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DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
Anguilla
Message of support.
Ascension
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+Bermuda
British Virgin
Islands
Cayman Islands
Gibraltar
Hong Kong
Montserrat
Tristan da Cunha
Turks and Caicos
Islands
St Helena
Message of support.
Public statement: Premier "deplores" invasion; supports self-determination. Offered
facilities. Ministers urged trade ban. Fund opened for donations to Atlantic Fund.
Import ban. Message of solidarity and support.
Public subscription to be sent to UK with "appropriate message from government and people". Trade ban. Contribution of $3 million to Atlantic Fund.
Robust resolution in House of Assembly in support of UK following recapture of S. Georgia. Congratulatory message following Argentine surrender.
Imports ban. Imposed visa requirement on Argentines. Argentine Consulate-General closed.
"Public consider Britain is right". "Pleased with S. Georgia news". Congratulatory message following Argentine surrender.
"Sympathy for Falkland Islanders" and "total support for measures to recover island".
Message of support.
Statement by Chief Minister: "We are behind Mrs Thatcher".
"Fully supports UK action".
Notes:
Countries which have explicitly (or implicitly through support for SCR 502) in public or in private condemned Argentina's invasion and/or called for withdrawal of Argentine forces. Countries which have expressed support for the principles of self-determination in relation to the Falklands.
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