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Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 206 to FCO (1500Z) ("EC import embargo on Argentina") [Farnesina contact says renewal would be difficult and PSI could make further trouble; Italy most reluctant to renew unless completely isolated, in which context Irish atti

Read more about Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 206 to FCO (1500Z) ("EC import embargo on Argentina") [Farnesina contact says renewal would be difficult and PSI could make further trouble; Italy most reluctant to renew unless completely isolated, in which context Irish atti

Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 205 to FCO (1300Z) ("Falklands: Italian reporting on Argentina") [Arculus shown Italian telegrams from Buenos Aires - South Georgia attack not wholly unexpected, but timing was] [declassified Dec 2012]

Read more about Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 205 to FCO (1300Z) ("Falklands: Italian reporting on Argentina") [Arculus shown Italian telegrams from Buenos Aires - South Georgia attack not wholly unexpected, but timing was] [declassified Dec 2012]

Falklands: FCO Western European Department minute for Bullard ("Italy/Argentina") [after your briefing of EC colleagues, Fontana Giusti visited and stressed how difficult sanctions have been for Italy; PSI especially critical] [declassified Dec 2012]

Read more about Falklands: FCO Western European Department minute for Bullard ("Italy/Argentina") [after your briefing of EC colleagues, Fontana Giusti visited and stressed how difficult sanctions have been for Italy; PSI especially critical] [declassified Dec 2012]

Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 202 to FCO (1815Z) ("Italy and the Falklands") ["Before you see Colombo tomorrow, you should know that he is in two minds about our recapture of South Georgia"] [declassified Dec 2012]

Read more about Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 202 to FCO (1815Z) ("Italy and the Falklands") ["Before you see Colombo tomorrow, you should know that he is in two minds about our recapture of South Georgia"] [declassified Dec 2012]

Falklands: UKE Rome telegrams 196-97 to FCO (1100-1115Z) ("Falklands crisis: Italian views") [Council of Ministers statement; PM's office and MFA assure us no change in Italian position of support for UK position] [declassified Dec 2012]

Read more about Falklands: UKE Rome telegrams 196-97 to FCO (1100-1115Z) ("Falklands crisis: Italian views") [Council of Ministers statement; PM's office and MFA assure us no change in Italian position of support for UK position] [declassified Dec 2012]

Falklands: FCO telegram 61 to UKE Dublin (1200Z) ("Falklands") ["Please ask Irish Government at highest level you think appropriate to lift their reserve"; make clear speaking on PM's instructions] [declassified Dec 2012]

Read more about Falklands: FCO telegram 61 to UKE Dublin (1200Z) ("Falklands") ["Please ask Irish Government at highest level you think appropriate to lift their reserve"; make clear speaking on PM's instructions] [declassified Dec 2012]

Falklands: FCO telegram 96 to UKE Rome (1607Z) ("Falklands: Call on Minister of State by Italian Ambassador, 4 May") [Cagiati call on Onslow - Belgrano increased EC concern; "It was a pity the sinking had taken place outside the TEZ"] [declassified Dec 20

Read more about Falklands: FCO telegram 96 to UKE Rome (1607Z) ("Falklands: Call on Minister of State by Italian Ambassador, 4 May") [Cagiati call on Onslow - Belgrano increased EC concern; "It was a pity the sinking had taken place outside the TEZ"] [declassified Dec 20

Falklands: UKREP Brussels telegram 1764 to FCO (1817Z) ("European Political Cooperation, Political Committee, Brussels 4 May: Falklands") [Bullard at EPC; Irish representative hand was forced by his government's statement of 4 May; others showed "unmistak

Read more about Falklands: UKREP Brussels telegram 1764 to FCO (1817Z) ("European Political Cooperation, Political Committee, Brussels 4 May: Falklands") [Bullard at EPC; Irish representative hand was forced by his government's statement of 4 May; others showed "unmistak

Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 236 to FCO (1625Z) ("Falklands: Message to Foreign Ministers") [delivered message just before Spadolini and Colombo departed for Hamburg to consult Germans; Spadolini communique yesterday implied Italian, German and French att

Read more about Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 236 to FCO (1625Z) ("Falklands: Message to Foreign Ministers") [delivered message just before Spadolini and Colombo departed for Hamburg to consult Germans; Spadolini communique yesterday implied Italian, German and French att

Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 237 to FCO (1615Z) ("Falkland Islands: Italian reactions") ["profound shock in all parts of the media" at deaths on both sides; newspapers left and right doubting justification, calling for negotiation] [declassified Dec 2012]

Read more about Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 237 to FCO (1615Z) ("Falkland Islands: Italian reactions") ["profound shock in all parts of the media" at deaths on both sides; newspapers left and right doubting justification, calling for negotiation] [declassified Dec 2012]

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