1980 Apr 1 - 1982 May 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/959
Belize (Future of Belize) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 252 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 60 of 63
| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 82 Apr 19 Mo | Major | Belize: Pym minute to MT ("Belize: British Garrison") [presentation of decision to defer withdrawal] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 28 Mo | Major | Belize: UK High Commission Belmopan to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala") [meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Rogers: "He told me he was less sanguine than Price about the prospect for a treaty based on the American texts"] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Apr 14 We | Major | Belize: UKE Caracas telegram 103 to FCO (1900Z) ("The Falkland Islands") [Venezuela reports "that the new Guatemalan Government...were considering moving against Belize"] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Mar 6 Fr | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Belize-Guatemala") [Guatemalan views on territorial negotiations: "there would never be another chance like the present one to reach an agreement"] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jun 9 Tu | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala Negotiations") [Ridley message delivered to Guatemala Minister of Foreign Affairs Castillo Valdez] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Aug 26 We | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala") [Castillo Valdez message to Nick Ridley: "My guess is that the Foreign Minister is now less interested in the renewal of negotiations than he was, and that the message has only been delivered now because of American pressure"] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jan 15 Th | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala") [Guatemalan side states "very clearly that if no [territorial] settlement could be agreed our other proposals were irrelevant, and that Guatemala would react "violently" to Belizean independence"] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jul 2 Th | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala") [President Lucas of Guatemala makes speech to Congress: "This is the first time that Lucas has publicly suggested that the negotiations might not succeed"] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala") [report of discussion with US Charge D'Affaires: "He said that he was sure that the Guatemalans wanted a settlement soon"; UK Ambassador worries that it is now too late] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala: Negotiations") [UK Ambassador to Guatemala talks with Guatemalan side] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Aug 14 Th | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala City to FCO ("Mr Ridley's Visit") [report of Nick Ridley's talks with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Castillo Valdez] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jun 5 Fr | Major | Belize: UKE Guatemala to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala Negotiations") [Guatemalan side turning against settlement] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Aug 8 Fr | Major | Belize: UKE Mexico City to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Premier of Belize") [Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute: Carrington meets with Price] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Aug 5 We | Major | Belize: UKE Panama City to FCO ("Visit of Premier of Belize") [Price speaks with Thomas Enders: "Price...claims that Enders said that he thought the British were trying to rid themselves of the Belize problem too quickly"] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Aug 4 Tu | Major | Belize: UKE Washington telegram 2324 to FCO (1635Z) ("Belize/Guatemala: Possible Resumption of Negotiations") [US views] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jan 27 Tu | Major | Belize: UKE Washington telegram 261 to FCO (0056Z) ("My Call on Haig: Central America") [Henderson briefs Haig on situation in Belize] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 24 Th | Major | Belize: UKE Washington telegram 3933 to FCO (2330Z) ("Belize/Guatemala") [US report on Guatemalan position in territorial negotiations] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Dec 24 We | Major | Belize: UKE Washington telegram 5007 to FCO (1930Z) ("Belize/Guatemala") ["The apparent hardening of the Guatemalan position may indeed owe something to their expectation that US/Guatemalan relations will improve under a Reagan Administration"] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Feb 6 Fr | Major | Belize: UKMIS New York telegram 105 to FCO (0202Z) ("Belize/Guatemala: New York Talks") [account of talks with Guatemalan side] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr | Major | Belize: UKMIS New York telegram 119 to FCO (0034Z) ("Belize/Guatemala: New York Talks") [report on talks between Belizean and Guatemalan sides] [declassified 2013] |