1982 May 5 - 1982 May 14
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/647
Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 5)
Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
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Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
Classification: | Secret |
Page count: | 138 |
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Selections from this file
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82 May 12 We | Major | Falklands: Nott letter to French Defence Minister Hernu (1730Z) (regret at UK press reports criticising France for providing weapons to Argentina) [declassified 2012] |
82 May 6 Th | Major | Falklands: Havers minute to MT (Argentine aircraft carrier) [Havers advises on legality of proposed attack: "[Carrier] must...have approached our forces in such circumstances as to make her a threat and therefore a legitimate target"] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 14 Fr | Major | Falklands: Whitmore note to MT ("Meeting of OD(SA) on Tuesday 18 May") [18 May meeting of OD(SA) is "a critical one", "given the decision which we at present think Ministers will have to take on that occasion" Lewin asks that all three Chiefs of Staff attend alongside him; MT approves] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 12 We | Major | Falklands: HMS Glasgow messages to CTF 317.8 (2011Z) (report of bomb damage to Glasgow) [declassified 2012] |
82 May 12 We | Major | Falklands: HMS Brilliant message to CTF 317.8 (2130Z) ("Operation Corporate") [account of attacks on Brilliant and Glasgow] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 10 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1686 to FCO (1620Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson meets with Haig; Costa Mendez "masterminded" South Georgia invasion; Soviet involvement] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 14 Fr | Major | Falklands: Pym memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 51 (Falkland Islands: The New York Negotiations) [text as annotated by MT] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 14 Fr | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (proposed letter to PW Botha regarding South African offer of support facilities) [urges against making letter "warmer"] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 14 Fr | Major | Falklands: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Falklands: OD(SA) on 16th May") [OD(SA)(82) 35th] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 10 Mo | Major | Falklands: Armstrong minute to Whitmore ("The Falklands") [briefing MT on possibilities for Falklands landing] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 14 Fr | Major | Falklands: Armstrong minute to MT ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [role of intelligence in the lead-up to Argentine invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 12 We | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft telegrams to Parsons regarding UN negotiations] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 11 Tu | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 704 to FCO (0141Z) ("Falklands") [negotiations with and proposals of Perez de Cuellar] [declassified 2012] |
82 May 14 Fr | Minor | Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (OD(SA) meeting: list of attendees) [Chequers meeting 10am Sunday 16 May] [declassified Dec 2012] |
82 May 12 We | Minor | Falklands: Armstrong minute for Coles (Electronic counter-measures against Exocet missiles) [declassified Dec 2012] |