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1984 Oct 1 - 1985 Jun 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1641
South Africa (Internal situation: relations with UK) (Part 4)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 358
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84 Dec 7 Fri South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“Durban Consulate”) [detention orders against people in British Consulate] [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 10 Mon South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Durban”) [detention orders against people in British Consulate in Durban] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 8 Tue South Africa: UKHC Harare to FCO (“Secretary of State’s Meeting with Mugabe: International Issues”) [Southern Africa, East-West relations, Falklands, Lome] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 25 Fri South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“State President’s Speech at Opening of Parliament”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 28 Mon South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“State President’s Speech”) [President Botha’s statement at the opening of Parliament] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 8 Fri South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Southern Africa”) [UK approach: South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 12 Tue South Africa: Trevor Huddleston letter to MT (imprisonment of Nelson Mandela) [grateful she raised the case with Botha; conditional release unacceptable] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 19 Tue South Africa: MT letter to Bishop Huddleston (imprisonment of Nelson Mandela) [have pressed publicly and privately for his unconditional release] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 22 Fri South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 618 to FCO (0114Z) (“Secretary of State’s Meeting with Mr. Shultz on 21 February: Southern Africa”) [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 28 Thu South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa”) [population resettlement programmes] [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 4 Thu South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (her conversation with President Machel in Moscow) [shares his concern at failure of SA fully to support Nkomati Accord] [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 15 Mon South Africa: UKHC Lusaka to FCO (“President Kaunda’s message”) [his comments on West policy towards South Africa] [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 17 Wed South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 1282 to FCO (0045Z) (“US-South Africa”) [Shultz&rsquo:s speech: US position] [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 18 Thu South Africa: MT letter to Kenneth Kaunda (peaceful solution for South Africa) [have pressed for unconditional release of Mandela; hope his powerful influence would be used for moderation, against violence] [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 23 Tue South Africa: John Mathope letter to MT (Forced Removals: appeal for help) [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 23 Tue South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“South Africa Internal”) [black citizenship proposals and civil rights] [declassified 2014]
85 May 2 Thu South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (economic reconstruction and internal security in Mozambique: confirms commitment to Nkomati Accord) [MT: "A very good letter"] [declassified 2014]
85 May 10 Fri South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“Forced Removals”) [communities at Kwangema, Driefontein and Mathopestad] [declassified 2014]
85 May 17 Fri South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“Visit by Chief Buthelezi”) [asks for meeting in London; MT agrees 11am 2 August; dining with him 4 Aug] [declassified 2014]
85 May 27 Mon South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 26 to UKE Luanda (1530Z) (Chester Crocker message for Goulding) [the US position on Cabinda incident] [declassified 2014]