1982 Apr 30 - 1982 May 2
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/623
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 12)
Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
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Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
Classification: | Secret |
Page count: | 231 |
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Selections from this file
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82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: Foreign Secretary statement following US tilt (draft and final text) [declassified 2012] |
82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: FCO minute by Legal Adviser ("Falkland Islands: Constitutional Position") [legal framework of local administration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO (mishandling of UKE Washington telegram No.1472) [MT noted Acland's explanation, most grateful] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: No.10 Duty Clerk to MT ("Sitrep on this morning's action") [Vulcan and Harrier attack on Port Stanley airport] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 2 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) (0730, 2 May) [Vulcan & naval attacks on Port Stanley airport; Galtieri speech] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 2 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1566 to FCO (2215Z) ("Falklands: Secretary of State's Visit to Washington") [account of Pym's meeting with Haig; Reagan says UK Forces are "doing the work of the free world"; Peruvian peace proposals] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 185 to FCO (0101Z) ("Falkland Islands") [record of conversation with PM Fraser - had strongly urged Vice-President Bush that US openly support Britain] [declassified 2012] |
82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: Armstrong record of conversation (evening) (Armstrong, Palliser and French Ambassador) [French concern at leak of information that they had been assisting Britain with military information] [declassified 2012] |
82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 874 to UKE Washington (1100Z) ("Personal for Ambassador") [contest two points in Haig's draft statement] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Implementing Legislation") [whether draft agreement on Falklands administration would need legislation] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("Mrs Gandhi: Falklands") [suggests MT write seeking stronger support; MT demurs, preferring to wait] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("US measures against Argentina") [Henderson suggests MT write personally to Reagan urging US ban Argentine imports; Pym agrees; proposal overtaken] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 2 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute of 40th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0915Z) ("Defence matters") [Gurkhas; Astiz; UK cooperation with Chile; Argentinian submarine Santa Fé; Venezuela; action in NATO; Chiefs of Staff meeting] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1557 to FCO (1655Z) ("Falklands: US Press") [US tilt towards Britain "the one big story"] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 626 to FCO (1733Z) ("Falklands: Security Council") [UK response to President of Security Council's urgent request for information] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: UKE Cape Town telegram 302 to FCO (0900Z) ("Falklands: Arms Sales") [press reports of Soviet military aid to Argentina might help persuade South Africa not to supply arms, if we can confirm them] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: UKE Tokyo telegram 213 to FCO (1300Z) (Japanese response to US tilt) [no further economic sanctions] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) [Secretary of State's movements; UN; world press reactions; US] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("Falklands: Rio Treaty meeting") [suggested reply to President of Organisation of American States; MT approved] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: No.10 Press Office minute for MT ("Falklands - Sunday Times Opinion Poll) [only 24 percent thought wishes of Falkland Islanders alone should determine British policy] [declassified 2012] |