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Falklands: USE Bonn telegram to State Department (1102Z) ("Genscher on Falklands dispute") ["Western alliance could not afford to have the US effort fail. It would be a great prestige victory for the Soviets"] [declassified 2001]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher digital archive, per State Department website
Editorial comments:

1102.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Defence (general), Defence (Falklands)