But during her infamous BBC exchange with the schoolteacher Diana Gould who confronted her on the sinking Mrs Thatcher made an intriguing reference to the report saying: "One day, all of the facts, in about 30 years time, will be published." Mrs Gould died earlier this month.
What a pity Mrs Gould did not survive to learn what we all knew at the time, namely that the action was thoroughly justified and indeed, it would have been militarily remiss not to have taken it.