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PREM19/656
Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (Franks): documentation seen by PM, extracted from PREM19 files and copied to the Committee) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 131

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Date Value Title
79 Sep 20 Th Key Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT comments on leaseback scheme: "I could not possibly agree to the line the Foreign Secretary is proposing"] [declassified 2012]
79 Sep 21 Fr Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT comment on leaseback scheme: "I cannot possibly agree to the proposed course of action"] [declassified 2012]
79 Sep 24 Mo Major Falklands: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Howe comments on leaseback scheme: "I confess to some political anxieties about this idea"] [declassified 2012]
79 Oct 12 Fr Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft paper for OD Committee on the Falklands; heavily annotated by MT] [declassified 2012]
79 Nov 12 Mo Major Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Anglo/Argentine Relations") [Argentina proposes Ridley-Cavandoli meeting; possible responses] [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 24 Th Major Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [options for talks with Argentina] [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 25 Fr Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(79) 31)") [postponed discussion] [declassified 2012]
80 Feb 22 Fr Major Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [views of Falklands Councillors] [declassified 2012]
80 Jul 1 Tu Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(80) 46)") [Nick Ridley's negotiations with Argentina] [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 6 Th Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(80) 66)") [Nick Ridley's negotiations with Argentina] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 2 Tu Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands") [Nick Ridley's visit to the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 2 Tu Key Falklands: No.10 minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's statement") [leaseback - "Mr Ridley had an awful time in the House this afternoon"] [declassified 2012]
81 Jan 12 Mo Major Falklands: Whitelaw minute to MT ("The Falkland Islands Under the Nationality Bill") [declassified 2012]
81 Jan 28 We Major Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(81) 2)") [Falkland Islanders' response to Government proposals] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 13 Fr Key Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [report on Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 26 Th Major Falklands: MT message to President Viola of Argentina (congratulations on accession to the Presidency) [declassified 2012]
81 Sep 14 Mo Key Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play in Anglo-Argentine dispute] [declassified 2012]
81 Sep 24 Th Major Falklands: Chief Secretary minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [financial implications of Falklands dispute: "there is a risk that the Islanders will assume that HMG will bail them out"] [declassified 2012]
81 Oct 8 Th Major Falklands: FCO telegram to Port Stanley ("Anglo-Argentine Discussions: Consultations with New Councillors After Elections") [guidance as to handling; "we recognise the hardening of opinion in the islands against substantive sovereignty negotiations"] [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 24 Tu Major Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [possible measures to improve Falklands economy] [declassified 2012]