The Falkland governor's letterA scribbled letter from the then governor of the Falklands, Rex Hunt, ordering the first Argentinian invaders to retreat in March 1982 has been unearthed.
The handwritten letter was sent to the Argentinian captain of the Bahia Buen Suceso, a vessel bearing scrap metal salvors, which had made an unauthorised landing on the island of South Georgia, a Falklands dependency, in a prelude to the full invasion of the Falklands on April 2 1982.
The story about the rediscovery of the letter - which will be on display next month at the National Army Museum - was in yesterday's Observer and if you click "read more" below you will be able to see and read the letter in full.
BBC Radio's 4's Today programme featured the letter today (scroll down to 8.20am on their listen again page). At the weekend, R4's Archive Hour featured some great audio clips of how the Falkland Island Broadcasting Service put on a 16-hour broadcast as the invasion unfolded with islanders ringing in to describe the Argentinian forces arriving.
The current Falklands Island Radio Service can be accessed here, though you do have to register.
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