Telegram from SNOWI to MOD - 5th December 1971 - Naval support

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Title

Telegram from SNOWI to MOD - 5th December 1971 - Naval support
FCO 63/882 items 116+117 page 157-160

Subject

Naval support

Description

Description of support from SNOWI; discussion of how to best deal with prolonged crisis given resource limitations faced by SNOWI.

Also contains follow up item 117 regarding long term uncertainties.

Creator

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Publisher

The National Archives (UK)

Date

5th December 1971

Contributor

SNOWI (Senior Naval Officer for the West Indies)

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.

Format

JOG

Language

English

Type

Telegram

Identifier

Curating_Crises_#443
FCO 63/ 882

Coverage

The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.

Telegram Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

5th December 1971

To

MOD

From

SNOWI (Senior Naval Officer of the West Indies)

Files

Collection

Citation

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Telegram from SNOWI to MOD - 5th December 1971 - Naval support,” Curating Crises, accessed March 16, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/455.

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