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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)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 308
Any docs withheld?

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Date Valuesort ascending Title
83 Mar 10 Th Major Zimbabwe: No.10 minute (internal): Parson to Coles ("JIC business") [Matabeleland massacres; Joshua Nkomo; Iraq; S. Africa; Belize/Guatemala] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major Zimbabwe: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("AFZ officers") [report on Mugabe press conference] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 8 Tu Major Zimbabwe: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Ian Smith's passport") [case for issuing passport] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 30 Fr Major Zimbabwe: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("South Africa/Zimbabwe") [South African views] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 30 We Major Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to Whitelaw PS ("Zimbabwe: Mr Nkomo") [permission to remain in UK] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 9 Th Major Zimbabwe: Pym minute to MT ("Zimbabwe") ["as requested... a note on policy... [including] maltreatment of detainees... military sales... wider strategic context"] [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 Jul 22 Fr Major Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to Lord Goodman (Thames Television 'TV Eye' programme on trial of RAF officers) ["We can now only hope that the repercussions are not damaging"] [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 7 Mo Major Zimbabwe: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Zimbabwe") ["a summary of recent developments"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 14 Mo Major Zimbabwe: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Nkomo") ["The best way of avoiding a protracted stay by Mr Nkomo would be a speedy agreement to his return to Zimbabwe. The prospects at present are not good"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 27 Th Major Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("AFZ officers") [release] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 5 Tu Major Zimbabwe: Heseltine minute to MT ("Zimbabwe: British Military Advisory and Training Team") [revised role & proposal to train further personnel from controversial 5 Brigade; MT notes concerns] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 21 Fr Major Zimbabwe: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Zimbabwe") [decision on whether to process with sale of Hunter aircraft & loan of RAF personnel, following Onslow report on internal situation including ongoing detention & pending trial of Air Force officers] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 21 Tu Major Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Garfield Todd) [internal situation including unrest in Matabeleland; drought & petrol shortage; and Air Force Officers detention/trial] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 15 Fr Major Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to Pym PS ("Zimbabwe") [employment of British aid to forestall risk of widespread starvation; British Military Advisory & Training Team] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 1 Th Major Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("AFZ officers") [press line to take in relation to MT message to Mugabe] [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]
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 Sep 8 Th Major Zimbabwe: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("AFZ officers") [release of Officers Slatter and Pile] [declassified Aug 2013]