Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1982 (Creation)
- 1981-1992 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 box (0.01 m3)
Scope and content
The television documentary _Woolly Al walks the kitty back _examines the international diplomatic efforts to prevent armed conflict between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, 1982, focussing in particular on the shuttle diplomacy of Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982. The collection includes video recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted in the making of the documentary, as well as news footage and sound recordings relating to the conflict.
Interviews were conducted with eyewitnesses from the Argentine, Britain and United State of America, and included politicians, diplomats and military personnel involved in the development of the British and American response, both diplomatic and military, to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 2 April 1982.
Interviewees include Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982; James M Rentschler, US Special Advisor to US President Ronald Wilson Reagan, and National Security Council Western European Department, 1982; Dr Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1981-1985; Caspar Willard Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense, 1981-1987; Gen Vernon Anthony Walters, US Ambassador-at-large, 1981-1985; Thomas Enders, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, US State Department, 1982; Brig Gen Basilio Lami-Dozo, Commander-in-Chief, Argentine Air Force, and member of the ruling Military Junta, 1982; Ambassador Gustavo Figueroa, First Secretary, Argentine Foreign Ministry, 1982; R Adm Roberto Moya, Chief of the Argentine Military Household, and Naval member of the Malvinas Working Group, 1982; Dr Nicanor Costa Méndez, Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1982; Wenceslao Bunge, Argentine industrialist and unofficial diplomatic representative of the Argentine Air Force, 1982; Estaban Takacs, Argentine Ambassador to the US, 1982; Sir (John) Nicholas Henderson, British Ambassador the US, 1979-1982; Rt Hon Sir John William Frederic Nott, Secretary of State for Defence, 1981-1983; Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym of Sandy, Bedfordshire (Lord Pym), Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1982-1983; Rt Hon Cecil Edward Parkinson, Paymaster General and Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1981-1983, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1982-1983; AF Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin of Greenwich in Greater London, Chief of the Defence Staff, 1979-1982; and Sir Robin (William) Renwick, Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Washington DC, US, 1981-1984.
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above, with the interview transcripts arranged in alphabetical order by country.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Custodial history
Presented to the Centre by Brian Lapping Associates, via Prof L Freedman, 19 Mar 1992.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.
Language of material
- English
- Spanish
Script of material
Language and script notes
Predominantly English, with some audiovisual material in Spanish.
Finding aids
This collection level description and detailed catalogue.
Existence and location of originals
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Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Dozo, Basilio Lami-, fl 1982, Brigadier General, Commander-in-Chief, Argentine Air Force (Subject)
- Figueroa, Gustavo, fl 1982, First Secretary, Argentine Foreign Ministry, 1982 (Subject)
- Haig, Alexander Meigs, b 1924, US General and public official (Subject)
- Henderson, Sir John Nicholas, b 1919, diplomat (Subject)
- Kirkpatrick, Jeane Duane Jordan, b 1926, US diplomat and political sciemtist (Subject)
- Lewin, Terence Thornton, 1920-1999, Baron Lewin of Greenwich, Admiral of the Fleet (Subject)
- Nott, Sir John William Frederick, b 1932, politician (Subject)
- Parkinson, Cecil Edward, b 1931, Baron Parkinson, politician (Subject)
- Pym, Francis Leslie, b 1922, Baron Pym, statesman (Subject)
- Rentschler, James Malone Theodore, b 1933, US diplomat (Subject)
- Renwick, Robin William, b 1937, Baron Renwick of Clifton, diplomat (Subject)
- Walters, Vernon Anthony, 1917-2002, US General and diplomat (Subject)
- Weinberger, Caspar Willard, b 1917, US politician (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Compiled by Alison Field