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: 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 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: Foreign Secretary statement following US tilt (draft and final text) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: Foreign Secretary's press conference (evening, before visiting US) |
| 82 May 1 Sa | Major | Falklands: Galteiri speech (British air attacks) |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: Haig telegram 1526 to Pym (0426Z) ('Falklands') [Argentina rejecting US proposals; Britain negotiating in good faith; US statement not possible before Friday] [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 Apr 30 Fr | Minor | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falklands: Japanese position") [MT approves your draft reply to PM Suzuki] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Minor | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falklands: message from Mr Pym to Mr Haig") [MT approves your draft] [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 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: No.10 minute for MT (her invitation to see Opposition leaders on Tuesday 4 May) [Foot not available, will probably answer tomorrow; Owen and Steel agreed immediately] [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] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Key | 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 Sa | Major | Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit briefing (1630Z) (SAPU(82)12 - issued at 1730) [raid on Port Stanley Airport; Pym visit to Washington and New York; role of UN; Costa Mendez] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 26 Mo | Major | Falklands: UK Ambassador to the UN letter to President of the UNSCR (British recapture of South Georgia) [Britain acting in self-defence under Article 51] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Minor | Falklands: UKDEL Strasbourg telegram 44 to FCO (1120Z) ("Council of Europe Assembly and Ministerial Meetings - 28/29 April") [satisfactory discussions] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 144 to FCO (2220Z) ("Falklands: United Nations Involvement") [Brazilians urging Perez De Cuellar to involve himself now Haig mediation over; US tilt towards UK not a problem between Brazil and US] [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 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 Apr 30 Fr | Minor | Falklands: UKE Quito telegram 61 to FCO (2107Z) ("Falklands: US Sanction") [Ecuadorean MFA statement criticising US tilt] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 221 to FCO (1500Z) ("Italian Political Reactions") ["The longer the Falklands dispute goes on, the more difficult it becomes for Italy to give solid support for Britain"; Craxi's Socialist Party "the main problem"] [declassified 2012] |