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1985 Jul 1 - 1985 Aug 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1642
South Africa (Internal situation: relations with UK) (Part 5)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 358
Any docs withheld? 2

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85 Jul 8 Mon South Africa: FCO minute for Powell (“Joint Ten Statement on Southern Africa”) [draft text] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 8 Mon South Africa: Fergusson minute for Reeve (“UK Policy towards South Africa”) [need to define "a reasonable pace of internal change, towards what goal"] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 11 Thu South Africa: Powell minute for MT (“Southern Africa: Statement by the Ten”) [no EC statement issued at Milan; better off without one] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 12 Fri South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [EU "Joint Statement by the Ten on Southern Africa"] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 19 Fri South Africa: FCO minute for Powell (“UK Policy towards South Africa”) [Howe paper on growing pressures for sanctions & risk of retaliation against UK] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 24 Wed South Africa: Powell minute for MT (“South Africa”) ["our glorious French allies" acting without warning against South Africa four days after EU joint statement] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 31 Wed South Africa: FCO briefing for MT (“Prime Minister”s Meeting with Chief Mangosutho Buthelezi, 2 August 1985”) [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 2 Fri South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chief Buthelezi) [MT afterwards "wondered whether he was a strong enough character to provide real leadership"] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 2 Fri South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Helen Suzman) [isolation or sanctions would be counterproductive; value of incremental change] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 5 Mon South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa: Message from President Botha to the Prime Minister”) [Shultz letter to Howe opposing visit of European FMs to SA early this month] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 6 Tue South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa Internal”) [National MP outlines government policy] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 7 Wed South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Message to the Prime Minister from President Botha”) [debates whether MT should meet Pik Botha; draft message] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 5 Mon South Africa: Sir Laurens van der Post letter to MT (his visit to South Africa) [offers to take message; No.10 wary] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 9 Fri South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (Addison, Laurens van der Post) [what to say during his visit - rely on personal judgment following long talks with MT] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 13 Tue South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa”) [plans for response to President Botha’s speech in Durban 15 Aug] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 15 Thu South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“President Botha’s Speech of 15 August”) ["not as positive as we had been led to believe it would be"] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 9 Fri South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa”) [Pik Botha trails President Botha’s speech in Durban 15 Aug; MT hopes for "a great advance"] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 6 Tue South Africa: Department of Trade and Industry minute for FCO (“UK Policy towards South Africa”) [Tebbit agrees further studies needed] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 28 Wed South Africa: Lord Rothschild letter to President Botha (Rothschild meeting with Worrall and de Kock) [Botha needs urgently to announce that he has decided to renounce apartheid] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 2 Tue South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“UK Policy towards South Africa”) [Howe urges MT write to Botha warning against further raids, prepare measures] [declassified 2014]