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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 27 Tu Major Falklands: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Falkland Islands") [depends entirely on state of Haig's negotiations and OD(SA) decisions in light of news] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th Minor Falklands: Bahamian PM Pindling letter to MT (support) [sent to No.10 on 29 Apr] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 We Major 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 We Major 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 27 Tu Minor Falklands: Coles letter to Ted Needham (Falkland Islanders) [thanks for information; policy on financial assistance for those wishing to leave temporarily] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Beagle Channel") [background note on Argentina-Chile dispute over the channel, as requested by No.10] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 27 Tu Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Death of Argentinian prisoner") [shooting on South Georgia - British obligations under Third Geneva Convention] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islanders") [official review of islander morale and arrangements for those wanting to leave temporarily] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Minor Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islanders: the Total Exclusion Zone") [reassuring message Pym thinks should be broadcast to islanders this evening by Hunt] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Minor Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: position on medical emergencies") [MT asked about medical arrangements for islanders outside Port Stanley once TEZ enforced] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 We Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falklands: debate in Parliament on 29 April") [draft material for MT speech] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Minor Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("ICRC and the Geneva Convention") [response to No.10 asking what ICRC was doing and whether new Argentine measures on islands breached Fourth Geneva Convention] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 We Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mandatory Resolutions") [information on unimplemented UNSCRs] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 We Minor 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 27 Tu Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mrs Gandhi: Falklands") [looking for ways to secure a more supportive response from India] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Nuclear cooperation between Germany and Argentina") [MT approves draft PMQ Q&A stating nothing in the story] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 27 Tu Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Prisoners captured on South Georgia") [opinion of FCO Legal Adviser] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Minor Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Role of the UN Secretary-General") [MT asked for a note on UNSG role; Article 99 of Charter; "good offices"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 We Major 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 27 Tu Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (1800Z) ("Falklands: Japanese position") [disappointment at Japanese refusal to introduce import ban; MT agrees reply "in rather stiff terms" to PM Suzuki] [declassified 2012]