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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
02 Apr 2007 02:27:03 AM |
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OT: Malvinas |
Argentina's claim on the Falklands is still a good one
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2047846,00.html
Regardless of the islanders' wishes, the issue of sovereignty will at
some point have to get back on the agenda
Richard Gott
Monday April 2, 2007
The Guardian
Nearly 40 years ago, in November 1968, I travelled to the Falklands
with a group of diplomats in what was Britain's first and last attempt
to get shot of the islands. Lord Chalfont, then a minister at the
Foreign Office, was the leader of this expedition. He had the
unenviable task of trying to persuade the 2,000 islanders that the
British empire might not last for ever - and that they should start to
entertain the notion they might be better off being friendly to their
near-neighbour, Argentina, which had long claimed the islands. This
was the moment when Britain was abandoning its "east of Suez" policy
for financial reasons, and thinking of ways of winding up its residual
empire. We had already forcibly deported the inhabitants of Diego
Garcia in 1967 without much hostile publicity, and settled them in
Mauritius and the Seychelles, handing over their islands to the
Americans to build a gigantic air base. The Falklands were next on the
list. Maybe the islanders could be paid to set up sheep farms in New
Zealand.
Malvinas OR Falklands OR Falkland
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