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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
The Cabinet papers are much, much more indepth than the other articles referencing the history of the islands - regrettably they are not available in the public domain without payment. They do, however, highlight the successive cabinet concerns as to the legitimacy of the British claim of ownership - so much so that they lead up to the offer of a lease back option with Argentina which was being explored by the Tory Government of the day. |
The primary reason they were previously so willing to distance British claims for the Falklands was because we had a 'managed decline' policy towards the Islands anyway. Argentina might even have that lease back arrangement now had they not tried to take it by force. I mean we offered that they take the dispute to the International Court of Justice in the 1940's and 1950's. Which they declined. The fact we were willing to go there speaks more about how the Government then perceived the strength of our case.
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On the matter of the UN self determination and decolonization protocols.
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I didn't mean to suggest the right to self-determination came after the resolution, I meant the right to self-determination will be more important that the resolution. Supersedes was the wrong word. This point is redundant anyway since the decolonization protocols act only to enforce the right for self-determination in colonised areas.