1986 Jul 1 - 1986 Jul 15
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1968
South Africa (Internal situation; relations with UK) (Part 11)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Top Secret - Cab One |
| Page count: | 248 |
| Any docs withheld? | 9 |
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| 86 Jul 3 Th | Major | South Africa: UKHC Ottawa telegram to FCO ("South Africa: Prime Minister's message") [Derek Day record of conversation with Head of DEA Task Force on South Africa: exchange of views on the merits of Howe visit to southern Africa; further sanctions; next Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 14 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKHC Ottawa telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Mulroney: 13 July: South Africa") [media reports] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 1 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKHC Lusaka telegram to FCO ("South Africa: Prime Minister's message") [William White record of conversation with Kaunda] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 10 Th | Major | South Africa: UKHC Lagos telegram to Howe PS (Secretary of State's visit to Africa: meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister) ["would be happy to see you here in Lagos, however briefly"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 2 We | Major | South Africa: UKHC Lagos telegram to FCO ("South Africa") [Martin Ewans record of conversation with General Obasanjo: Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons; Mandela; European Council statement; Howe visit to southern Africa] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 4 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKHC Guyana letter to No.10 (Caribbean Community Declaration on South Africa) [adopted at the 7th meeting of the Heads of Government] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 3 Th | Major | South Africa: UKHC Canberra telegram to FCO ("Australian policy towards South Africa") [sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 2 We | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 1763 to FCO (2350Z) ("South Africa: US/UK consultations") [US stance on sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 8 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to UKHC Lusaka and FCO ("SitRep: internal situation") [State of Emergency: latest incidents; detentions; schools; media; reform programme] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("South Africa/France") ["France's "double role" on the sanctions issue"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's mission: press reactions") [summary & quotes] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's mission: press reactions") [PW Botha invitations to black representatives to discuss power sharing] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's mission") ["I expect the Government will be expecting... Howe's arrival here sceptically coupled with... puzzlement as to what he may have to say to them"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("EC Presidency Mission") [Winnie Mandela quoted as saying Nelson Mandela not willing to meet with Howe] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 14 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Call on South African Foreign Minister") [Ambassador Moberly record of conversation: Botha's concerns regarding "renunciation of violence and protection of fundamental rights for minorities"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Harare telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth African reactions to British policy on South Africa") [Commonwealth Games boycott] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 9 We | Major | South Africa: Prime Minister Nakasone message to MT (aboliton of apartheid: measures against South Africa) ["Japan will be prepared to study possible ways of participating in... concerted efforts"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 7 Mo | Major | South Africa: President Mwinyi letter to MT (South Africa) [European Community Summit; sanctions; endorsement of Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group work; concerns about Howe visit to southern Africa] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 5 Sa | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (sanctions and negotiations) ["The stand you have taken on sanctions is courageous... I note... you still refer to a 'suspension' of violence... it will be useful to have in depth discussions with Geoffrey Howe when we meet later this month"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 1 Tu | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (sanctions and negotiations) ["appreciation for your opposition to... sanctions... I am ready to enter into negotiations with anyone who abandons violence as a means of achieving political objectives"] [declassified Feb 2016] |