Beyond Endurance: An Epic of Whitehall and the South Atlantic by Nicholas Barker

Author:Nicholas Barker [Barker, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Contemporary Warfare, Falklands War
ISBN: 9780850525229
Amazon: 0850528798
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Published: 1997-07-15T08:00:00+00:00

The Prime Minister commented, ‘It must be made clear to the Argentines that the wishes of the Islanders are paramount.’ This view was hardly consistent with the withdrawal of the Naval presence.

After each side had set out its position at the talks the British Delegation presented a working paper on the framework for a Permanent Negotiating Commission. Subsequent discussion was concerned with the detailed arrangements for the Commission. Meanwhile the Argentine Delegation pressed for a substantive response to its proposals within a month, and for the Commission to meet for the first time on 1 April. The talks concluded with the agreement of an informal working paper setting out the purpose of the Permanent Negotiating Commission and agreeing the issue of a brief general communiqué. The purpose of the Commission as stated in the working paper was:

To be moving towards a peaceful and comprehensive solution of the dispute. It was to be presided over by Ministers who would direct its work and decide on the agenda. The paper also recognised that the British Delegation might include Islanders.

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