Item WOOLLY AL 4/4 - Transcript of interview with Cecil Parkinson, former Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1991

Typescript transcript of interview with Rt Hon Cecil (Edward) Parkinson, British Paymaster General, 1981-1983, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1982-1983, and Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1981-1983, relating to the British government response to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland islands, including, the House of Commons Debate of the response 3 Apr 1982; reaction of government members to news of the invasion and discussions at the meeting of the '1922 Committee'; the resignation of Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Sixth Baron Carrington (Lord Carrington), as Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (3 Apr 1982) and appointment of Rt Hon Francis Leslie Pym as his successor; his membership of the Cabinet Subcommittee overseeing the British military operation against Argentina; the talks between Rt Hon Margaret Hilda Thatcher, British Prime Minster, 1979-1990, and Alexander Haig, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982, (12-13 Apr 1982); British policy of dual response, military and diplomatic, to the invasion; and the visit of Pym to Washington for talks with US officials (22-23 Apr 1982). 32pp