19820331 - Letter From the Secretary to Lord Carrington

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PAGE E1 OF B2 SECSTATE WASHDC 5529 DTG: 3118E2Z MAR 82 PSN:

SITISB DATE TDR: B9

DISTRIBUTION: REPT

WHTS ASSIGNED DISTRIBUTION:

SIT: WPC MCF WHLR JP VP EOE SIT

EOE:

WHSR COMMENT: RED TAG

MESSAGE ANNOTATIONS:

NO MESSAGE ANNOTATIONS

MESSAGE:

IMMEDIATE

DE RUEHC #5529

3118E52Z MAR 82

FM SECSTATE WASHDC

TO AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE 2341

INFO AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES IMMEDIATE 4564

BT

  STATE

. EXDIS

E. O. RDS-I, 2 3/3Ei/12 ISCANLAN, JOHN

TAGS: US, UK, AR, FA

SUBJECT: LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY TO LORD CARRINGTON

1. ENTIRE TEXT.

2. PLEASE CONVEY IMMEDIATELY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM

THE SECRETARY TO LORD CARRINGTON.

3. BEGIN TEXT:

DEAR PETER,

I KNOW THAT THE FALKLAND ISLANDS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST

ISSUES YOU RAISED WITH US AS FOREIGN SECRETARY. THE

SITUATION WHICH HAS DEVELOPED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ON SOUTH

GEORGIA ISLAND IS INDEED SERIOUS, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ASSIST IN ITS

RESOLUTION. I AM INSTRUCTING OUR AMBASSADOR IN BUENOS

MESSAGE

AIRES TO CONVEY MY CONCERN TO THE ARGENTINE FOREIGN

MINISTER AND TO URGE THAT HIS GOVERNMENT TAKE NO STEPS

WHICH WOULD AGGRAVATE THE PRESENT CRISIS. FURTHERMORE,

I AM URGING THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENTYTO ABIDE BY

EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS CONCERNING

REGULARIZING THE STATUS OF FOREIGN RESIDENTS ON SOUTH

GEORGIA ISLAND.

WE WILL, OF COURSE, HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF INFLUENCI NG

ARGENTI NE BEHAVIOR IF WE APPEAR TO THEM NOT TO FAVOR ONE

SIDE OR THE OTHER. WE WILL CONTINUE OUIETLY TO TRY AND

MOVE THE ARGENTINES AWAY FROM TAKING FURTHER STEPS WHICH

WOULD MAKE A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION MORE DIFFICULT TO

ACHIEVE. I BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW TCM HAYWARD, OUR

CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. HE ARRIVES IN BUENOS AIRES

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White House, Secret Situation Room immediate cable: U.S. Secretary of

State Alexander Haig writes to his British counterpart Foreign Minister

Lord Peter Carrington* “The situation which has developed in the last

few days on South Georgia Island is indeed serious, and I want you to

know that we will do everything we can to assist in its resolution.”

“[W]e will of course, have a greater chance of influencing argentine

behavior if we appear to them not to favor one side or the other. We

will continue quietly to try and move the Argentines away from taking

further steps which would make a peaceful resolution more difficult to

achieve.”

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