BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADOR KIRKPATRICK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R000800200031-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Briefing for Ambassador Kirkpatrick
1. US Ambassador to the UN Jeane Kirkpatrick requested that DDI officers brief
her on the Falkland Islands crisis at her State Department office on 8 April 1982.
2. (ALA) analyzed the Argentine perspective. He outlined the
sequence of events leading to the invasion, described President Galtieri's domestic
political situation, ar}d assessed the Argentine response to a variety of possible solutions
to the crisis. II -
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3.1 ( ) addressed the British response. He discussed the prospects
of the Thatcher overnment's survival and the room for diplomatic maneuver in the
current situation.
4. OGI) provided an overview of UN involvement in the Falkland
.crisis. He discussed the relationship between the United Nations and the Rio Treaty and
also discussed the so-called "Hong Kong solution" to the present crisis. F_
5. Geographic memorandums on the Falkland Islands, Nicaragua, and El Salvador
were given to Ambassador Kirkpatrick.
6. ALA) had come prepared to discuss Central
American issues incl ding Guatemala, El Salvador and Panama. The briefing on the
Falkland Islands and the spirited discussions between the Ambassador, her staff members,
and the brief ers monopolized the two hours. An attempt will be made to reschedule the
Central American portion of the briefing at a later date. II
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