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Falklands: CIA briefing paper for Director ("Military and Political Developments in the Falkland Islands Crisis") [British landing "some time this week"; "a high-risk venture" - outnumbered 2:1, enemy dug in] [declassified 2007]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: CIA Records Search Tool (the "CREST database") at National Archives II in College Park
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 13pp
Themes: Defence (Falklands), Foreign policy (USA)