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DIO CABINET OFFICE
MR WADE-GERY CABINET OFFICE MR FULLER SAPU CABINET OFFICE DIO
RESIDENT CLERK
(Copies passed to Emergency Staff, MOD Sitcen and CinC Fleet)
(FM BERNE 201325Z)
TO IMMEDIATE FCC
CONFIDENTIAL
FROM BISBA
TEL NO 19 OF 19 APRIL: MORE ATMOSPHERICS
1. THE ATMOSHPERE CONTINUES TENSE AND EXPECTANT. EVERYONE IS HANGING ON THE LATEST NEWS OF HAIG'S NEGOTIATIONS AND THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO OTHER TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. THE MEDIA PURSUE THEIR MILITARISTIC CAMPAIGN WITH THE MALVINAS SONG (QUOTE I AM YOUR FATHERLAND AND MAY NEED YOU TO DIE FOR ME UNQUOTE) PLAYED EVERY FIVE MINUTES OR SO ON SOME RADIO STATIONS. THERE IS NO APPARENT LET UP IN THE GOVERNEMENT'S DE- TERMINATION TO HANG ON TO THE SOVERIGNITY OF THE ISLANDS.
2. BUT THERE ARE A FEW SIGNS OF A DAWNING REALISATION THAT THIS IS NOT MERELY A GAME BUT IN DEADLY EARNEST AND THAT THE STAKES ARE VERY HIGH. THE POPULAR DAILY CLARIN'' CARRIED AN ADVERTISEMENT LAST WEEK BY A SMALL BUT INFLUENTIAL EXTREME RIGHTWING GROUP, THE ASSOCIATION FOR TRADITION, FAMILY AND FATHERLAND, RAISING THE SPECTRE OF A THIRD WORLD WAR WITH ARGENTINA'S ONLY ALLY BEING THE SOVIET UNION, AND POINTING UP THE POTENTIALLY STARK CHOICE BETWEEN RECOVERY OF THE MAL-