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| 1981 | Government |  |
| 23rd April Says that Russia is the primary source of danger to the world |
| 1982 | Diplomacy |  |
| 28th Mar Falklands British Foreign Secretaty Carrington asks USASecretary of State Alexander Haig to intercede with the Argentine junta in an attempt to avoid military action |
| 8th April London The Haig peace mission arrives in London |
| 10th April Buenos Aires The Haig peace mission arrives in Buenos Aires |
| 12th April London The Haig peace mission arrives in London, 2nd time |
| 14th April Washington Returns to London to brief President Reagan |
| 15th April Buenos Aires The Haig peace mission arrives in Buenos Aires, 2nd time |
| 17th April Buenos Aires Presents the Junta with a 5 point peace plan |
| 19th April Buenos Aires Argentina rejects Haig's 5 point peace plan & London is informed |
| 19th April Falklands Argentina rejects Haig's plan unless Britain agrees to transfer sovereignty by 31 December 1982 and allow Argentine nationals to settle in the Islands |
| 29th April Falklands Argentina rejects Haig proposals |
| 30th April Falklands Reagan terminates Haig's peace mission, declares USAsupport for Britain, imposes economic sanctions on Argentina, and offers Britain materiel and other aid |
| 11th May Buenos Aires Haig sends his deputy General Vernon Walters to Buenos Aires |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands |  |
| 28th Mar Falklands British Foreign Secretaty Carrington asks USASecretary of State Alexander Haig to intercede with the Argentine junta in an attempt to avoid military action |