Re: the falklands

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"William Black" <william.black@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> "Graeme Wall" <rail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6958bb24d%rail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> rumour had
> > it that Superb was down there at the beginning, or even before but her
> > presence was denied by the powers that be.
>
> That's very doubtful as a previous Argentine operation had been cancelled
> when the then Labour government announced that they had a hunter killer
> down there.

Never understood why the Thatcher government didn't do the same, too busy
trying to sell off the navy to pay for tax-cuts.

>
> If they'd had a boat down there the British government would have announced
> it and made sure Argentina knew about it.
>
> Don't forget that Peter Carrington was Thatcher's Foreign Secretary and he
> certainly wouldn't have been party to any evil plot to 'forget' to tell
> anyone that the Royal Navy had more assets down there than they said they
> had.
>

Quite agree, Carrington was that oddity, as succesful honest politician.

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