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...claim moral righteousness; both merit a resounding boo. For Britain to consider the islanders' views in determining sovereignty is like asking white ranchers to resolve Indian land claims with the U.S. Government. And for Argentina to occupy the islands, which are more than 400 miles from the mainland, is diplomatic insanity...
...capitulating), partly humanitarian (to forestall casualties among the civilian residents of Port Stanley). The pause may have served its purpose. British intelligence reportedly overheard an unscrambled conversation last week between Brigadier General Mario Benjamin Menendez, commander of the Argentine troops on the islands, and his superiors on the mainland. Menendez is said to have described the low morale of his troops, adding, "If things go on like this, our situation could crumble rapidly...
...naval units as well as ground forces. If necessary, Britain would move the Argentine prisoners to the United Kingdom until its demands were met. If the junta launched another invasion of the islands, or even continued air strikes, the Thatcher government would attack Argentine airbases on the mainland with long-range Vulcan bombers and commando raids...
...about 3,000 troops, on the Falklands indefinitely and to lengthen the runway at Port Stanley so that it could handle high-speed, longer-range jets such as Phantom multirole fighters and Buccaneer strike aircraft. If the need ever arose, these planes could carry out attacks on the Argentine mainland...
...decade, Sino-American relations have been defined by the Shanghai Communiqué signed during President Richard Nixon's historic visit to Peking in 1972. In that document, the U.S. agreed that mainland China and the island republic of Taiwan, which is governed by the Nationalist Party that fled the mainland after its defeat by the Communists in 1949, constitute "one China." Implicit was the understanding that the U.S., while not severing its ties to Taiwan altogether, would scale them down progressively. In that spirit, the Carter Administration in 1979 closed the U.S. embassy in Taipei and established full diplomatic...