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...addition, Haig said that the U.S. would provide "materiel support" for the British forces if requested. That is likely to include fuel for warships and aircraft at relatively close range to the disputed zone. Until now the U.S. had provided weather and satellite intelligence information, and aircraft refueling at Ascension Island, where Britain and the U.S. share an airbase. Haig stressed, however, that there would be "no direct U.S. military involvement" in the Falklands...
...Haig's announcement may have been intended in part to move the Argentines into resuming negotiations. In any case, the U.S. actions had an immediate effect. Within minutes after the Secretary of State finished making his statement in Washington Friday morning, Argentine Foreign Minister Nicanor Costa Méndez appeared at the United Nations to declare that his country "is always willing" to comply with an April 3 U.N. Security Council resolution calling for cessation of hostilities between Britain and Argentina, for Argentine
...General, Javier Pérez de Cuellar. Even though British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had earlier ruled out the possibility of any U.N.-sponsored peace effort, British Foreign Secretary Francis Pym announced in London that he would be returning to the U.S., first to consult with Secretary of State Haig and then to visit the U.N. in Manhattan. But Pym also had tough words for Costa Méndez: "Let him put his money where his mouth is. All the junta has to do is officially apply for British transit permission for troops to be withdrawn [from the islands...
...weeks to mediate the Falklands dispute, had officially moved to support its staunchest ally. Said Pym: "To have the world's most powerful state on our side must make Argentina see that aggression cannot pay. The British people are deeply grateful to the U.S., and especially to Mr. Haig for his remarkable efforts...
...began. Soviet spy ships had dogged the British armada as it made its slow way down the South Atlantic to the Falklands. In private conversations with Secretary of State Haig, Argentina's Costa Méndez had warned that his country might turn to the Soviet Union for military assistance in the event of a British attack. Haig was unfazed by the threat, but the very mention of possible Soviet involvement added yet another level of possible trouble that might arise from the situation...