1982 Jan 7 - 1982 Apr 2
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/657
Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (Franks): documentation seen by PM, extracted from PREM19 files and copied to the Committee) (Part 2)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 119 |
| Any docs withheld? | No |
PREM19/657 - download whole file (PDF, 15.63 MB)
Selections from this file
| Date | Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 Feb 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Ministerial talks with Argentina; MT: "We must also make clear that the Islanders' wishes are paramount"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 28 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram to FCO ("Falklands: Anglo-Argentine Talks") [report on New York talks] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Falklands Talks: Argentine Press Comment") [MT: "We must make contingency plans"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to Governor Falklands ("Consideration of Argentine Proposal") [attempt to avoid breakdown in negotiations with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nott PS letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [report on time required for Royal Navy ships to be deployed to the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 20 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington message to Costa Mendez ("South Georgia") ["The potentially dangerous position which has now developed has in no way been of our seeking"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 20 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram to Port Stanley ("Illegal Landing on South Georgia") [HMS Endurance instructed to sail for South Georgia] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Governor Falklands telegram to FCO ("Illegal Landing on South Georgia") [Lord Buxton's talks with Costa Mendez] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 24 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") ["we may now face the prospect of an early confrontation with Argentina"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 28 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Costa Mendez message to Carrington ("South Georgia") [HMG's reaction to "peaceful" activities of Argentine workers in South Georgia constitutes "a virtual ultimatum backed by the threat of military force"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 29 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Nott minute to MT (options for deployment of naval vessels to the Falklands) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Joint FCO/MOD minute to MT ("South Georgia") [options for reinforcing the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Pattison minute to MT (exchanges in the House of Commons regarding South Georgia) [attack on Luce by Healey; little support for government position; Enoch Powell] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT message to President Reagan (intelligence reports Argentine navy preparing to invade) [MT asks Reagan to intervene with Galtieri] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(82) 17)") [to take operational decisions now needed] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (response to her appeal for assistance) [will attempt to persuade Argentina not to take military action] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (Reagan phone call to Galtieri) ["[Galtieri] left me with the clear impression that he has embarked on a course of armed conflict"] [declassified 2012] |