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because warfare is not a solution to the Falklands question

in the long run. Mrs. Thatcher now gets unanimous support

from the European Economic Community. Never before has the

EEC been so united. Now is the time to resolve the crisis

through diplomatic channels.

Argentina and the South American countries

Liu Jia-ju : Most of the South American countries, except

Chile, support Argentina.

the Third World countries.

This is another problem related to

Should the crisis be allowed to

drag on, the international situation would become unfavourable

as the Third World countries would treat countries like Britain

and US differently from the way they treat one another.

C.K. Lang: Although most of the South American countries give

nominal support to Argentina, they in fact object to Argentina's

use of force to solve the Falklands question. Once this

precedent is set, all the South American countries would be

affected e.g. there would be territorial disputes between Chile

and Argentina and between Uruguay and other countries.

The

John D. Young : As a matter of fact, Peru and Venezuela have

already agreed to give military support to Argentina.

whole incident is also important to Hong Kong. It will be of

great significance to Hong Kong if a satisfactory solution is

found for the Falklands crisis. However, on careful reflection,

one would wonder what the British and the Argentines want to

get out of this war. The largest occupants of the Falkland

Islands are penguins (about 10 million), whereas the human

/population