1982 Dec 1 - 1983 Oct 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1154
Zimbabwe (Internal situation; trial of air force officers on sabotage charges; sale of Hunter aircraft; British Military Advisory and Training Team (BMATT); status of Joshua Nkomo in UK) (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 308 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 May 6 Fr | Major | Zimbabwe: Whitelaw PS letter to No.10 ("Zimbabwe: Mr Nkomo") [permission to remain in UK] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 4 Fr | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO (reports of atrocities againt citizens) [record of conversation with Sekeramayi: UK concerns relayed informally] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 7 Tu | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Zimbabe Air Force: torture") [General Shortis, Mugabe: record of conversation] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Jun 8 We | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Trial of Air Force Officers") [US Ambassador, Mugabe: record of conversation] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 8 We | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Torture of Airforce Officers") [record of conversation with Minister of Justice] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 17 Th | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Safety of British citizens in Matabeleland") [report of abductions & murders] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Sep 26 Mo | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Mugabe's Speech") [text; "we do not accept intimidation from any quarter... Britain lay off"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Feb 23 We | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Matabeleland") [update on reports of atrocities; Joshua Nkomo] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 21 Mo | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Matabeleland") ["The spate of attacks on whites is an ominous development bearing out white farmers fears that they would be caught in the crossfire between the dissidents and the army"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Jan 1 Sa | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Kidnappings in Matabeleland") [detailed report] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 2 We | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Internal situation") [Joshua Nkomo; dissident activity/Government countermeasures] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 1 We | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Ian Smith") [report on Cabinet meeting at which Mugabe is said to have resisted pressure to have Smith arrested following his visit to UK & public criticism of his government] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 9 Th | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("I D Smith and Anglo/Zimbabwe relations") ["Reaction to Smith's London and Washington visits is growing fiercer, and potentially dangerous. We should try to defuse it"; internal situation report] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 25 Fr | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Call on Mugabe: Matabeleland") [record of conversation with Mugabe] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Jul 22 Fr | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Air Force Officers' Trial") [report on proceedings] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Jul 5 Tu | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Air Force Officers' Trial") [report on proceedings] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Jun 27 Mo | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Air Force Officers' Trial") [report on proceedings] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Jul 14 Th | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Air Force Officers' Trial") [private views of the defence QC] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Aug 22 Mo | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Air Force Officers' Trial") [background] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Oct 27 Th | Major | Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("AFZ officers") [release] [declassified Aug 2013] |