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End Product Reports covering the Falklands conflict: Military activity in the Falklands;...

Catalogue reference: HW 92/14

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This record is about the End Product Reports covering the Falklands conflict: Military activity in the Falklands;... dating from 1982 Mar 29 - 1982 June 13 in the series Government Code and Cypher School and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ):.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HW 92/14
Date
1982 Mar 29 - 1982 June 13
Description

End Product Reports covering the Falklands conflict: Military activity in the Falklands; Argentine Airforce entity Falklands gives brief summary of situation around Midday 13 June 1982; Argentine Airforce conversations from Falklands on 13 June 1982 indicate limit of Argentine resistance estimated at only 24 to 48 hours; Argentine Naval exchanges and situational report relating to British ship in Falklands and South Georgia Islands area; Argentine Submarine Force Commander gives instructions relating to possible submarine threat, and also to reconnaissance mission; Commander Task Force states that Argentine submarines have entered exclusion zone; Air and Surface units of Task Force 79 are authorised to operate in zone if necessary; Argentine Navy issues summary reporting military and political situation claim to have detected British submarines by radar; Argentine Naval activity: Commander, Submarine Forces gives details of Task Force 79 and issues combat instructions; Argentine summary of intelligence on British Forces, 21 April 1982: advance action against South Georgia Islands not ruled out; Argentine Naval/Air Activity: Destroyer Trinidad reports results of Naval/Air exercise; Argentine battle plan: details from Commander Task Force 79; Argentine Airforce Commander claims morale is high, after visit to Falklands on 24 April 1982; Tanker Medanos ordered to return to port 25 April 1982; Falkland Islands dispute: Commander South Atlantic area evaluates British capabilities for anticipated hostilities; Air Authority Comodora Rivadavia requests assessment of probability of British air attack against mainland; Falkland Islands dispute: Commander Falklands Group laments the inferiority of the Argentine Forces; Argentine Airfield status report: Flight Information Centre issues NOTAM, 021321 June 1982; Falkland Islands dispute: Commander Naval Operations provides update on British situation as at 061422 June 1982; Argentine Naval Commander Falklands submits plan, 13 June 1982, for Naval and Air operations against British Forces

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
2/AA or 3/AA 73087, 73089, 90057, 90090, 90106, 97174, 97246, 97367, 97423, 97487, 97514, 97543, 98229, 98388, 98965, 99127, 99242, 99471, 090108
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Caribbean
Europe and Russia
Air Force
Conflict
Intelligence
Navy
Americas
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Operations, battles and campaigns
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