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The Franks Report, officially the Falkland Islands Review, was a government report produced by the Franks Committee in 1983. It reported on decisions taken by the United Kingdom government in the run-up to the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, the invasion that led to the Falklands War.〔http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/displaydocument.asp?docid=109481 'Falklands : Falkland Islands Review ("the Franks Report")', UK State Paper January 18, 1983, Margaret Thatcher Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2012.〕 == Committee == On 6 July 1982, the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher announced to the British Parliament that, following consultation with the Leader of the Opposition and leaders of other Opposition parties, the Government had decided to appoint a committee of Privy Counsellors, under the chairmanship of Lord Franks, with the following terms of reference: 'To review the way in which the responsibilities of Government in relation to the Falkland Islands and their Dependencies were discharged in the period leading up to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, taking account of all such factors in previous years as are relevant; and to report'.〔http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=69947&CATLN=3&accessmethod=5&j=1 Series reference CAB 292, The Falkland Islands Review Committee: The Franks Report, The National Archives.〕 The Falkland Islands Review Committee, better known as the Franks Committee, consisted of six Privy Counsellors under the chairmanship of Lord Franks:〔〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/3631505.stm 'Q&A: The Franks Report', BBC News, 27 April 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2012.〕 *Lord Franks, a senior civil servant and former Ambassador to Washington for the United Kingdom. *Lord Barber, a Conservative peer and former Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom. *Lord Lever of Manchester, a Labour peer and former Paymaster General of the United Kingdom. *Sir Patrick Nairne, a senior civil servant with a background in the Admiralty and UK Ministry of Defence. *Merlyn Rees, a Labour MP and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom. *Lord Watkinson, a Conservative peer and former Transport Minister. The Committee called as witnesses all the parties it considered relevant to its deliberatons. These included Thatcher, the then Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, and other members of the cabinet. It also looked at the use of intelligence information and how this was presented to the UK Government. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franks Report (1983)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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