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1982 Apr 30 - 1982 May 2
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/623
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 12)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 231
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82 May 2 Sun Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1145Z) (MT-Whitelaw-Nott-Parkinson-Havers-Lewin-Fieldhouse-Acland) [Rules of Engagement widened to permit attack on General Belgrano] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat 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 Sun Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) (0730, 2 May) [Vulcan & naval attacks on Port Stanley airport; Galtieri speech] [declassified 2012]
82 May 2 Sun 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 2 Sun Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1569 to FCO (2300Z) ("Falklands: Your Talk with Haig") [clarification of Peruvian peace proposals] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1557 to FCO (1655Z) ("Falklands: US Press") [US tilt towards Britain "the one big story"] [declassified 2012]
82 May 2 Sun Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1568 to FCO (2230Z) ("Falklands: Press Conference by Secretary of State in Washington") [saw Haig last week as a mediator, "today I have come back to consult him as an ally"] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 619 to FCO (0007Z) ("Your visit to New York") [itinerary and arrangements] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 620 to FCO (0009Z) ("Your visit to New York") [media handling; suggests Pym holds a press conference] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 617 to FCO (0010Z) ("Possibility of UN sanctions against Argentina") [gave interview suggesting UN sanctions could only work over the long-term] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 622 to FCO (0131Z) ("UN Spokesman on Falklands") [Reuter reports UNSG to consult with Pym on possible 'mediation'; word 'mediation' in fact not used] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 623 to FCO (0133Z) ("Falklands") [no sign of anyone seeking an early move to the Security Council] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 616 to FCO (0014Z) ("Falklands") [Costa Mendez's statements here today "a smart PR move", but "small beer" besides Haig's and Pym's, and Junta will be less diplomatic] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat 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 Sat 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 May 1 Sat 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 Sat Falklands: UKE Tokyo telegram 213 to FCO (1300Z) (Japanese response to US tilt) [no further economic sanctions] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram 234 to FCO (1430Z) (Spanish Government statement following British bombing of Port Stanley Airport) ["constitutes a serious escalation in the conflict"; "fundamental colonial problem"] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) [Secretary of State's movements; UN; world press reactions; US] [declassified 2012]
82 May 1 Sat Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Implementing Legislation") [whether draft agreement on Falklands administration would need legislation] [declassified 2012]