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1982 Apr 27 - 1982 Apr 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/622
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 11)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 288
Any docs withheld? 3

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82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: BDS Washington to FCO (1730Z) ("Possible covert attack on Ascension Island aircraft facilities") [USAF acknowledges reports based on analysis, not hard intelligence] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO telegram 861 to UKE Washington (2030Z) ("Falklands: conversation with Haig") [account of Pym call to Haig at 1910 - state of talks with Costa Mendez] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: British Information Service New York telegram 4 to FCO (1620Z) ("Falkland Islands: US public opinion") [Harris poll shows strong support for British view but also for US staying neutral in event of war] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: UKE Caracas telegram 136 to FCO (2145Z) ("Venezuela/Guyana") [rumours of Venezuelan intention to invade Guyana] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: UKE Cape Town telegram 295 to FCO (1350Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Pik Botha - Savimbi says Soviet planes flying reconaissance over Task Force from airbase in Luanda; claims South African government had sympathy and goodwill towards British stand over Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram 182 to FCO (2110Z) ("Falklands/Chile/OAS") [MFA source says Pinochet overruled his MFA to insiste Chile abstain on upcoming Argentine resolution at OAS, regarding Galtieri as having no future] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO telegram 186 to UKE Montevideo (1800Z) ("Falkland Islands: help for islanders") [ask Uruguayan government if it would be willing in principle to help islanders] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO minute ("Cuban Missile Crisis: Secretary-General's opinion") [appeal to US and USSR was in fact negotiated with them in advance] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falklands: debate in Parliament on 29 April") [draft material for MT speech] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mandatory Resolutions") [information on unimplemented UNSCRs] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Commonwealth and the Falkland Islands Dispute: Barbados and Guyana") [draft letters for MT to send their leaders] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (Valedictory Despatch of HMA, Paris) [MT requested a copy to read] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Message of thanks from the Prime Minister to President Moi of Kenya") [MT agreed to send personal thanks to Moi] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) (Overnight Developments) [US; OAS meeting; Falkland evacuation; South Georgia; Brazil; British shipping] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: President of Organisation of American States telegram to MT (1900Z) ("Serious situation in the South Atlantic") [resolution of support for Argentina] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU) paper - SAPU(82) 10 (1700Z) (Haig's proposals; TEZ; death of Argentinian POW; international opinion; statement by UNSG) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Death of an Argentinian prisoner") [further details about shooting on South Georgia - misunderstanding the cause; to be buried with full military honours] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [suggested insert for MT speech tomorrow] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 Wed Falklands: Wolfson minute for MT (upcoming speech in Commons) [points stressing oBritish readiness to negotiate] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Thu Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1506 to FCO (0105Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Henderson requests further clarification from Haig on US position] [declassified 2012]