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PREM19/1166
Angola (Internal situation; appointment of Jose Eduardo dos Santos as President; UK/Angolan relations) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 291
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81 Aug 26 We Major Angola: FCO telegram to UKE Cape Town ("South Africa/Angola") [press release stating UK government reaction to "reports of the fighting in Angola"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 26 We Major Angola: FCO telegram to UKE Cape Town ("Namibia/Angola") [Lord Carrington, Al Haig: record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 27 Th Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Angola/Security Council") [record of conversation with Ambassador Figueiredo] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 27 Th Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Angola/South Africa") ["I think it important that we should be seen to respond to the initiatives which the moderates take"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 27 Th Major Angola: UKE Havana telegram to FCO ("Angola/South Africa") [public statement by Castro] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 27 Th Major Angola: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa/Angola") ["Pik Botha... took exception to our statement yesterday... he would not accept criticism from us"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 27 Th Major Angola: FCO telegram 1266 to UKE Washington (1155Z) ("Namibia/Angola") [report of Al Haig conversation with Pik Botha] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 28 Fr Major Angola: UKMIS New York telegram 765 to FCO (0130Z) ("Angola/South Africa - Security Council") ["only difference in... [US] eyes between the two sides in this conflict is that one side is backed by the Soviet Union"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 31 Mo Major Angola: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Angola/South Africa: Security Council") ["If we decide in the end to abstain on... a resolution which the Americans veto... you should consider a confidential personal message to Pik Botha"; MT regrets not seeing advice sooner] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 31 Mo Major Angola: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Lord Carrington) [UN resolution on Angola; US decision on Enhanced Radiation Warheads] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Sep 2 We Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Angola/South Africa/US") [record of conversation with Minister for Petroleum; "I would see valuable possibilities in a meeting between Angolan Foreign Minister and US Secretary of State"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Sep 16 We Major Angola: UKHC Lagos telegram to FCO ("African military assistance for Angola") [second hand report on Lagos meeting of front line states] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Dec 1 Tu Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Refinery") [report on attack; "this commando raid came very close to plunging Angola into economic chaos"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Dec 9 We Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Angola") [Ambassador Kennedy record of conversation with Paulo Jorge] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Jul 31 Sa Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("US-Angolan bilateral talks") [status report/analysis] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Aug 24 Tu Major Angola: UKE Maputo telegram to FCO ("Namibia") [President Machel record of conversation with President Dos Santos; Ambassador Stewart record of conversation with President Machel] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Aug 24 Tu Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Angola/Namibia/Cuba: President Dos Santos") [Dewar record of conversation with Dos Santos] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Aug 26 Th Major Angola: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Namibia and Cuba/Angola") ["the Americans think they have achieved a breakthrough, but this may be premature"; MT agrees] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Feb 4 Fr Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Visit of Angolan Foreign Minister. Call on Minister for Trade") [background; lines to take] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Feb 5 Sa Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Paulo Jorge visit") [probable agenda; suggested lines to take] [declassified Jan 2014]