit in Cabinet Office to "counter errors or inaccurate rumours concerning the Falkland Islands issue"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 6 Tu Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("The Falkland Isles") [military options and decisions to be made regarding operation of Task Force] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 6 Tu Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute for Coles (false reports that British intelligence had warning of invasion much earlier than we did) [MT "will want to be extremely careful about what she says [in public] on this"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute to Whitmore ("Cabinet: Thursday, 15 April") [MT approves pre-cabinet briefing session by Nott] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We Minor Falklands: Chairman of the British Community Council in Argentina telegram to MT (urging peaceful solution) [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 7 We Major Falklands: FCO briefing for Pym (meeting Haig on 8 Apr) [speaking note; background papers on international reaction, UN, economic measures and Argentine vulnerability to US pressure] [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 7 We Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Message from the Prime Minister to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico") [importance of Mexico "in the balance of South American opinion"; FCO draft, largely composed by the Ambassador] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 6 Tu Major Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("American Base on Ascension") [agreements governing Wideawake USAF Air Base] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 6 Tu Major Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft message to world leaders] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: FCO record of conversation (1600Z) (Pym-Haig) [Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 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 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 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: MOD letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands Debate") [notes prepared for Nott's speech] [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]