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Vulcan bombers arrive at Ascension Island.
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26967 |
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Argentina rejects Haig proposals.
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26968 |
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Maritime exclusion zone is declared a total exclusion zone, applicable to all ships and aircraft supporting the Argentine occupation of the Islands.
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26969 |
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General Sir Jeremy Moore flies to Ascension for conference with Brigadier Thompson.
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26970 |
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Reagan terminates Haig's peace mission, declares US support for Britain, imposes economic sanctions on Argentina, and offers Britain materiel and other aid.
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26971 |
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Duncan Anderson
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26972 |
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Argentine scrap-metal workers land at Leith Harbour, South Georgia, and raise the Argentine flag: action reported by members of the British Antarctic Survey team.
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26975 |
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HMS Endurance, with small Royal Marine contingent aboard, leaves Port Stanley with instructions to arrange for departure of Argentines from South Georgia.
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26976 |
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Argentine Marines lands at Leith.
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26977 |
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Argentine naval units begin to leave home ports.
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26978 |