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1982 Apr 8 - 1982 Apr 11
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/616
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 216
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82 Apr 8 Th Major Falklands: MT draft message for EC leaders (thanks for help in securing common action in response to Falklands invasion) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Key Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Key Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1830Z) (MT-Haig) [dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: BRITDEFAT Montevideo telegram to MoDUK (0205Z) ("Military Sitrep") [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Tokyo telegram 178 to FCO (0300Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Japanese response to Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Kathmandu telegram 49 to FCO (0500Z) ("Gurkhas: Task Force") [use of Gurkhas in Falklands combat] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Bangkok telegram 209 to FCO (0641Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Thai position on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 313 to FCO (0845Z) ("Falklands") [Genscher seeks information on British strategy; German position on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Argentina") [draft reply for MT to Chairman of British Community Council in Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Australian Economic Measures") [draft reply for MT to Prime Minister Fraser of Australia] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: Sinclair minute to Cabinet Office ("Formal Consequences of a State of War Between the UK and Argentina: Note by the FCO Legal Adviser") [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKHC Salisbury telegram 204 to FCO (1020Z) ("Falklands") [Zimbabwean position on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Lisbon telegram 59 to FCO (1415Z) ("Falklands") [Portuguese Foreign Minister tells Argentine ambassador that "British military preparations and intentions" are "in earnest"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKHC Port of Spain telegram 59 to FCO (1430Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["very feeble" Trinidad statement on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 331 to FCO (1438Z) ("French Press Comment") [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: BRITNAVAT Brasilia telegram to MODUK Navy (1545Z) (Brazilian position on Falklands Task Force) [Brazil "anxious to avoid being drawn into the Falklands military operations in any way"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 75 to FCO (1650Z) ("Falklands") [report that Peruvian Foreign Minister suggests establishment of an international presence on the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1215 to FCO (1850Z) ("Falklands: Argentine Approach to Canadian Ambassador in Washington") [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1216 to FCO (1855Z) ("Falklands: Call by Nobel Peace Prize Winner") [Adolfo Perez Esquivel, winner of 1980 Nobel prize for literature] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 9 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Dakar telegram 78 to FCO (2020Z) ("Falkland Islands: Mr Haig's Technical Stop in Dakar") [Haig had one hour talks with Senegalese Foreign Minister; US diplomat said Haig not very optimistic of chances of success for his mission] [declassified 2012]