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- 1991 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Ambassador Gustavo Figueroa, First Secretary, Argentine Foreign Ministry, 1982, relating to his reaction to information of the Argentine government's intention to reoccupy the Falklands Islands (Islas Malvinas), Mar 1982; celebration gatherings of Argentines in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires; meetings between Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982 and Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1981-1982, at the Argentine Foreign Office and later Casa Rosada (Pink House) Argentine Government house (9-10 Apr 1982); lack of coherence between Argentine diplomatic and military policy in relation to the US mediated negotiations; Argentine justification of the invasion of the Falkland Islands, 2 Apr 1982, and their estimations of the probable British response to it. Also comments on the role of Gen Vernon Anthony Walters, US Ambassador-at-large, 1981-1985, in Haig's negotiating team. 29pp
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