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5. I believe that the action taken so far by the Committee makes it virtually certain that they will have some sort of Its precise scope will enquiry about the Falkland Islands. depend in part on the shape of the Government's own Enquiry, and in part on the debate on the latter which I understand

It could also be influenced by may take place on Thursday.

the degree of cooperation the FAC judge themselves likely to

What is still not clear is how far get from FCO Ministers. they then feel obliged to press ahead with all the questions in the attached memorandum, or whether they may be prepared to drop some of them.

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6. Questions 24 and 25 are not related direcîty to the Falkland Islands. The answers to these will form the basis for the Committee's discussion (also next Monday) of the terms of reference for their next enquiry, which will be on

PCCU will be the remaining UK Dependent Territories, commissioning answers to these two questions separately,

7.

I recommend that, in the light of the above developments,

Onslow should speak to the Secretary of State or Mr Sir A Kershaw with a view to channelling the Committee's

This activities into the most helpful possible direction, could perhaps best be done when the Prime Minister has made

but any approach her statement on the Government's Enquiry;

to Sir A Kershaw should not be delayed beyond the end of the week, if we are to influence the Committee's next discussion.

8. The questions in the enclosure involve many Departments. I am therefore copying it widely, but for information only at this stage,

5 July 1982

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Lord N Gordon Lennox

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