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Seven weeks after the end of the Falklands War the islands' 1,800 "kelpers" are trying to return to the quiet life they enjoyed before Argentina's invasion. But not everything is as it was, largely because the 40-man force that had previously defended the islands has been replaced by a 3,000-man British garrison. On their time off, the soldiers have little to do but socialize and spend money in the small local shops, buying up Port Stanley's supply of postcards and objects carrying the Falklands' motto, "Desire the Right." One storeowner...
Unlike the U.S., which has a great stake in maintaining neighborly relations with Latin American nations, Britain is keeping economic sanctions against Argentina. The Royal Navy plans to continue denying Argentine ships and aircraft access to a 200-mile zone around the Falklands. The exclusionary zone may be maintained at least until the end of August, when British military engineers expect to complete expansion of the runway at Port Stanley for use by a squadron of Phantom jet fighters and Nimrod reconnaissance planes. Britain intends to establish a permanent garrison of some 2,500 troops in the Falklands, as well...
...Conservative government of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had vowed to retain custody of the final batch of P.O.W.s until Buenos Aires formally admitted defeat in the 74-day war. Argentina refused, insisting instead that Britain had restored colonial rule over the Falklands. But in a message sent to Whitehall through the Swiss embassy in Buenos Aires, and relayed to London through the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Bern, Argentine Foreign Minister Juan Ramón Aguirre Lanari admitted that .here was a "de facto cessation of hostilities." The Thatcher government, faced with having to move the prisoners 8,000 miles...
...Washington, President Ronald Reagan took another step toward restoring normal relations with Argentina. He announced an end to economic sanctions imposed on that country by the U.S. on April 30. The sanctions had blocked U.S. Government loans and credit guarantees for exports to Argentina, but had little impact on the Argentine economy. Said Reagan: "It is important now for all parties involved in the recent conflict to put the past behind us and to work for friendship and cooperation...
Still, Reagan did not seek an end to a U.S. arms embargo imposed by Congress in 1978 in response to Argentina's poor human rights record. The Administration had been considering a resumption of arms shipments to Argentina before its soldiers occupied the Falklands on April 2. Now, though, Washington believes that an early resumption of military aid to the enemy of a major U.S. ally like Britain would be unseemly. U.S. officials also fear that weapons shipments to Argentina could destabilize the southern portion of Latin America, where Argentina is embroiled in a longstanding territorial dispute with Chile...