Declassified files reveal British interest in Falkland Islands oil
British ministers were willing to exploit oil around the Falkland Islands before and after the 1982 conflict, show declassified British government documents. In an unpublished letter, former Chancellor Norman Lamont said the Falklands’ oil revenues should go to the British government, not to the islanders. “I have no doubt that in the event of a …
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