That assistance had come on General Pinochet's express orders and saved the lives of many British troops, Lady Thatcher said. /Filter /CCITTFaxDecode /CapHeight 0 [500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 722 238 500 500 500 500 500 500 278 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 333 500 500 500 500 500 500 722 722 722 722 500 611 500 500 278 500 722 611 500 722 778 667 500 500 667 611 722 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 556 611 556 500 556 500 500 611 278 500 556 278 889 611 611 611 500 389 556 333 500 556 500 500 556 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 350 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 556 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500] The war was ‘a close run thing’ (as Wellington said at Waterloo) but, with the help of Reagan in the US and Pinochet in Chile, British forces re-took the Falklands/Malvinas on 14 June. /Annots 23 0 R /Type /FontDescriptor This is a government which grants amnesties to unrepentant terrorist murderers yet overturns an amnesty in Chile and imperils that country's young democracy. During the Falklands War, the … This callous disregard for human suffering is what I will remember Thatcher for. We know that the authorities knew it was unlawful because they hurriedly sent lawyers to Spain to draw up a new one. Above all why don't they tell the world that it was Senator Pinochet who established a constitution for the return to democracy? The Audio Long Read Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America – podcast. /FontDescriptor 3 0 R There are implications for Chile where the small minority of communists who once nearly wrecked the country under Allende will now be encouraged to overturn the prosperous, democratic order that Pinochet and his successors built. Hence Thatcher’s friendship with the old Fascist butcher, General Pinochet. The Falklands war stands as a testament to failure, not success. What about the fact that Chile was turned from chaotic collectivism into the model economy of Latin America? 649 Argentines were killed while 255 servicemen and 3 Falklands civilians were killed. MICHAEL ARMITAGE MARSHAL OF THE GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, DL, FRAeS, Chief of Air Staff << /XObject << The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.The result of the war was a British victory. A total of 907 people were killed during the 74-days war with Argentina recording the highest casualties. This is a government which reckons that ageing spies, who betrayed our country to Soviet communism, should escape prosecution - yet obsessively pursues the frail 83 year old Pinochet who stopped the communists from taking Chile. >> << But don't take my word for it. Full text of Margaret Thatcher's speech to the Blackpool fringe. A lot has happened since then - and not much of it for the better. >> /Filter /FlateDecode /FontDescriptor 12 0 R My friends thank you for the fantastic welcome. Official Historian of the Falklands Conflict for the Cabinet Office. Pinochet earned Thatcher’s eternal gratitude by remaining officially neutral during the 1982 Falklands War that pitted the United Kingdom against Chile’s neighbor, Argentina. But first I want to extend a personal welcome to our Chilean guests, who have come half way round the world to be with us. /ItalicAngle -164 The Royal Navy, RAF, and British Army benefited from the CIA's secret ownership of a code-making machine company during the Falklands' War, a new investigation has claimed. /StemV 0 /CapHeight 0 >> /FontBBox [-665 -325 2000 1006] We know that he was arrested by night, on his bed of pain after a spinal operation, in circumstances which would do credit to a police state. << /MediaBox [0 0 590 804] On that basis Messrs Blair and Straw should accept criminal responsibility for everything done in every prison or police station throughout the United Kingdom - and then be extradited to Spain to answer for it. endobj [500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 408 500 500 500 500 180 333 333 500 500 250 333 250 278 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 278 278 500 500 500 500 500 722 667 667 722 611 556 722 722 333 389 722 611 889 722 722 556 722 667 556 611 722 722 944 500 500 500 500 278 500 500 500 500 444 500 444 500 444 333 500 500 278 278 500 278 778 500 500 500 500 333 389 278 500 500 722 500 500 444 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 350 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 333 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500] /F10 7 0 R /Resources << The war was ‘a close run thing’ (as Wellington said at Waterloo) but, with the help of Reagan in the US and Pinochet in Chile, British forces re-took the Falklands/Malvinas on 14 June. Der frühere chilenische Militärmachthaber Augusto Pinochet ist tot. The group of Argentinean scrap metal dealers who raised the Argentine flag on British sovereign territory in March of 1982 was the first sign of what would become the Falklands War. Itdid; by asubsequent peace treaty, the islands have been established asbelonging to Chile. The fighting ended on June 14, following the British liberation of the islands' capital, Port Stanley, and the surrender of Argentine forces in the Falklands. << /Type /FontDescriptor >> It was very weak. Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, was in London for a back operation. But let me mention just one incident. RAF Mount Pleasant. /Length 443 But how did the authorities under this Labour Government chose to repay it? Seinen tausenden Opfern war dies nicht vergönnt: Viele … /Descent 216 There were many events leading to the 1982 Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas in Spanish) between the United Kingdom and Argentina over possession of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia (Georgia del Sur). We know that he was held first in a tiny room at a clinic under sedation, and then in a house where he wasn't even allowed to set foot in the garden. >> Apr10. But what they couldn't and wouldn't abandon was the poisonous prejudices they harboured in their youth. /Subtype /TrueType On President Pinochet's express instructions, and at great risk, Chile provided enormously valuable assistance. And that he respected the result and handed over to an elected successor? Department of War Studies, King's College, University of LAWRENCE FREEDMAN London. The Royal Navy, RAF, and British Army benefited from the CIA's secret ownership of a code-making machine company during the Falklands' War, a new investigation has claimed. All this has many implications. I know - I was Prime Minister at the time. We know that the Chileans were led to believe that he was safe when the British authorities already knew that to be false. /FirstChar 0 /StemV 0 /ImageMask true Allerdings bedeutete dies gleichzeitig das Ende der politischen Karriere als Senator auf Lebenszeit. My friends, the Left lost the Cold War in Chile, as they lost it everywhere else. On President Pinochet's express instructions, and at great risk, Chile provided enormously valuable assistance. 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