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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: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mrs Gandhi: Falklands") [looking for ways to secure a more supportive response from India] [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 28 We Major 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 We Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falklands: debate in Parliament on 29 April") [draft material for MT speech] [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 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 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 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 Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (draft statement if Haig proposals fail) [suitable for MT speech] [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 28 We Major Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) (Overnight Developments) [US; OAS meeting; Falkland evacuation; South Georgia; Brazil; British shipping] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Major Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) (Overnight Developments) [Reports from Haig; OAS/UN; TEZ; Chile; Uruguay; Australia; NATO; US opinion poll; BAS personnel; Falkland evacuation; South Georgia; British aircraft] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 23 Fr Major Falklands: UKE Washington record of conversation (Pym-Judge Clark) [Judge Clark floats trusteeship idea] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 27 Tu Major Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Acland-Henderson) ["Mr Haig's negotiations with the Argentines" - state of play] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 29 Th Major Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1725Z) (MT-Chancellor Schmidt phone call) [unchanged German support for British position, and for a political solution; farm prices] [declassified 2012]
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 6 Tu Major Falklands: No.10 briefing for MT ("Illegal Landing on South Georgia: Chronology of Events") [19 March - 5 April] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 27 Tu Major Falklands: MT to Admiral Fieldhouse (thanks for visit to Northolt) ["invaluable briefing ... warm thanks to all your staff whose efficiency and control of the situation did not surprise but much impressed me"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 28 We Major 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 We Major 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]