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Task force sets sail from Portsmouth.
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27584 |
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Gen.Al Haig, the US Secretary of State, begins marathon mediation effort; Lord Carrington resigns.
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27585 |
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Britain declares 200 mile exclusion zone around Islands.
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27586 |
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American Secretary of State Alexander Haig arrives in London.
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27587 |
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Al Haig goes to Buenos Aires to begin talks with the Junta.
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27588 |
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The EEC, except Italy and Ireland, back trade sanctions against Argentina in protest of the invastion.
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27589 |
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Britain declares a 200-mile exclusion zone around the islands.
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27590 |
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Al Haig back in London.
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27591 |
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Al Haig makes final trip to Buenos Aires but talks end without an acceptable conclusion after 3 days. Peruvian initiative follows after.
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27592 |
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Council-of-war planning session held at Ascension islands by Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, C-in-C of the British Task Force.
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