1989 Nov 1 - 1990 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3171
South Africa (Internal situation: relations with UK; release of Nelson Mandela) (Part 21)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Secret - Cab One |
| Page count: | 493 |
| Any docs withheld? | 10 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 90 Feb 22 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Meeting with Mandela") [Ambassador Renwick record of conversation with Mandela] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 22 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Meeting with Mandela") [Ambassador Renwick, Mandela: Mandela unable to meet with Hurd; MT: "very disappointing"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 20 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Meeting with Sisulu") [UK Ambassador Renwick record of conversation: sanctions; post-state of emergency constitution; education] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 2 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: de Klerk's speech") [speech centering around release of Mandela: key points] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 11 Su | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: Mandela") [main points from Mandela's address to rally in Cape Town; reports of violence at the rally] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Jan 23 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: meeting with de Klerk") [UK Ambassador Renwick record of conversation: Hurd visit; de Klerk visit to UK; negotiations with political opponents; ANC violence; sanctions; use of the death penalty] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Jan 23 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: meeting with the Finance Minister") [UK Ambassador Renwick record of conversation: Defence issues; the need for de Klerk's forthcoming speech for the Opening of Parliament to address Mandela's release and negotiations] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 9 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: Pik Botha's meeting with EC ambassadors") [report outlining Botha's relayance of his government's concerns about West not following up on its pledges; discussion of key UK concerns about current situation] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Jan 25 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: reform") [expected key points of forthcoming de Klerk speech likely to announce imminent release of Mandela] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 16 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Meeting with Mandela") [UK Ambassador Renwick record of conversation: release of political prisoners; negotiations with ANC; sanctions; US/Soviet Union] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 16 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Meeting with Mandela") [UK Ambassador Renwick record of Western ambassadors' conversation with Mandela: "a very impressive performance... encouraging"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Jan 30 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 234 to FCO (0200Z) ("Secretary of State's meeting with Secretary Baker") [Hurd, Baker record of conversation: lifting of sanctions in response to Mandela's release; inviting Mandela to US; G7; Angola] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 3 Sa | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 286 to FCO (0030Z) ("US/South Africa: reaction to de Klerk's Speech") ["Invitation to de Klerk likely to be only gesture possible in immediate future. The Administration will pursue the question of a suspension or modification of sanctions, but results will take time"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 28 We | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington teleletter to FCO (2355Z) ("US/South Africa") [record of Chief Buthelezi's conversation with President Bush] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 1 Th | Major | South Africa: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Mrs Chalker's meeting with President Mugabe: South Africa") [record of conversation: "discussed process of change in South Africa at some length"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 16 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKHC Lusaka telegram to FCO (ANC statement) [outline of conditions to be presented to South African government] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 2 Fr | Major | Written Statement on de Klerk’s speech (warmly welcomes decision to release Mandela, changes "vindicate a policy of contact rather than isolation") |