1982 May 21 - 1982 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/649
Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 7)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 92 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 May 21 Fr | Major | Falklands: MOD sitrep (1545Z) ("Operation Sutton - sitrep at 1645A 21 May 1982") [update on troop positions and military engagements] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 21 Fr | Major | Falklands: News Wire report ("Fleet to Begin Landings") (0930Z) [report on military action] [this copy declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 21 Fr | Major | Falklands: MOD Sitrep (21 May, 2100) [Operation Sutton] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 22 Sa | Major | Falklands: MOD Sitrep (1800Z) [sinking of HMS Ardent, damage to other ships, military engagements] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 23 Su | Major | Falklands: MOD Sitrep (1000Z) [Operation Sutton] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 23 Su | Major | Falklands: MOD Sitrep (1830Z) [Operation Sutton] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 23 Su | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram to FCO ("Falklands: Security Council: Panama") [text of Foreign Minister Illueca of Panama's speech at the UN Security Council] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 24 Mo | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Israeli Arms Supplies to Argentina") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 24 Mo | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Non-Combat Aircraft: Contingency Press Release") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 24 Mo | Major | Falklands: Cabinet Office note of unminuted OD(SA) decision on special forces operation - OD(SA)(82) 42nd (0930Z) [21 May decisions; today ministers considering "wholly different approach to the same target"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 25 Tu | Major | Falklands: Armstrong briefing for MT (OD(SA), 26th May 1982) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 25 Tu | Major | Falklands: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Falklands: OD(SA) on 26th May") [OD(SA)(82) 44th] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 27 Th | Major | Falklands: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Falklands: OD(SA) on 28th May") [OD(SA)(82) 45th] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 27 Th | Major | Falklands: MT letter to Eric Ogden MP ("Falkland Islands Governments' representation in London") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 28 Fr | Major | Falklands: Nott letter to Pym ("Lt Cdr Astiz") [favours repatriating Astiz on first available flight once he returns to UK] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 29 Sa | Major | Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Rules of Engagement - Argentine Merchant Ships") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 29 Sa | Major | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (morning) (MT-President Mitterrand) ["Supply by France of Exocet Missiles to Peru" - MT accedes to Mitterrand's request to send him a message when supply of missiles would be safe] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 30 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("French Arms Sales") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 30 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 310 to UKE Paris (1842Z) (Mitterrand's phone call to MT) [French contract with Peru to supply Exocets] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 30 Su | Key | Falklands: MT message to President Mitterrand (1850Z) (possible delivery by France of Exocets to Peru) ["If it became known...that France was now releasing weapons to Peru that would certainly be passed to Argentina for use against us...this would have a devastating effect on the relationship between our two countries"] [declassified 2012] |