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1984 Oct 31 - 1985 Dec 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1663
Deaths (Assassination of Indira Gandhi, October 1984: Prime Minister's visit to India to attend funeral)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 184
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84 Oct 31 Wed India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 845 to FCO (1530Z) ("Death of Mrs Gandhi") [announcement on new PM, identity of assailants, religious violence] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 31 Wed India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 843 to FCO (1010Z) ("Mrs Gandhi") [confirmation Gandhi "died as a result of the injuries received in the assassination attempt"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 31 Wed India: Charles Powell note to MT (Mrs Gandhi's death) [making a statement would be an important mark of respect] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 31 Wed India: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mrs Gandhi's Death: Reaction of UK Sikhs") [MT statement, message to Ranjiv Gandhi] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 31 Wed India: UKE Islamabad telegram 676 to FCO (0815Z) ("Assassination Attempt on Mrs Gandhi") [President Zia statement: "heard with deep shock and horror the news"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 1 Thu India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 849 to FCO (0550Z) ("Aftermath of Mrs Gandhi's Death") [composition of new Cabinet, allegations of wider conspiracy, Indian general election] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 1 Thu India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 854 to FCO (1011Z) ("Law and Order Situation") [violence in northern India, attacks on religious sites] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 1 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 3247 to FCO (1800Z) ("Meeting with Shultz") [India/Pakistan, US/Soviet relationship, Laker, Middle East, Central America] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 1 Thu India: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Mrs Gandhi's Funeral") [briefs on UK/India relations, Indian internal and external affairs, bilateral meetings] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 1 Thu India: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Mrs Gandhi's Funeral: Foreign Attendance") [bilateral meetings arranged, to be arranged] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 1 Thu India: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mrs Gandhi's Funeral: Bilateral Meetings") [priorities, as time will be limited] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 1 Thu India: Peter Warry minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Helicopters for India") [Westland order had Gandhi's backing] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 867 to FCO (0711Z) ("UK Sikh Reaction to Mrs Gandhi's Murder") [feeling in Indian government "running very high against Britain" following Chauhan's appearance on BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: UKE Washington telegram 3258 to FCO (0025Z) ("Funeral of Mrs Gandhi") [Shultz's delegation, hopes for meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: FCO telegram 158 to UKE Bahrain (1752Z) ("Purported IRA Threat to Prime Minister") [call claiming IRA will send gunman to New Delhi] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: FCO telegram 770 to UKHC New Delhi (1650Z) ("Visit by the Prime Minister for Mrs Gandhi's Funeral") [phone call claiming there will be an attack on MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: FCO telegram 782 to UKHC New Delhi (1940Z) ("UK Sikh Reaction to Mrs Gandhi's Murder") [meeting with acting High Commissioner to explain "steps we are taking to discourage inflammatory statements by Sikh extremists"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: FCO telegram 773 to UKHC New Delhi (1712Z) ("India Bilateral Aid Programme") [say nothing to Ranjiv Gandhi which could be taken as commitment to expanding or renewing existing programme] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: FCO telegram 782 to UKHC New Delhi (2036Z) (letter from BBC Chairman to MT) [broadcast by Chauhan] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fri India: FCO telegram 785 to UKHC New Delhi (1900Z) ("UK Sikh Reaction to Mrs Gandhi's Murder: Indian High Commission") [will examine statement attributed to Chauhan] [declassified Dec 2014]