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...from their Latin American neighbors. The Argentine generals were surprised and upset at the lack of backing they received at the United Nations Security Council immediately after their invasion, where they were condemned as aggressors. The situation would seem less clear-cut to other Latin American countries if the British started shooting in the South Atlantic. At least ten countries, including Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela, have expressed sympathy with Argentina's claim to the Falklands, even while most deplored their" neighbor's methods. British military action might make them close ranks with Argentina, although the other Latin nations are unlikely...
...urging of the Thatcher government, all ten members of the European Community announced an embargo against Argentina on arms and military spare parts. The Europeans also decided to impose a ban on all imports from Argentina (amounting to about $1.76 billion per year) effective this week. The British had already cut off all Argentine imports, restricted export credits and frozen Argentine assets worth about $1.5 billion. The ally upon whom Britain was counting the most, however, was the U.S. Said Sir Nicholas Henderson, Britain's Ambassador to Washington: "There is no doubt of the paramount influence of the U.S. After...
...trade sanctions against the Soviet Union for its invasion of Afghanistan, endorsed the U.S. call for a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics for the same reason, and vociferously criticized the martial-law crackdown in Poland. Britain supported sanctions against Iran during the U.S. embassy hostage crisis, even though British diplomats privately believed that the measures would be ineffective. Thatcher has unswervingly backed the U.S. nuclear buildup to counter increased Soviet strategic forces and is a supporter of the controversial NATO policy to place additional intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe, including cruise missiles on British soil. Says...
...Reagan Administration was keenly aware of Britain's desires, yet its reaction was tentative and halting. The U.S. learned of the impending invasion only 48 hours in advance, through British rather...
...than U.S. intelligence reports. (Subsequently, U.S. intelligence officials discovered that the Argentines had been planning the operation in strict secrecy for two months.) With the information came a British request for U.S. intercession to prevent the crisis. Secretary of State Haig immediately called in Argentine Ambassador to Washington Esteban Arpad Takacs and sent messages to Argentina's President Galtieri through the U.S. Ambassador in Buenos Aires, Harry Schlaudemann. When those advances were rejected, President Reagan was asked to intervene...