1986 Jul 16 - 1986 Jul 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1969
South Africa (Internal situation; relations with UK) (Part 12)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 266 |
| Any docs withheld? | 3 |
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Showing items 41 - 49 of 49
| Date |
Value |
Title |
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| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: General Obasanjo letter to MT (Geoffrey Howe's mission to South Africa) ["exercise in futility"; Powell: "a disappointing and frankly unacceptable reply"; MT notes that it was Obasanjo who had suggested to her that she try to persuade Botha to release Mandela] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 note to MT (Lord Whitelaw statement on South Africa) [repudiation of media allegations] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 letter to Channon PS ("South Africa: EC Code of Conduct: White Paper") [No.10 clearance for publication subject to views of colleagues] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Howe visit to Southern Africa; Ewen Fergusson visit to South Africa/meeting with Pik Botha; public presentation of UK stance; further measures; Commonwealth Review Meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: Julian Amery MP memorandum to Howe (Foreign Secretary's visit to South Africa) [proposal for Botha & Buthelezi to agree to work together as a forerunner rather than as a consequence of Mandela's release; memo forwarded by Amery to MT for her personal attention in advance of Howe's trip] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: Centre for Policy Studies letter to MT ("The Commonwealth and Economic Sanctions") [background reading material in advance of Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | South Africa: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Southern Africa") [cover minute referring to paper by officials "on the countries in the area which have important economic links with... South Africa" ] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: Malcolm Fraser letter to MT ("Southern Africa") [Howe visit to Southern Africa; analysis of Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons' negotiations breakdown; views on the way forward; sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 22 Tu | Minor | South Africa: Sir Robert Crichton-Brown letter to Treasury (sanctions against South Africa) [analysis from Zimbabwe leaf tobacco company of effects on the Front Line States] [declassified Feb 2016] |