1979 Sep 17 - 1985 Dec 9
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1424
Chile (UK/Chilean relations: policy on arms sales)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 328 |
| Any docs withheld? | 9 |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Mar 7 Th | Major | Chile: MT message to President Pinochet (earthquake in Chile) [offer to assist with relief measures] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 16 We | Major | Chile: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chile") [defence sales to Chile; HMS Antrim] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Nov 10 Th | Major | Chile: MT letter to Prime Minister González (re-establishment of democracy in Chile) ["will continue to work to advance the cause... without interfering in Chile's internal affairs"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Dec 16 Fr | Major | Chile: UKE Santiago telegram 946 to FCO (1445Z) ("Resignation of Chilean Foreign Minister") [details & thoughts on the resignation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 79 Sep 18 Tu | Major | Chile: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Chile: Exchange of Ambassadors") [premature press report of John Heath's appointment] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 26 Tu | Major | Chile: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chilean Earthquake") [reply from Pinochet to MT via officials] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 May 21 We | Major | Chile: Lord Carrington minute to Pym ("Chile: Arms Sales") [proposed relaxation of embargo] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Apr 21 Mo | Major | Chile: Pym minute to MT ("Chile: Arms Sales") [case for relaxation of embargo] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Sep 10 We | Major | Chile: FCO letter to No.10 (human rights in Chile) [report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Apr 5 Tu | Major | Chile: No.10 letter to General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (recent visit to the UK by Commander in Chief of the Chilean Air Force) ["does not imply that this Government codones Chile's poor human rights record"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 82 Jun 7 Mo | Major | Chile: MT letter to Managing Director of Norton Megaw and Co. Ltd. (Export License for Machine Guns for Chile) [license granted after MT requests review of decision to refuse; "no licenses will be granted for equipment likely to be used for internal repression"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu | Major | Chile: UKE Bonn Defence Sales telegram to MODUK (1545Z) ("Submarines for Chile") [cancellation of West German contract; proposal for Vickers to pick up the work] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Oct 19 Mo | Major | Chile: No.10 letter to Sir James Goldsmith (Chile's economic & social progress) [documentation provided by Chilean Minister of Mining] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Mar 22 Tu | Major | Chile: No.10 record of conversation ("Chile") [Anthony Parsons, Alan Walters, Miguel Schweitzer Walters: Argentina; human rights] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 25 Mo | Major | Chile: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chile") [MT agrees with proposal to resist further EC demarche protesting death sentence on three accused of assassination] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Major | Chile: Nott letter to Carrington (sale of Vickers tanks to Chile) ["not as bad as a number of other customers to whom we are prepared to supply"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Feb 5 Tu | Major | Chile: MT letter to Edynfed Hudson Davies MP (restoration of Ambassadorial representation) ["does... [not] signify any change in our policy on human rights"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 24 Th | Major | Chile: Charles Powell minute to MT (Anglo-Chilean relations) [MT request to be consulted by FCO on any future statements by the Ten & about UK position at UN on matters affecting Chile] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Oct 2 Th | Major | Chile: Carrington minute to MT ("Chile: Arms Sales") [Pym supports Carrington decision not to trade with Chile; MT disagrees] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Jan 9 We | Major | Chile: Pym minute to MT ("Chile") ["I hope that, following the exchange of Ambassadors, we could put in train a review of the arms embargo... [and] the wider issue of unilateral constraints on the export of arms generally"] [declassified Dec 2014] |