Saving Telegram 12 from Mitchell to FCO - 17th December 1971 - advice from US scientists

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Title

Saving Telegram 12 from Mitchell to FCO - 17th December 1971 - advice from US scientists
FCO 63/883 item 220 pages 49-52

Subject

Evacuation, scientific support

Description

Conveyance of opinion and advice of Dr Melsom; describes ideal precautions for enabling people to return to their homes; suggests that the cost of making necessary precautions less than economic impact of not allowing people back to their land; suggests minimum monitoring is measurement of lake level and dome, but Swanson/Bailey feel this is not sufficient.

Creator

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Publisher

The National Archives (UK)

Date

17th 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 63/883 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_#536
FCO 63/ 883

Coverage

The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.

Telegram Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

17th December 1971

To

FCO

From

DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative

Files

Collection

St Vincent 1971-72

Citation

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Saving Telegram 12 from Mitchell to FCO - 17th December 1971 - advice from US scientists,” Curating Crises, accessed March 6, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/536.

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