Word: argentina
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...Admiral Woodward's prophecy comes true, the British would move to the still largely undefined Stage 3. The chief option being considered: a further long-range strike by British strategic bombers, this time against Argentina's mainland airbases. It would be carried out by Britain's venerable fleet of Vulcans, the planes that took part in the airfield attacks last Saturday. Once part of the country's nuclear deterrent force, the Vulcans, most of which are some 20 years old or more, have been refitted to carry as many as 21 conventional 1,000-lb. bombs...
...Georgia assault, Argentine Foreign Minister Costa Méndez had been scheduled to meet with Haig to discuss U.S. proposals for a peaceful solution to the crisis. They included 1) an Argentine withdrawal from the islands and pullback of the British fleet; 2) an end to economic sanctions against Argentina imposed by Britain's supporters; 3) establishment of an interim U.S.-British-Argentine authority for the Falklands while the two disputing countries negotiate ultimate sovereignty over the territory. The U.S. already knew the principal British objection to the proposals: they did not address the issue of self-determination...
...Argentine diplomat declared that the U.S. mediation effort was "suspended" and that his country was "technically at war" with Britain. Costa Méndez took his case to a Washington meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of American States. There Argentina intended to invoke the 1947 Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, to which the U.S. is a party. That pact, also known as the Treaty of Rio, stipulates that an armed attack against any one of the signatories will be considered an attack against them all and provides for various sanctions against the aggressor...
Most Latin countries are sympathetic to Argentina's claim, but not to its use of force. In the end, the O.A.S., by a 17-to-O vote with the U.S. and three other countries abstaining, passed a resolution supporting Argentine sovereignty in the Falklands. But the resolution also demanded adherence to U.N. Security Council Resolution 502. The junta had miscalculated...
Meanwhile, European Community* foreign ministers reaffirmed their backing of economic sanctions against Argentina during a meeting in Luxembourg attended by Foreign Secretary Pym. Clearly, the British were succeeding in consolidating their support. At the meeting Pym also defended the U.S. for failing by that time to join in the sanctions, showing sympathy for Haig's continuing efforts to act as mediator. Privately, however, many Britons were growing resentful of the American public posture of evenhandedness in the conflict...