1983 Mar 29 - 1983 Oct 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1048
Grenada (US-led invasion) (Part 1)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | |
| Any docs withheld? | 13 |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Key | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (US intervention in Grenada) ["I well appreciate the dangers inherent in a military operation...but, on balance, I see this as the lesser of two risks"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Key | Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [US intervention in Grenada; Reagan to MT: "We are already at zero"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 26 We | Key | Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [US intervention in Grenada: Reagan said he "very much regretted the embarrassment that had been caused" to HMG] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Key | Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to MODUK ("Grenada: From Col Beaumont in Bridgetown for Cossec") [details of US intervention plan] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Key | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (OECS request US participation in "collective security effort" in Grenada) ["I am giving serious consideration to the OECS request"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Key | Grenada: MT message to Reagan (US intervention in Grenada) ["I must tell you at once that the decision which you describe causes us the gravest concern"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Key | Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Luce, MT-Whitelaw, MT-Heseltine) [response to proposals by CARICOM states for intervention in Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Key | Grenada: No.10 letter to FCO (“Grenada”) [record of No.10 meetings & decisions 24-25 Oct] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Key | Grenada: Howe draft statement to House of Commons (situation in Grenada) [MT annotation: "No reason to think that military intervention is likely to take place"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Key | Grenada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Grenada") [MT draft message to Reagan: "In short, I have serious doubts about mounting a military operation"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Key | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (situation in Grenada: US intervention) ["I have decided to respond positively" to OECS request for US intervention in Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 26 We | Key | Grenada: Parsons minute to Coles ("Grenada") ["It is becoming increasingly obvious that [the US] had been planning the Grenada move for some time"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Major | Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Meeting with George Price") [Belize asked to contribute to OECS/CARICOM force] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Major | Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3076 to FCO (1510Z) ("Grenada") [US military manoeuvres; possible evacuation of British citizens] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Major | Grenada: FCO to UK High Commission Bridgetown ("Grenada") [seeks information on possibility of negotiated solution to situation which does not involve military operations] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Major | Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3084 to FCO (2150Z) ("Grenada") ["Admiral Howe told head of Chancery this afternoon that the conclusion of the NSC meeting was that the U.S. should proceed very cautiously"] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Major | Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [assessment of positions of "ruling few" within Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Apr 21 Th | Major | Grenada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Grenada") [Commonwealth Secretary-General forwards letter from Government of Grenada asking for assistance "in the prevention of aggression by the United States against Grenada"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Major | Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [assessment of positions of "ruling few" within Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 26 We | Major | Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3134 to FCO (0430Z) ("Grenada: Debate in the House") [US Administration "will not understand it if we publicly criticise their actions while their troops are still engaged"] [declassified 2013] |