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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/955
Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks); general correspondence) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 264
Any docs withheld? 1
Themes: Defence (Falklands), British Constitution (general discussions), Executive, Leadership

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Date Value Title
82 Nov 2 Tu Major Falklands: No.10 minute to MT (“Franks Committee”) [MT corrections to transcript of her evidence to the committee] [declassified 2013]
82 Nov 16 Tu Major Falklands: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Falkland Islands Review”) [Whitehall Support Group] [declassified 2013]
82 Nov 16 Tu Major Falklands: Lord Burnham letter to MT (“The Falklands Enquiry”) [accusation of Foreign Office intransigence] [declassified 2013]
82 Nov 22 Mo Major Falklands: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Events prior to the invasion of the Falkland islands”) [Carrington worried that MT thought to have been kept in the dark as to early warnings of Argentinian plans to invade] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 8 We Major Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Franks Committee”) [arrangements for publication] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 20 Mo Major Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“The Franks Report”) [dispute as to inclusion of reference to JIC & assessments staff] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 29 We Key Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Carrington) [Franks "pretty wintery" in recall testimony; "very unfair" if he was the only person criticised by name] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 31 Fr Major Falklands: Lord Franks letter to MT (Franks Report) [submits report] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 4 Tu Major Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nott, Carrington, Acland, Robert Armstrong) [“The Franks Report”] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 5 We Major Falklands: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office (“The Franks Report”) [call from Sir Tom McCaffrey] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 6 Th Major Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (Robin Butler-Lord Barber) [“Aide memoire of important points in the final chapter of the Franks Report”] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 6 Th Major Falklands: Robin Butler note to MT ('Franks') [MT decision to 'reassure' Nick Ridley] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 6 Th Major Falklands: Sir Antony Acland letter to Cabinet Office (“The Franks Report”) [wants more advance warning for US] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 7 Fr Major Falklands: MT letter to Michael Foot MP (Franks Report) [agrees to discuss arrangements for publication & debate] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 7 Fr Major Falklands: MT letter to Lord Franks (Franks Report) [personal thanks] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 7 Fr Major Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Armstrong) [“The Franks Report” - redaction of material prejudicial to intelligence sources] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 7 Fr Major Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym) [“Debate on the Franks Report”] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 10 Mo Major Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Franks Report) [Franks expecting to see MT in person, but not before publication] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 10 Mo Major Falklands: Cabinet Office letter to Sir Antony Acland (“The Franks Report”) [warning to US] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 10 Mo Major Falklands: Cabinet Office letter to Sir Antony Acland (“The Franks Report: other committees of inquiry”) [list & comment] [declassified 2013]