Telegrams 47, 48, and 49 from Mitchell to SNOWI - 10th December 1971 - transport support

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Title

Telegrams 47, 48, and 49 from Mitchell to SNOWI - 10th December 1971 - transport support
FCO 63/882 items 144/145/149 pages 118/123/124

Subject

Naval support, Relief/aid

Description

Shipment of food supplies has arrived, airline has asked who will pay for the flights but there are no funds; inquiry as to whether the French/Dutch offer of air transport could be used to transport these urgently needed supplies.

Second page provides details of supplies awaiting shipment.

Third page details the supplies to prioritise.

Creator

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Publisher

The National Archives (UK)

Date

10th 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_#479
FCO 63/ 882

Coverage

The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.

Telegram Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

10th December 1971

To

SNOWI (Senior Naval Officer of the West Indies)

From

DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative

Files

Collection

St Vincent 1971-72

Citation

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Telegrams 47, 48, and 49 from Mitchell to SNOWI - 10th December 1971 - transport support,” Curating Crises, accessed March 12, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/479.

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