1 British embassy cables, 21 and 26 September 1985, FCO Papers.
2 British embassy, Washington, 15 October 1985, FCO Papers.
3 File note by John McKinnon, NZ embassy, PM 50/6/4 Part 11, MFAT.
4 Palmer to Hayden, 27 September 1985, 111/3/3/1 Part 40, ANZ.
5 Canberra to Hayden, 26 September 1985, 370/1/20 Parts 43 and 44, NAA.
6 BHC, Canberra, 20 August 1985, FCO Papers.
7 NZHC, Canberra, 30 September 1985, 111/3/3/1 Part 40, ANZ.
8 BHC, Canberra, 27 September 1985, FCO Papers.
9 Press conference, 14 October 1985.
10 British Permanent Mission, 26 September 1985, FCO Papers.
11 Palmer’s report, 1 October and FCO note of meeting, 30 September 1985, PM 59/8/5 Part 6, MFAT, and FCO Papers.
12 Note of meetings in Bonn, 2 October 1985, LONB 106/4/1 Part 6, ANZ.
13 New Zealand Times, 13 October and New Zealand Herald, 14 October 1985.
14 Report to Cabinet, 7 October 1985, PM 59/8/5 Part 6, MFAT.
15 NZ embassy cables of 25 and 26 September 1985, PM 111/3/3/1 Part 40, ANZ.
16 Speech of 27 September 1985.
17 Norrish to AHC, 3 October 1985. He thought the speech was intended to quash any fears of a compromise on the anti-nuclear policy after Palmer’s visit to Washington, 250/11/18 Part 25, NAA.
18 Shultz-Howe talks in London, 10 December 1985, FCO Papers.
19 PM 50/6/4 Part 11, MFAT.
20 Open letter of 8 October 1985.
21 Press conference, 25 November 1985.
22 Minute of 27 September 1985, FCO Papers.
23 Press conference, 25 November 1985. ‘Charming!’ was the comment in Canberra alongside the Australian reference.
24 The Press, 21 September 1985.
25 Heylen poll carried out for Massey University in August 1985.
26 Margaret Pope, At the Turning Point: My Political Life with David Lange, AM Publishing New Zealand, 2011, p. 131.
27 An example of what the AHC earlier described as ‘the rather haphazard way in which important matters are at times handled in New Zealand’, 8 May 1985, 250/11/18 Part 21, NAA.
28 British embassy, Washington, 26 September 1985, FCO Papers.
29 Conversation with Gareth Evans, 12 October 1985, 370/1/20 Part 45, NAA.
30 Wolfowitz to David Wilson, 7-8 October 1985, FCO Papers.
31 US/UK Planning Talks, 2-3 October 1985, FCO Papers.
32 O’Leary to London, 18 October 1985, FCO Papers.
33 British note of conversation, 22 November 1985, FCO Papers.
34 Interview with Lord Howe, 5 July 2010.
35 Call on Howe, 28 October 1985, LONB 106/4/1 Part 6, ANZ.
36 US-UK talks in London, 23-24 October 1985, FCO Papers.
37 BHC, Wellington, 21 November 1985, FCO Papers.
38 Vernon Wright interview, 13 January 1987, Lange Papers, Box 1, ANZ.
39 Cables between FCO and British embassy, Washington, 15 and 19 November 1985, FCO Papers.
40 Shultz to Howe, 20 November 1985: ‘I believe it would be a propitious moment for you to convey your concerns once again to the government of New Zealand.’ FCO Papers.
41 Notes of the conversation on 23 November 1985 in PM 111/3/3/1 Part 43, ANZ.
42 Interview with Shultz, 2 November 2011.
43 State Department report of 23 November 1985, State Department Papers.
44 Cable to Rowling, 25 November 1985, PM 59/8/5 Part 6, MFAT.
45 US embassy, Wellington, 3 December 1985, State Department Papers.
46 Record of discussion by John Wood, 3 December 1985, Caygill Papers.
47 Caygill’s report to the Prime Minister, 11 December 1985, Caygill Papers.
48 The Caygill Papers contain Lilley’s talking points; the New Zealand record in a cable of 7 December is contained in PM 59/8/5 Part 6, MFAT, and the American record in a cable of 11 December in the State Department Papers; there are additional comments in reports by the British embassy, Washington, of 7 and 9 December 1985, FCO Papers.
49 Note of 10 December 1985, FCO Papers.
50 Howe-Shultz talks, 10 December 1985, FCO Papers.
51 FCO to Washington embassy, 20 December 1985, FCO Papers.
52 Bernie Oppel to the NZ embassy, 19 December 1985, PM 59/8/5 Part 6, MFAT.