Telegram 200 from Mitchell to FCO - 12th December 1971 - eruption update, evacuation
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Title
Telegram 200 from Mitchell to FCO - 12th December 1971 - eruption update, evacuation
FCO 63/882 item 158 pages 108/109
Subject
Activity report, Evacuation, Relief/aid
Description
Scientist suggest eruption may form lava lake in crater which could over flow; 1794 persons in reception centres, sanitary conditions are improving, food still serious problem; 23 tons of food collected by HMS Berwick from Grenada
Creator
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)
Publisher
The National Archives (UK)
Date
12th 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_#488
FCO 63/ 882
Coverage
The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.
Telegram Item Type Metadata
Date Sent
12th December 1971
To
FCO
From
DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative
Files
Collection
Citation
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Telegram 200 from Mitchell to FCO - 12th December 1971 - eruption update, evacuation,” Curating Crises, accessed April 21, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/488.
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Item Relations
| This Item | Relation | Item: Telegrams 47, 48, and 49 from Mitchell to SNOWI - 10th December 1971 - transport support |
| This Item | Relation | Item: Telegram 195 from Mitchell to FCO - 10th December 1971 - conditions in the reception centres |
| Item: Telegram 202 from Mitchell to FCO - 13th December 1971 - arrival of food supplies, necessity of external assistance | Relation | This Item |
| Item: Telegram 15 from Mitchell to Bridgetown - 13th December 1971 - Premier's medical brother | Relation | This Item |
| Item: Telegram 222 from Mitchel to FCO - 21st December 1971 - 72 hour naval response time | Relation | This Item |
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