Group including correspondence, notes and reference papers relating to the Falkland Islands: the Falklands conflict, the inquiry into the British sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano and the attempts to reach a settlement between Britain and Argentina over the future of the islands, including:

• Hansard extracts of statements made by David Owen during the Falklands conflict Apr-May 1982
• Material concerning concerning investigation into the Falklands conflict by the Falkland Islands Review Committee chaired by Lord Franks 1982-1983; including Margaret Thatcher 's letter to David Owen describing plans for a `Falkland Islands Review' 21 Jun 1982 with David Owen's reply; typescript copy of paper claiming that the Conservative Government could have prevented hostilities by the early sending of a naval presence to the area; David Owen's MS notes and annotated typescript copy of his `Falklands Diary' charting events in 1977 when David Owen was Foreign Secretary and at which time two frigates and a nuclear-powered submarine were sent to the area surrounding the Falklands
• Group of papers with MS index page headed `Falklands: Enquiry' : copied documents relating to precedents to the inquiry including the Dardanelles Commission, 1916 and the Bingham Inquiry, 1978-1979 (3)
• Correspondence/copy correspondence concerning the Conservative Government's apparent misrepresentation of the facts surrounding the sinking of the Belgrano and the prosecution of civil servant Clive Ponting following his attempt to expose this, including copy of David Owen's letter of support to Clive Ponting, 28 Aug 1984 and Clive Ponting's letter of thanks for help, 8 Sep 1984 with MS list put together by Ponting of `misleading' statements made by Government ministers; copy letter from David Steel to Margaret Thatcher , 13 Feb 1985, asking for details of her involvement in the decision to prosecute Clive Ponting, with copy of Margaret Thatcher's reply; copy correspondence between Neil Kinnock and Margaret Thatcher concerning decision to prosecute Clive Ponting, Feb 1985; letters from Margaret Thatcher to David Owen attempting to explain facts surrounding the sinking and the Government's presentation of them, 16 Nov 1984 and 13 Feb 1985 etc
• Copies of lists/Hansard extracts of official statements made concerning the sinking of the Belgrano 1982-1983
• Copy of report entitled `Background to the Belgrano Affair' with large number of copied documents attached (4)
• Letter from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Tim Renton discussing David Owen's suggestions for the future government of the Falkland Islands, 10 Apr 1985
• Reference material concerning attempts to negotiate settlement for future of the Falkland Islands, including Hansard extracts, transcripts of interviews, copies of United Nations General Assembly resolutions on the `Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)'etc 1985-1986
• Letters from members of the public with views of the Falklands conflict, Franks' report, attempts to find a solution etc, with copies of David Owen's replies 1983-1990.