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...private talks with President Reagan and Secretary of State Haig in both London and Paris, Thatcher and her Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym, rejected such a compromise as "totally unacceptable." Argentina's continued military resistance, they said, ruled out any involvement in the Falklands' administration in the foreseeable future. The British warned that their position would further harden if President Galtieri carried out his threat to continue the battle from the Argentine mainland after a British military victory...
...Versailles, he received a call from Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel recommending that the decision be reconsidered in light of changes made in an attempt to strengthen the link between a cease-fire and an Argentine withdrawal. Haig concurred. He discussed the changes with British Foreign Secretary Francis Pym and then telephoned instructions to Stoessel to tell Kirkpatrick to abstain from the vote. Finding that he was too late, Haig asked that Kirkpatrick issue her recantation. Later, Haig blamed the confusion on communications problems. It was, said he, like placing a "buy with a distant broker and finding...
...Brussels, Britain received a strong boost from its European allies. Eight of ten members of the European Community, including France and West Germany, voted to extend indefinitely economic sanctions that the Community had leveled against Argentina following its April 2 invasion of the islands. British Foreign Minister Francis Pym declared himself "grateful" at the decision, even though Ireland and Italy refused to join in the measure...
...position, completely in command of herself. The personal traits that have made her so many political enemies?her combative nature, her refusal to bend to indecision or doubt?had singularly suited her to fulfilling the role of a wartime Prime Minister. General Galtieri may look haggard and Foreign Secretary Pym troubled, but Thatcher, close up, showed not a bit of strain. Her firm, clear voice ringing through the House of Commons, she defended her position while f the rows of Tories behind her rumbled their approval...
...Falklands to be guaranteed by a number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere plus the U.S. Britain would also be faced with the cost of repairing the war damages, but would want to attract as many nations as possible to invest in developing the islands. Says Foreign Secretary Pym: "The best future for the islanders will be in rebuilding. If there is peace, stability and friendship in the whole region, people are more prosperous and their economic future is brighter." Pym also feels that the Falklands and Argentina must work out good relations if the islands are to prosper...