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Country
*Tonga
+Trinidad and Tobago
+Tuvalu
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*Uganda
*Vanuatu
Western Samoa
*+Zambia
Robust reply to PM letter: would support "any action" by us to reassert sovereignty. Robust public statement. Argentine citizens banned from Tonga. "Sympathetic understanding" of UK position after recapture of S. Georgia.
"Feeble" public statement, but helpful in OAS. Twice abstained in votes to invoke Rio Treaty. Likely that Trinidad would maintain in OAS its support for SCR 502. No reaction to recapture of S. Georgia. PM's message thanking for help in OAS made public. Senior Minister privately expressed strong support for UK position. Entered reservation on NAM statement after some attempt at Havana to amend it.
Robust reply to SG and Secretary of State. Congratulatory message from PM following Argentine surrender.
Voted for SCR 502. Helpful with Non-Aligned. Replied to PM letter: "great concern". Statement condemning aggression. Support after recapture of S. Georgia and continued support in UN. Supported UNSCR 505 but no reservation on NAM.
Statement "strongly condemns" invasion, but also calls upon UK to "reconsider" military retaliation. Copied to SG, PM, Argentine Government, UN. PM "most receptive" and "entirely satisfied" over recapture of S. Georgia.
Statement by cting President deploring invasion. Support in NAM. Continued support after recapture of S. Georgia. Foreign Minister expressed "very deep sorrow" at loss of life in HS Sheffield. High Commission told Mr Onslow on 25 May that no change in Zambia's attitude to British stance on Falklands. Entered reservation on NAM statement.
Zimbabwe
Inadequate statement but urging UK and Argentina to abide by SCR 502. No reaction to recapture of South Georgia further hostilities.
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