Word: anguilla
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...Brutish British. Anguilla was ready: a flotilla of lobster smacks, so one story went, would wake the island by blowing horns when a British ship appeared. A herd of goats was supposedly assigned to clog the airstrip, and there was desultory talk of using sharp rocks to block island beaches against infiltrators. Undaunted, the British mustered a force of about 300 men, including the Red Devils, a Royal Marine platoon and bobbies from Scotland Yard, to set up a pacification program. When the British surged ashore, automatic weapons at the ready, there were only a few children to meet them...
Dubious Victory. All foreigners, including some Americans, were interrogated. Jack Holcomb, a 40-year-old Florida businessman suspected of having undue influence over Webster, was deported, vigorously protesting his innocence. The Rev. Freeman Goodge, pastor of the Anguilla Baptist Church, was questioned about alleged connections with the Mafia. His home was searched, he reported. "They went through the chicken coop, even searched my wife's underwear and went through a new Bible leaf by leaf...
...week's end London obviously had misgivings. The Defense Ministry, also known as "the Minigon," said that some chutists would soon be replaced by about 100 engineer troops. In Anguilla, some 300 islanders staged a tumultuous demonstration at occupation headquarters, mauling British Commissioner Lee and all but taking over the offices. One woman reported that Lee bit her arm when she reached into his car. For Britain it was precisely the sort of dubious victory that accords with the reality of its reduced state in the world. It could also signal a new role for the British...
While his invasion force was settling into Anguilla, Harold Wilson was packing his bags for a trip this week to Nigeria and talks about the Biafran war with Nigerian Leader Yakubu Gowon...
...have protested bombing of civilians in Viet Nam now find their own nation indirectly supporting similar action in Biafra. The uproar has touched off a parliamentary debate, and last week led the Times of London to complain that Britain's Nigerian policy is a failure. Between that and Anguilla, suggested the Times, "there is a serious loss of touch in the conduct of British foreign policy...