Letter from Painter to Ducker - 9th December 1971 - naval distance
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Title
Letter from Painter to Ducker - 9th December 1971 - naval distance
FCO 63/882 item 172 page 81
Subject
Naval support
Description
Letter confirms the subjects of a phonecall; extension of alert distance of HM Ships from 24 to 72 hours; extra costs of emergency procedures; awaiting estimate of costs for use of Royal Navy Helicopter.
Creator
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)
Publisher
The National Archives (UK)
Date
9th December 1971
Contributor
N Painter (MOD)
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_#502
FCO 63/ 882
Coverage
The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.
Telegram Item Type Metadata
Date Sent
9th December 1971
To
EG Ducker (FPAD)
From
N Painter (MOD)
Files
Collection
Citation
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Letter from Painter to Ducker - 9th December 1971 - naval distance,” Curating Crises, accessed March 6, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/502.
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Item Relations
| This Item | Relation | Item: Telegram from SNOWI to MOD - 5th December 1971 - Naval support |
| Item: Letter from Ducker to Painter - 14th December 1971 - reply | Relation | This Item |
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