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Report from Newsam, from Hankey, from Bottomley, from Kerr, that Treasury is sympathetic to the issue raised by Roberts letter and advised of the points needed to be made. Kerr has offered to write the final draft if he is sent Hankey's minutes.

Offical letter sent by Bottomley to Treasury setting out the situation in St Vincent and requesting that HMG provide authorisation to use up to £5000 on essential supplies.

Also includes drafts and notices of conveyance of said drafts, and the…

A letter summarising the response on-island by the premier and other, e.g. police; reports hopefulness of the growth of confidence. Also refers to offer of assistance by Hywel george.

Letter confirms the subjects of a phonecall; extension of alert distance of HM Ships from 24 to 72 hours; extra costs of emergency procedures; awaiting estimate of costs for use of Royal Navy Helicopter.

Reply to letter from N Painter; confirms FCO has no authority to use funds to pay for first aid pre-emptively; trusts that movements of frigates and use of helicopters be considered normal for the fleet in the Caribbean.

Letter of thanks for access to communications equipment of the British High Commissioner in Ottawa in event of eruption.

Conveyance of a report written by volunteers in reception centres; report describes the conditions and events of the first day.

Conveyance of praise of US response and assistance.

Letter reporting that four seismometers have been found that can be loaned for use in St Vincent; advises that the maintenance of an adequate monitoring system will be essential; proposes that financial support for this should be provided by UK govt.

Discussion of proximity of Naval vessels; outlines the pros and cons of maintaining 24hr distance to that of 72hrs; decision made on balance that 72hrs is most preferred option given other priorities. Also contains pages showing the timelines of when…