1986 Mar 3 - 1986 May 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1966
South Africa (Internal situation; relations with UK) (Part 9)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 468 |
| Any docs withheld? | 7 |
PREM19/1966 - download whole file (PDF, 434.03 MB)
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Showing items 41 - 60 of 72
| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 86 Apr 21 Mo | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hawke) [Libya; New Zealand ship visits; South Africa; South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; Australian Bicentennial] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Mar 26 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons on South Africa": timing of next meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Mar 4 Tu | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["South Africa": Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group; Cuban withdrawal from Namibia; MT "dissatisfaction about the way in which the recent representations of the South African Government were handled"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Mar 17 Mo | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Lord Barber) ["Prime Minister's meeting with Lord Barber": account of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group's visit to S. Africa/'possible negotiating concept'] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 24 Th | Major | South Africa: Pik Botha letter to co-Chairmen of the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons (Commonwealth Group's 'possible negotiating concept') ["if the South African Government does move along the lines suggested... and violence continues or increases... the Government may have no alternative but to take appropriate measures to control the violence"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Mar 4 Tu | Major | South Africa: Pik Botha letter to Hans van den Broek (European Community Aide Memoire) ["Once again I appeal to European Governments to take a wider and more balanced view of what is happening in South and Southern Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 10 Th | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group 'possible negotiating concept' and the cessation of violence) ["If... [we] could receive a definite assurance to the effect that violence would cease... [we] would be prepared to consider... the"possible negotiating concept" of the [CGEP]"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 26 Mo | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) ["only a commitment to peace can result in negotiated settlements..."; "[it appears] if we do not accept... [the Group's] "possible negotiating concept" no further proposal will emanate from them... in the light of your own intransigence, I must assume [the Group's, likewise]"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 19 Mo | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (South Africa raids on Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia) ["continuation of... violence... as a form of pressure in the negotiating process... need for Governments... publicly to denounce the ANC... certain countries in Southern Africa continue to harbour terrorists... South African security forces were left with no option"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 29 Tu | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Tokyo Economic Summit: statement on South Africa) ["[a joint statement by] the Heads of Government... could provide momentum to current efforts to bring an end violence and facilitate negotiations"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 6 Su | Major | South Africa: President Reagan letter to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) ["I am pleased to support your efforts and will write to State President Botha, as you suggest, to urge him to continue the dialogue with the.... Group"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 29 Th | Major | South Africa: Prime Minister Gandhi letter to MT (tour of African Frontline States) ["[has] reinforced my conviction that time is running out on a peaceful solution... in South Africa... [but] I am not pre-judging the results of [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group's] endeavours"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 15 Th | Major | South Africa: South African Embassy letter to No.10 (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group and Speech by President Botha) [update on Group's meetings; transcript of speech] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 23 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("ComGEP: press leaks") [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group; local press report on Group's meeting with Mandela] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Mar 13 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group") [overview of Group's visit to S. Africa] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 14 We | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Group") [Ambassador Moberly record of conversation with Lord Barber: Group's meeting with Pik Botha] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Mar 27 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Group") [Ambassador Moberly record of conversation with Pik Botha: President Botha's forthcoming reply to MT; "prospects for a positive response to the Group's ideas rest on a knife edge"; proposal that Group defer meeting to maximise chances] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 16 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Group") [report on Group's meetings with Mandela & with Pik Botha, and forthcoming itinerary] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 10 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Group: message from President Botha") [Ambassador Moberly record of conversation with Pik Botha: "it was an assurance from the... [Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons] rather than the ANC which the South African Government would be needing in regard to cessation of violence"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 24 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Ending of Pass Laws") [statement by Minister of Justice] [declassified Feb 2016] |