Telegram 183 from Mitchell to FCO - 9th December 1971 - Volcanic activity update

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Title

Telegram 183 from Mitchell to FCO - 9th December 1971 - Volcanic activity update
FCO 63/882 item 136 page 132

Subject

Activity report

Description

Update on volcanic activity - 5 large tremors, lowwer lake level and temperature, rock falls; update on evacuation statistics, 579 evacuated by nightfall of first day; still no sign of imminent eruption

Creator

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Publisher

The National Archives (UK)

Date

9th 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.

Format

JPG

Language

English

Type

Telegram

Identifier

Curating_Crises_#472
FCO 63/ 882

Coverage

The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.

Telegram Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

9th December 1971

To

FCO

From

DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative

Files

Collection

St Vincent 1971-72

Citation

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Telegram 183 from Mitchell to FCO - 9th December 1971 - Volcanic activity update,” Curating Crises, accessed April 21, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/472.

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