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1982 Apr 23 - 1982 Apr 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/621
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 10)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 300
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82 Apr 24 Sa Key Falklands: MT annotation of US draft proposals (1700Z) (Haig take it or leave it plan) [delivered via Pym & unacceptable to MT] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: FCO telegram 64 to UKE Berne (1445Z) (warning from HMG to be conveyed by Swiss to Argentine Government) [all Argentine naval and aircraft will be considered hostile and will "encounter the appropriate response"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: Wade-Gery minute to No.10 ("Falklands: Military Decisions") [decisions taken by Mandarins' Group - Conqueror and Argentine 707s overflying Task Force; MT: "Who represents the PM?"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 24 Sa Major Falklands: Haig letter to MT (0428Z) ("Falkland Islands Crisis") [commentary on proposals being brought back by Pym, with annotations by MT] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 24 Sa Major Falklands: MT message to Haig (2115Z) (MT urges Haig to approach Argentine Government with proposals first) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 24 Sa Major Falklands: Haig message to MT (Haig will "float" his ideas to Costa Mendez) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 24 Sa Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Argentine Reconnaissance Flights over the British Task Force") [UK warning to Argentina delivered yesterday; MT agrees Parsons's advice it should be notified to the UN, without announcement in London] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 25 Su Major Falklands: MOD statements (1605Z) (recapture of South Georgia) ["British forces are now ashore"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 26 Mo Major Falklands: MT message to Fieldhouse (congratulations on recapture of South Georgia) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 26 Mo Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1465 to FCO (2242Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Haig reports on his speech at the OAS; "He had spoken to Costa Mendez and told him that time had run out"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 27 Tu Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1470 to FCO (0100Z) ("Falklands") [Reagan in touch with Galtieri but situation unclear] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: Armstrong minute to Acland (articles about the intelligence cover of the operations in the South Atlantic) [some material in Sunday Times articles on 18 Apr "remarkably accurate", must have had some official sources] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 41 to FCO (1805Z) ("Argentine War Zone") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 44 to FCO (1000Z) ("Press Summary") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit paper (SAPU(82)7) (1645Z) (Pym's Visit to Washington; Status of South Georgia; Task Force Plans) [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: Cockfield letter for Pym (Ban on exports to Argentina) [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: Commonwealth Coordination Department report ("Commonwealth Governments' Reactions to Falklands Crisis") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (departure of a number of teachers from the Falkland Islands) [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (1430Z) ("Falklands: Norwegian Ban on Argentine Imports") [declassified Dec 2012]