King of Wessex
Selina Meyer 2020
Chapter 1: False Alarm:
1st April, 1982. A Phone call is exchanged between Galiteri and Raegan. Raegan has just heard of a top secret Argentinian plan to invade the British colony of the Falkland Islands.
"Mr Galiteri, this invasion will not stand if you go ahead. You can consider the United States not a friend but a foe, and we wil certainly not provide you aid. We are perfectly happy to push your case at the United Nations, but I cannot mortgage our oldest ally and sell them out like this. Mr Galiteri, it's a no."
Galiteri, propped up only by US hospitality, knew he had to comply. The gunboats weren't sent, the fleets remained in port. Galiteri said he had mobilized because of the threat of 'internal communist subversion'. Britain quietly stepped up on the Falkands.
But the islands themselves were unharmed. Life continued, as normal.
1st April, 1982. A Phone call is exchanged between Galiteri and Raegan. Raegan has just heard of a top secret Argentinian plan to invade the British colony of the Falkland Islands.
"Mr Galiteri, this invasion will not stand if you go ahead. You can consider the United States not a friend but a foe, and we wil certainly not provide you aid. We are perfectly happy to push your case at the United Nations, but I cannot mortgage our oldest ally and sell them out like this. Mr Galiteri, it's a no."
Galiteri, propped up only by US hospitality, knew he had to comply. The gunboats weren't sent, the fleets remained in port. Galiteri said he had mobilized because of the threat of 'internal communist subversion'. Britain quietly stepped up on the Falkands.
But the islands themselves were unharmed. Life continued, as normal.