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Woodward's ebullient talk prompted winces back in London, and he was quickly chided by his Admiralty superiors. Grumbled an aide to Prime Minister Thatcher: "Boast if you must when you've won. But for God's sake, to tell people in advance that you've got it is not even common prudence...
...Harder-line members are Thatcher, Defense Secretary Nott and Conservative Party Chairman Cecil Parkinson. Parkinson's presence in the inner council struck many observers as unusual, but, by virtue of his party job, he keeps close tabs on the opinions of individual Tory M.P.s, and therefore is in a position to advise Thatcher on what positions her followers will support, and how strongly they will support them...
...Cabinet discussions are shrouded in secrecy, but TIME has learned that the British inner circle has set a strict deadline of mid-June, the onset of winter, for resolution of the Falklands crisis, whether by diplomatic or by military means. Explains a Thatcher aide: "We just can't keep our fleet bobbing around in such harsh weather conditions forever...
...casualties. Echoing that fact, a chastened Task Force Admiral Woodward reversed his earlier confident talk and warned that "unless people say 'let's stop,' it will be a long and bloody campaign." Those remarks were appreciated in London no more than his earlier ones, prompting one Thatcher aide to grumble: "I wish our admiral would shut...
Denouncing Argentina's invasion of the Falklands last week, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher observed that "if actions like this were allowed to stand, there would be many territories the world over where people would fear the invader." Indeed, the globe is littered with hundreds of conflicting territorial claims. Many of these controversies, such as the Austrian claim to the Italian-held South Tyrol, lie happily dormant. Others are the source of sharp protests, active negotiations and open conflict. The outcome in the Falklands will thus be closely watched by those tempted to settle such questions by force...