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...their weapons from a distance of about 28 miles. One missed the Conveyor; the other struck home. Though the vessel stayed afloat, the crew abandoned ship. Loss of the Conveyor was particularly painful for the British: the ship was carrying a large load of invasion equipment, possibly including heavy troop-carrying Chinook helicopters and spare parts for the Harriers. What made the attack on the freighter especially disturbing for the British was that the Conveyor reportedly was within sight of the carrier Hermes when struck. Presumably, the Hermes was the real target; the Argentines had taken aim at the wrong...
...best chance for peace. The newly elected Secretary-General had first volunteered his services as a mediator on April 30, the day Haig announced the end of his own talks. Pérez de Cuéllar presented each side with a settlement plan based on a ceasefire, mutual troop withdrawals and an interim U.N. administration of the islands while the two nations held direct negotiations over the crucial issue of sovereignty...
Unlike Haig, however, Pérez de Cuéllar has concentrated on the procedural details, such as the sequence of troop withdrawals and the membership of the interim administration, rather than the substantive differences between the disputants, The key to Pérez de Cuéllar's mediation has been to avoid all discussion of the most difficult issue: ultimate sovereignty over the islands...
...have been related to the invasion plan. Early in the week a British frigate nosed into Falkland Sound (now known to the Argentines as the Straits of San Carlos) between East and West Falkland. The aim was to provoke Argentine fire in order to gain knowledge of hostile troop positions. A Lynx helicopter was launched from the frigate, and machine guns and a flare were fired, but there was no Argentine response...
...Fifth Infantry Brigade and support units, a force that would probably become the nucleus of a permanent garrison in the Falklands if the British proved able to recapture the islands from the Argentines. Like its legendary predecessors, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth, which served as troop transports during World War II, the QE2 thus became a symbol of British resolve in a moment of national crisis...