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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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 86 Jul 14 Mo | Major | South Africa: Admiral Poindexter telegram to Powell (MT-Reagan privacy channel exchanges) [their recent messages on South Africa reached US Ambassador from a source in London, not from Washington] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: Cabinet Office to No.10 ("South Africa: internal disorders") ["quite likely to be extra trouble on 14 July"; details] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | South Africa: Channon PS letter to Howe PS ("South Africa: EC Code of Conduct: White Paper") [resumption of plans to publish, following postponement during State of Emergency in S. Africa; circulation of intended final draft for comments] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | South Africa: FCO minute (internal): Fergusson to Prendergast ("ComGEP: Mrs Helen Suzman") [Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons: "very critical... of Lord Barber for putting his name to the report"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 10 Th | Major | South Africa: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's meeting with Mr Mugabe") [Howe, Mugabe: Mugabe sceptical of British motives for opposing sanctions; Zimbabwe expenditure on transport links; relations with US] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's meeting with President Machel") [UK/Mozambique relations; negotiations with S. African govt] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 12 Sa | Major | South Africa: FCO telegram to UKHC Nairobi ("Commonwealth Games") ["surprised and concerned at this morning's... reports that the Kenyan Government has decided to pull out"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 3 Th | Major | South Africa: Howe message to Pik Botha (visit to southern Africa) [presses for meeting with President Botha; reasons for short notice of visit & inflexibility of dates] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | South Africa: Howe minute to MT ("South Africa") [report on visit to southern Africa] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 8 Tu | Major | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chief Minister of Lebowa") [No.10 declines request for meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 1 Tu | Major | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mission to Southern Africa") [objectives; schedule] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 4 Fr | Major | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa") [Commonwealth countries: recent states of emergency; one party states; deaths caused by security forces; effectiveness of sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 9 We | Major | South Africa: Howe PS minute to No.10 ("Commonwealth Secretary General's call on the Prime Minister") [lines to take] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: Malcolm Fraser letter to MT (negotiations with the South African Government) [analysis of why the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons' negotiations failed & of necessary measures for successful negotiations; MT: "More to do with Malcolm than S. Africa!"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 8 Tu | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Dr. James Barber (South African Schoolteacher Fellowship Scheme) ["very pleased to hear that the... Scheme is likely to get underway this October"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 7 Mo | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Premier Bjelke-Peterson (South Africa) ["I value your support and encouragement"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 7 Mo | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (Geoffrey Howe visit to southern Africa) [scheduling of his key meetings] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 4 Fr | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (sanctions and negotiations) [European Council meeting; "suspension of violence on all sides"; release of Mandela; black leadership; Howe visit] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 10 Th | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Diouf (Secretary of State's visit to Africa: meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister) ["it is imperative that we should demonstrate our disapproval of the policies of the South African Government without causing them to react in such a way as to rule out dialogue and compromise"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 8 Tu | Major | South Africa: MT message to co-Chairmen of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group ("European Council/South Africa: messages") [conclusions & next steps] [declassified Feb 2016] |