Item WOOLLY AL 5/3 - Transcript of interview with Jeane Kirkpatrick, former US Representative to the United Nations, 1991

Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), 1981-1985, describing her discussion of the South Georgia incident with Estaban Takacs, Argentine Ambassador to the US, 1982, in New York, Mar 1982; her reaction to news of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, 2 Apr 1982; state of US relations with Latin American nations; her decision to attend the Argentine Ambassador's dinner, 2 Apr 1982; relations with Sir Anthony Derrick Parsons, British Permanent Representative to the UN, 1979-1982; US National Security Council discussions of policy on the Falkland Islands; tension between the White House officials and the State Department; meeting with Dr Nicanor Costa Méndez, Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1981-1982, Enrique Ross, Director General of Argentine Foreign Ministry, and Wenceslao Bunge, Argentine industrialist and unofficial diplomatic representative of the Argentine Air Force, 1982, (17 May 1982) and her attempts to persuade Argentines of the serious consequences of the military operation. Also comments on the implications of US policy on the Falkland Islands, in the context of the UN discussions, and the general British policy of neutrality on Latin American issues. 39pp