Saturday 21 April 2012

Falklands War Documents - U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires, Confidential cable

April 22, 1982 – A Considered Argentine View of the Situation
U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires, Confidential cable

The U.S. Embassy sends a report containing numerous fine tuned perceptions by a secret Argentine source of how the crisis will unfold in Argentina and the repercussions for Galtieri's future. Among other things, the source, 

"A well informed politician who has served in and generally supports the military government" speculates, "If there is a major incident  in which large numbers of Argentines are killed ("A ship is sunk and 400 die") the public will be uncontrollable. Among their targets will be the U.S. Embassy, he said."

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