Saving Telegram 8 from Mitchell to FCO - 2nd December 1971 - Challenges facing evacuation efforts
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Title
Saving Telegram 8 from Mitchell to FCO - 2nd December 1971 - Challenges facing evacuation efforts
FCO 63/882 item 112 page 166/167
FCO 63/883 item 225 page 37/38
FCO 63/883 item 225 page 37/38
Subject
Evacuation
Description
A telegram discussing the challenges of evacuations and crisis planning; exploitation of simple people by nefarious actors and hysterical stories of media; finds fault in attitudes of the premier; forecasts that the premier will continue to look to the UK government for assistance; unlikely that naval alert may be maintained for long, but that hope that performance of diplomatic assistance will be maintained for however long the crisis endures and that a tiny, poor West Indian state can face up to the prospect of disaster without flinching
Creator
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)
Publisher
The National Archives (UK)
Date
2nd December 1971
Contributor
DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative
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 63/882 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.
The full item FCO 63/882 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
JPG
Language
English
Type
Telegram
Identifier
Curating_Crises_#451
FCO 63/ 882
Coverage
The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.
Telegram Item Type Metadata
Date Sent
2nd December 1971
To
FCO
From
DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative
Files
Collection
Citation
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Saving Telegram 8 from Mitchell to FCO - 2nd December 1971 - Challenges facing evacuation efforts,” Curating Crises, accessed May 14, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/451.
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Item Relations
| This Item | Relation | Item: Telegram 42 from Mitchell to SNOWI - assistance requirements |
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