IR 6 836 0066 82/UK/AR/FA/SENIOR ROYAL NAVY VIEWS ON CURRENT FALKLAND ISLAND ISSUE

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• Publication Date: April 8, 1982
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LA/CPB-2, LA/RR, SE/XEU, CRES/ARO, IAD/SOG, NICAG/LA, NIO/LA, NIO/PE,
OCR, OER, OGI/I/TAM, OIA/LFMEA, (33/W)
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SUBJ: IR 6 836 0066 82/UK/AR/FA/SENIOR ROYAL NAVY VIEWS ON CURRENT
FALKLAND ISLAND ISSUE (U)
THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTEL
1. (U) CTRY: UNITED KINGDOM (UK), PALKLAND ISLANDS (FA),
ARGENTINA (AR)
2. (U) IR NO: 6 836 0066 82
3. (U) TITLE: SENIOR ROYAL NAVY VIEWS ON CURRENT FALKLAND ISLAND
ISSUE
4. (U) DATE OF INFO: 820407
5. (U) ORIG: SEE FM LINE
6. (U) REQ REF: U-UCR-42080/CONTINUES
7. (U) SOURCE: CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF
8. (U) SUMMARY: CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, ROYAL NAVY, AMPLIFIES TO
DEFENSE ATTACHE THE IMPLICATIONS OF DEFENCE SECRETARY NOTT ANNOUNCE-
MENT LN PARLIAMENT ON 820407 REGARDING FALKLAND ISLANDS EXCLUSION
ZONE.
9A. (C/NOFORN) DETAILS:
1. (U) DURING EARLY EVENING 820407 ORIG WAS CALLED AT HOME
BY THE OFFICE OF CHIEF NAVAL STAFF (CNS) ROYAL NAVY, REQUESTING I
VISIT TOWN RESIDENCE OF CNS AT 2230 LOCAL 820407 TO DISCUSS AN AN-
NOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT EVENING. ORIG WENT
TO THE ADMIRAL'S FLAT AT ADMIRALTY ARCH NEAR TRAFALGAR SQUARE AT
THE APPOINTED TIME AND WAS ESCORTED INTO THE LIVING ROOM WHERE
ADMIRAL SIR HENRY LEACH AND ORIG SAT DOWN OVER A SCOTCH AND HAD A
FRIENDLY CHAT.
2. (C/NOFORN) AFTER A FEW PLEASANTRIES, SIR HENRY WENT DI-
RECTLY TO THE POINT INDICATING THAT DEFENCE SECRETARY NOTT WOULD BE
SUMMING UP THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WITHIN A FEW
MINUTES AND WOULD BE ANNOUNCING THE FALKANS EXCLUSION ZONE DECLARA-
TION. ADMIRAL LEACH THEN WENT ON TO QUOTE DIRECTLY THE WORDS OF THE
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DECLARATION, SUMMARIZED IN IR 6 836 0065 82. SIR HENRY ADDED THAT
HE WAS NOT SURE IF NOTT WOULD INDICATE THAT ARTICLE 51 OF THE UN
CHARTER WAS CERTAINLY APPLICABLE TO THE DECLARATION; HOWEVER, HE
SAID IT WAS AND WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE EVOKED.
(3) (C/NOFORN) ADMIRAL LEACH IN THIS ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSION
MADE IT CLEAR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAS TAKING DELIBERATE AND
DIRECT MILITARY MOVES THEY FELT WERE A TOTALLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
IN CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION -- BY NOW IN NO WAY A SOCIAL CHAT,
LEACH DID HIS PART IN SENDING THE SIGNAL TO THE US THAT THE BRITISH
INTEND TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS WERE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS
OF THE CROWN. SIR HENRY CHOSE HIS WORDS CAREFULLY, SPEAKING AS HE
DOES IN DIRECT TERMS, CONVEYING A SERIOUSNESS TO THE SITUATION HE
OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO EXPRESS.
(4) (C/NOFORN) ADMIRAL LEACH, RETURNING TO THE EXCLUSION ZONE
DECLARATION, SPOKE THE OBVIOUS IN STRESSING THE PROBABILITY OF SINK-
ING ARGENTINE SHIPS WHICH COULD RESULT FROM THE DECLARATION. HE
STRESSED THERE WOULD BE NO HESITANCY ON THE BRITISH PART TO ENFORCE
THE EXCLUSION ZONE.
(5) (C/NOFORN) THE ADMIRAL SHIFTED TO THE AMERICAN ROLE,
ACKNOWLEDGING SECRETARY OF STATE HAIG'S IMPENDING ARRIVAL IN LONDON.
CAREFULLY SELECTING HIS WORDS, HE EVOKED THE LONG-TERM TIES BETWEEN
THE US/UK, EMPHASIZING WHAT SOME IN THE UK SENSE AS FENCE-STRATTLING
BY THE US. (HE DESCRIBED THE SENSE AS HAVING ONE FOOT FIRMLY
PLANTED ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE OTHER THE FOOT A LITTLE OFF THE
GROUND.) SIR HENRY WAS TOO GRACIOUS TO EVEN SUGGEST HE SHARED THIS
OPINION, BUT THE POINT WAS MADE.
9B. (C/NOFORN) ORIG COMMENTS: ADMIRAL SIR HENRY LOOKED RESTED --
ALTHOUGH THE HOURS HE HAS BEEN KEEPING HAVE CLEARLY KEPT HIM ON THE
RUN. HIS MESSAGE WAS TOTALLY CLEAR BUT ISSUED IN A QUIET, DIRECT
TONE. CERTAINLY, THE ASSEMBLED FORCE UNDER FULL COMBAT ORDERS ARE
MOUNTED UP, READY TO GO INTO A HOSTILE SITUATION, AND CONFIDENT OF
SUCCESS, THIS NOTWITHSTANDING THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE OUT MORE
QUICKLY THAN MIGHT BE DESIRED.
(1) (C/NOFORN) IMPLIED IN SIR HENRY'S MESSAGE AND PICKED UP
AGAIN BETWEEN THE LINES IN RECENT DAYS WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF
DEFENCE IS A FEELING THAT AMERICA PERHAPS DOES NOT THINK THE BRIT-
ISH WILL INITIATE DIRECT MILITARY ACTION. ORIG SUSPECTS LEACH'S
POINT IN HAVING THIS ONE-ON-ONE WAS TO RELAY THE SERIOUS INTENTIONS
THE UK HAS TO USE FORCE IF DIPLOMACY DOESN'T WORK. THE UK APPEARS
WILLING TO ACCEPT LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH
A HOSTILE CONFRONTATION, ESPECZALLY IF IT DRAGS OUT OVER WEEKS.
(2) (C/NOFORN) SIR HENRY LEACH CERTAINLY EXPRESSED THE HOPE
THAT DIPLOMACY WOULD WORK.
10. (U) PROJ NO: NA
11. (U) COLL MGMT CODE: NONE
12. (U) SPEC INST: NOFORN CAVEAT ASSIGNED TO PROTECT COLLECTZON
METHODS AND SOURCES, DIRC: NO
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PREP BY: 0. L. HEISINGER, CAPT, USN, DATT
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APP BY: D. L. HEISINGER, CAPT, USN, DATT
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REQ EVAL: NO
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ENCL: NA
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DIST BY ORIG: NA
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DATT/UK, REVW 08 APR 2002, REAS 3
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