Thursday, 3 May 2012

Falklands War Documents - Department of State, Top Secret Current Report from the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

May 4, 1982 – [Last Reported Location of General Belgrano]
Department of State, Top Secret Current Report from the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

Two days after the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, another almost completely redacted U.S. intelligence report highlights that the ship was outside the U.K. Designated Maritime Exclusion Zone [highlighted in red]. With the General Belgrano went any serious consideration for a negotiated settlement of the conflict.

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