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Thatcher appoints an official commission headed by Lord Franks to examine the causes of Britain's failure to prevent Argentine capture of the Islands.
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27776 |
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EEC agrees to provide financial aid to the Islands.
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27777 |
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Argentina releases its only acknowledged British prisoner of war, an airman shot down near Stanley in May.
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27778 |
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Thatcher announces British government will repatriate bodies of dead British servicemen buried in the Falklands for reburial in Britain if requested by next-of-kin.
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27779 |
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Canberra arrives home at Southampton with 40, 42 and 45 Commando.
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27780 |
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Britain drops its condition that Argentina formally acknowledge the end of hostilities before repatriating the remaining prisoners of war.
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27781 |
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Final 593 Argentine prisoners of war (mostly officers and technicians) repatriated.
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27782 |
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USA ends trade sanctions against Argentina.
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27783 |
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Britain admits to falsifying press releases during the war to mislead Argentina.
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27784 |
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Britain lifts the Exclusion Zone around the Islands.
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27785 |