Letter from Roberts to Mitchell - 9th December 1971 - Potential embarrassment of HMG response
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Title
Letter from Roberts to Mitchell - 9th December 1971 - Potential embarrassment of HMG response
FCO 63/882 item 127 page 144
Subject
Relief/aid
Description
Concern that the lack of funds from UK, in light of so much support from NGOs, might become 'embarrassing'; relaxation of no eruption, no funds rule being pushed for; response from treasury not yet clear.
Creator
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)
Publisher
The National Archives (UK)
Date
9th December 1971
Contributor
C S Roberts (Caribbean Department)
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
Letter
Identifier
Curating_Crises_#443
FCO 63/ 882
Coverage
The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.
Letter Item Type Metadata
Date Sent
9th December 1971
To
DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative
From
C S Roberts (Caribbean Department)
Files
Collection
Citation
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Letter from Roberts to Mitchell - 9th December 1971 - Potential embarrassment of HMG response,” Curating Crises, accessed March 6, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/465.
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