Telegram 222 from Mitchel to FCO - 21st December 1971 - 72 hour naval response time

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Title

Telegram 222 from Mitchel to FCO - 21st December 1971 - 72 hour naval response time
FCO 63/883 item 221 pages 46-48

Subject

Naval support, Scientific support

Description

Mitchell agrees that 72 hours distance for naval assistance is adequate considering improvement in situation; inspection of monitoring network now taking 4 man-days now that helicopter support is gone; provides update of movements of scientists, some of whom have left/are leaving

Creator

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Publisher

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)

Date

21st 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_#537
FCO 63/ 883

Coverage

The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.

Telegram Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

21st December 1971

To

FCO

From

DG Mitchell - Deputy British Government Representative

Files

Collection

St Vincent 1971-72

Citation

FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Telegram 222 from Mitchel to FCO - 21st December 1971 - 72 hour naval response time,” Curating Crises, accessed March 6, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/537.

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