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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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 85 Aug 28 We | Major | 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 Aug 7 We | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (his coming speech) [hopes for "a significant step forward for all the people of South Africa"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 4 Th | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (South African raids on Angola and Gaborone) [repetition would force "specific steps to mark our repudiation of it"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Aug 9 Fr | Major | 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 2 Fr | Major | 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 Fr | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Helen Suzman) [isolation or sanctions would be counterproductive; value of incremental change] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 12 Fr | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [EU "Joint Statement by the Ten on Southern Africa"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 24 We | Minor | South Africa: Powell letter to Michael Hoffman (invitation to attend Chequers seminar on policy towards South Africa) [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 9 Tu | Minor | South Africa: Powell minute for MT (“Seminar on Policy towards South Africa”) [attendees, arrangements] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 24 We | Major | 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 11 Th | Major | 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 19 Fr | Major | South Africa: Powell minute for MT (“UK policy towards South Africa”) [Howe paper "rather negative and defeatist"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Aug 1 Th | Major | South Africa: Powell minute to MT (“Meeting with Chief Buthelezi”) [he looks for you to endorse his approach] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 12 Fr | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Gaborone raid) [values "constructive dialogue"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 5 Fr | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (South African attack on Botswana) ["considerable dismay" at her message; combatting terrorism] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Aug 5 Mo | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (visit of EC ministers) [welcome on assumption no right to interfere implied] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jul 3 We | Major | South Africa: Shultz letter to Howe (sanctions against South Africa) [US remains opposed to Chapter VII & mandatory sanctions, particularly disinvestment] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Aug 5 Mo | Major | 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 28 We | Minor | South Africa: South African Embassy in London letter to Powell (“KwaNgema and Driefontein”) [statement by the Deputy Minister of Development and Land Affairs] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Aug 28 We | Major | South Africa: South African Embassy to No.10 (statement by SAG) [black communities at Kwangema and Driefontein will not be forced to move] [declassified 2014] |