Item WOOLLY AL 5/5 - Transcript of interview with General Vernon Walters, 1991

Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Vernon Anthony Walters, US Ambassador-at-large, 1981-1985, describing his participation in the US delegation led by Alexander Meigs Haig, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982, which was mediating between Argentina and Great Britain, following the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, 2 Apr 1982, including his initial reaction to news of the invasion; joining the US delegation in London, (8 Apr 1982), discussions with Rt Hon Margaret Hilda Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1979-1990, (8 Apr 1982); talks in Buenos Aires with Lt Gen Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, President of Argentina, 1981-1982 and Dr Nicanor Costa Méndez, Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1981-1982, (9-10 Apr 1982), and Argentine dismissal of suggestions that Britain would take military action to recover the islands; private meetings with individual members of the Argentine Military Junta; proposals for the temporary tripartite administration of the islands preliminary to settlement of the sovereignty dispute; further talks with the British government (12-13 Apr 1982) and Argentine government (15-19 Apr 1982); Haig's meeting with the Argentine Military Junta (18 Apr 1982); and Argentine threat of Soviet intervention against Britain. 39pp