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Emergency cabinet meeting approves the sending of the task force to liberate the Islands
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26715 |
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MPs are recalled for a special Saturday sitting of the House of Commons (first since Suez)
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26716 |
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9 navy ships on exercise in the Mediterranean sail south
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26717 |
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Britain's UN ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons puts a draft resolution to the Security Council condemning the hostilities and demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands
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26718 |
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UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply
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26719 |
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Labour party leader Michael Foot backs the decision to send the task force
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26720 |
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Emergency session of House of Commons endorses the decision to send the task force but attacks the British Government for not foreseeing the Argentine attack
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26721 |
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The first RAF elements of the task force deploy to Ascension Island
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26722 |
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Argentina reinforces its troops on South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
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26723 |
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52 schoolchildren are evacuated from Stanley in a convoy of 18 landrovers
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26724 |