| Level | Item |
| Ref No | OBS/6/2/2/1/4/2/2 |
| Title | Letters calling for Ian Mather's release from prison |
| Date | 4 May 1982 - 21 June 1982 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Creator Name | Mather; Ian; journalist |
| Description | Primarily includes photocopies of telex, typescript and handwritten letters to Margaret Mather, forwarding or writing about letters of appeal and letters from Ian Mather's friends and family, News International Public Limited Company, BBC Television, and Observer readers.
Other letters in the file are addressed to the Argentinean Minister of Justice Lucas Lennon, the President of the Republic of Argentina General Leopoldo Galtieri, Carlos Ortiz de Rosas and Argentine Ambassador in London, Papal Nuncio Bruno Heim.
Also includes a typescript draft asking for help in trying to release Mather; typescript letter from Luis Maria Rizzi, Undersecretary to the Minister of Justice, to Robin Lustig and Trevor Grove of the Observer and typescript press release from Commonwealth Information on support for the journalists at the General Assembly of the International Press Institute.
Majority of material in English, but some material in Spanish. |
| System Of Arrangement | Material arranged chronologically |
| Access Status | Open |
| Related Material | Additional material relating to the Falklands War at Falklands War research files OBS/6/2/2/1/1/3, Telex reports OBS/6/2/2/1/2 and Falklands War OBS/6/2/2/1/3. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Typescript |
| Copyright | Various |
Show related Persons records.
Places
| Code | Set |
| NA107 | Argentina/South America |
| NA217 | Falkland Islands/South America |