Telegram 221 from Mitchell to FCO - 20th December 1971 - Response to DevDiv offer of financial aid

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Title

Telegram 221 from Mitchell to FCO - 20th December 1971 - Response to DevDiv offer of financial aid
FCO 63/882 item 209 pages 17-19
FCO 63/883 item 228 pages 33

Subject

Relief/aid

Description

Response to DevDiv's offer of EC$10,000; UK government at risk of looking ungenerous; outlines aid offeres from US and Canada; suggests that the cost of naval services, etc., be calculated to indicate how much it has cost HMG so far. (Pages 18/19 are copies)

Creator

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Publisher

The National Archives (UK)

Date

20th 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_#528
FCO 63/ 882

Coverage

The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.

Telegram Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

20th December 1971

To

FCO

From

DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative

Files

Collection

St Vincent 1971-72

Citation

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Telegram 221 from Mitchell to FCO - 20th December 1971 - Response to DevDiv offer of financial aid,” Curating Crises, accessed February 8, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/528.

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