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...such a small problem as these few rocky islands." Galtieri complained that people in the American embassy were asking for visas to go to Uruguay; this made Argentina look like Iran instead of a civilized Christian nation. "You must seek a peaceful solution," he said in a tone of urgent appeal. Then he suggested I meet with the full junta...
...proposals were delivered to me at the hotel. We met the following afternoon, but after eight hours of haggling, Galtieri drew me aside and said, "If I lay it all on the line, I won't be here." I asked him how long he thought he would survive if he lost a war to the British. Gradually, it became apparent what the difficulty had been. If Galtieri did not hold the power of decision, neither did the junta. On every decision, the government apparently had to secure the unanimous consent of every corps commander in the army and their...
Just before midnight, Galtieri reconvened the junta, and by 2:40 a.m. on April 19, we had a draft providing for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal offerees, an Argentine presence under a U.S. guarantee, and negotiations leading to a resolution of the question...
...White House that I had undertaken the Falklands mission as a means of upstaging Ronald Reagan in his visits to Jamaica and Barbados. The White House term for my peace mission, I was told, was "grandstanding." This was a charge that might better have been leveled at Leopoldo Galtieri and his comrades in Argentina, but I saw no point in bringing this to the attention of the President's ruffled aides...
...urged President Reagan to phone General Leopoldo Galtieri, head of the ruling military junta in Buenos Aires, and issue a strong personal warning. Galtieri's aide stated that his chief was "unavailable" to speak to the President of the U.S. After a two-hour delay, however, Galtieri consented to come on the line. "I must have your assurance that there will be no landing tomorrow," Reagan said during a conversation that lasted for no less than 50 minutes. Galtieri responded with a portentous silence. At that very moment, the invasion was being launched...