Happy Birthday Sir.
When he was on a visit to Ascension in June 1982, I had the pleasure to meet him. While talking to him and the Fg Off OC Supply at Ascension, the Fg Off expressed concern about accounting for all the equipment that was passing through Ascension both Southbound and Northbound.
Sir Michael said "Do not worry about that. When it is all over, we will work out what left UK, and what gets back. All the rest was on the Atlantic Conveyer".