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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1643
South Africa (Internal situation: relations with UK) (Part 6)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 311
Any docs withheld? 5
Themes: Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (International organizations), Commonwealth (general), Commonwealth (South Africa), Race, immigration, nationality, Religion & morality

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Date Value Title
85 Sep 25 We Major South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Call by President Machel: 27 September”) [cautious on sanctions, but dislikes UK arguing against them as hurting Mozambique] [declassified 2014]
85 Sep 26 Th Major South Africa: UKMIS New York telegram 785 to FCO (2306Z) (“Secretary of State’s Meeting with Shultz: Southern Africa”) [agreed SAG "consistently playing their cards too late"] [declassified 2014]
85 Sep 26 Th Major South Africa: Department of Energy letter to Powell (“Policy towards South Africa”) [export guidelines apply only to direct trade of North Sea Oil] [declassified 2014]
85 Sep 27 Fr Major South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa: Representations Concerning Recent Developments”) [UKA talks with Pik Botha] [declassified 2014]
85 Sep 28 Sa Major South Africa: UKHC Ottawa to FCO (“CHOGM: South Africa: Your Talks with Clark”) [Canadian "objective at the CHOGM will be unity and movement"] [declassified 2014]