Telegram from Barltrop to Mitchell - 12th November 1971

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Title

Telegram from Barltrop to Mitchell - 12th November 1971
FCO 63/881 item 12 pages 139/140

Subject

Volcano

Description

Relief at reported reduction in activity, discussion of evacuation RE nationality.

Additional handwritten note confirms 'Belongers' and 'non-belongers' are all British subjects and are not differentiated in event of disaster. Disaster aid responsibility of FPAD.

Creator

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Publisher

The National Archives (UK)

Date

12th November 1971

Contributor

RAR Barltrop

Rights

These files are made available by The National Archives via Discovery, the full entry for this item can be found here.

The full item FCO 63/881 was digitised using funds from the Curating Crises project.
These files are hosted in the Curating Crises database with permission from The National Archives under the copyright terms presented here.

Format

TIFF

Language

English

Type

Telegram

Identifier

Curating_Crises_#210
FCO 63/881

Coverage

The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.

Telegram Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

18th November 1971

To

DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative

From

RAR Barltrop (UK Gov)

Files

Collection

Citation

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Telegram from Barltrop to Mitchell - 12th November 1971,” Curating Crises, accessed March 6, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/210.

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