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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: Argentine Ambassador to the UN letter to President of the UNSCR (British air attacks) [repulsed by Argentine forces in self-defence under Article 51] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: Argentine Ambassador to the UN letter to President of the UNSCR (reply to British notification to Council of recapture of South Georgia) [denies Britain had a right to act in self-defence under Article 51] |
| 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: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 60 to FCO (1755Z) ("Après Galtieri le deluge?") [speculations as to future in Argentinian politics if Britain recaptures the islands] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 61 to FCO (2135Z) ("Press summary") [top news is blockade declared by Argentina in response to British TEZ] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute ("Lt Cdr Alfredo Astiz") [Swedish request to interview him in connection with murder of a Swedish national in 1977] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Minor | Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute ("Possible meeting of North Atlantic Council on 3 May") [British Ambassador to NATO contemplating calling NAC to brief colleagues] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Minor | Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute ("Secretary of State's return") [will he need to be met at airport? possible Commons statements] [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 2 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute of 40th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0915Z) ("Military options for repossession of the Falkland Islands") [comments on paper taken at Chiefs of Staff committee that morning] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 24 Sa | Major | Falklands: FCO minute (Commonwealth reactions to Argentinian invasion) [detail of statements and actions by Commonwealth governments] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Minor | Falklands: FCO minute by Deputy Legal Adviser ("Antarctic Treaty: effect of a state of war with Argentina") [discussion of contingencies] [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 May 2 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) (0730, 2 May) [Vulcan & naval attacks on Port Stanley airport; Galtieri speech] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) [Argentina announces 200 mile exclusion zone; Haig; UN] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) [Secretary of State's movements; UN; world press reactions; US] [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 ("Falklands: Rio Treaty meeting") [suggested reply to President of Organisation of American States; MT approved] [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] |