1986 Aug 1 - 1986 Nov 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1970
South Africa (Internal situation; relations with UK) (Part 13)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Top Secret - Cab One |
| Page count: | 289 |
| Any docs withheld? | 7 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 86 Aug 11 Mo | Major | South Africa: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("Bermuda: anti-apartheid coalition petition") [forwarded to MT at request of Premier Swan] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 13 We | Major | South Africa: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: President Botha's speech") ["the defensive line our News Department will take today, about which we have consulted Geoffrey Howe"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 24 Mo | Major | South Africa: Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC letter to MT (disposal of Barclays Bank investment in Barclays National Bank of South Africa) [press statement] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 6 We | Major | South Africa: Chief Minister Buthelezi letter to Kinnock (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) [denounces ANC and alleged Kinnock defamation of Inkatha in House of Commons] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 27 We | Major | South Africa: Commonwealth Heads of Government letter to President Reagan (Nassau 'Accord on South Africa': conclusions of the Commonwealth Review Meeting) [summary & outline of further measures] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 1 Mo | Major | South Africa: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Chester Crocker) ["Shultz... ready to see Tambo"; Congress/Administration: respective positions on further sanctions; coal imports; arms embargo; funds to develop regional transport links in South Africa] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 31 Fr | Major | South Africa: FCO telegram 1897 to UKE Washington (1700Z) ("South Africa: UK/US/FRG tripartite talks") ["arguments for a political initiative... UK and US responded cautiously"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 2 Th | Major | South Africa: Howe minute to Channon ("Voluntary ban on new investment") ["We are bound, as Presidency, to allow our [EC] partners time to try to reach a common position... I would [however]... wish us to announce our measures in the next few days"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 13 Sa | Major | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Foreign Affairs Council: 15/16 September: South Africa") ["you expected... [MT] to wish to be consulted... EC Foreign Ministers have] argued... we should implement at least those measures agreed in the Hague Communiqué... [Howe] intends to make clear... the UK's willingness to drop coal [imports ban, only] if others agree"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 10 Fr | Major | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: visit of NAM Foreign Ministers") [request to meet with MT or Howe - expected to plea for comprehensive sanctions; advice] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 27 Th | Major | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UN Security Council: arms embargo on South Africa") ["[Howe] intends to authorise our delegation in New York to vote for the resolution provided the Americans and French also vote in favour"; MT: "we should not do anything to persuade them to vote that way"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 12 We | Major | South Africa: John Bruce Lockhart letter to No.10 (South Africa and 'The Lobby') [cover letter only, referring to an enclosed paper on "various influences outside South Africa, which are distorting the political realities inside South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 2 Sa | Major | South Africa: Lord Thomas of Swynnerton letter to MT (sanctions against South Africa) [enclosed copy of letter from academic John Darwin arguing against sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 4 Mo | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (South Africa) [reply to letter noting views of Harry Oppenheimer on perceptions of the ANC amongst white South Africans and possible MT/Botha meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 6 We | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Babangida (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of the... meeting... and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 6 We | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Moi (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of the... meeting... and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 19 Fr | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Prime Minister Charles (action to abolish apartheid) ["I do not believe that sanctions are the answer"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 15 Mo | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Prime Minister Dlamini (action to abolish apartheid) ["agree with you that general economic sanctions would not solve the problem"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 19 Tu | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Prime Minister Lange (South Africa: Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of that meeting and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Aug 12 Tu | Major | South Africa: No.10 letter to Dr. James Barber (training and education of non-white South Africans) ["there is already substantial help on offer from Britain, and from other governments and organisations"; details] [declassified Feb 2016] |