CIA Falklands Solution
The only place in the world where I recall getting noise requests.
IIRC, there was only one farmstead which used to complain, and as they were of Argentine descent, they used to get it anyway!
IIRC, there was only one farmstead which used to complain, and as they were of Argentine descent, they used to get it anyway!
Amazing that US with all their intelligence assets embedded in Argentinian military did not know about Argentina moving thousands of troops to FI.
Course RR was building up USN to I think was it a 400 ship Navy (could have been 500) at same time as Maggie T was flogging off RN to whomever would buy it.
Post FI Maggie T couldn't do enough for RR including Cruise missiles at Greenham Common. Always love coincidences.
Course RR was building up USN to I think was it a 400 ship Navy (could have been 500) at same time as Maggie T was flogging off RN to whomever would buy it.
Post FI Maggie T couldn't do enough for RR including Cruise missiles at Greenham Common. Always love coincidences.
The decision to deploy Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles to Greenham Common and to Molesworth was taken in 1980, so the late-unpleasantness with Argentina would not have been a factor.
IIRC Richard Aldrich's book GCHQ has a chapter on the Falklands War and why there was little advance intelligence of the invasion. Essentially, the Argentinean high command was very security conscious and orders were transmitted by hand through a very limited number of trusted officers. That, coupled with an almost last-minute decision to invade, ensured that the chances of detecting what was going to happen very low.
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Falklands 'war crimes' claim: MoD investigates allegations that Paras shot Argentine prisoners | The Independent
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1...mes_decision_/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...n-1542024.html
The one I remember, I believe an Argentinian officer thanked him at the time for what he had done.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-s...81625304825910
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1...mes_decision_/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...n-1542024.html
The one I remember, I believe an Argentinian officer thanked him at the time for what he had done.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-s...81625304825910
Meanwhile our "friends" the FFrench, delivered Exocets......
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President Mitterand provided UK with lots of details of what Argentina had plus the capabilities of the Missiles and Aircraft plus was supportive of London's retaking of the Islands,
The decision to deploy Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles to Greenham Common and to Molesworth was taken in 1980, so the late-unpleasantness with Argentina would not have been a factor.
Pre Invasion MT really was drawing down military in her sell off of RN ships and didn't it appear to get the Military. Probably not surprising even though she had quite a few WW2 Vets within her cabinet.
A succesful war changed all that and the protests against Cruise Missiles were never going to succeed following the US support in the war.
However had the war never happened in all probability MT would not have been leader in the General election, much less win it, Tory grandees would have loved to dump her.
Tories were at 27% in late 81 and not much change into 82 then jumping to 50% in June 82. Even during war they got 40% in Local elections and still lost seats.
FI war saved Tory party from being decimated by SDP and a likely no winner in the General Election.
