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Sara Jones, 70, told the Daily Telegraph: “We stood up for what we believed
in. We didn’t like to see a small country overrun by somebody who had very
little claim to it.

“The islanders have always been fiercely British and want to stay that way. I
would like to believe that we would, if we could, do it again.”

She said her husband, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross and is
buried on the islands, “would never ask people to do something he would not
do himself.”

“He would not have thought he was a hero. He would have thought all the chaps
were heroes. He just happened, sadly, not to come home,” she said.

Although Argentina’s air force is now ageing, a report by the UK National
Defence Association said Britain would be “hard put to protect, reinforce or
re-take the islands” without an aircraft carrier.

The Prime Minister saluted the heroism of the Falklands Task Force and said:
“We are rightly proud of the role Britain played in righting a profound
wrong.”

Mr Cameron added: “Britain remains staunchly committed to upholding the right
of the Falkland islanders, and of the Falkland islanders alone, to determine
their own future.

“That was the fundamental principle that was at stake thirty years ago and
that is the principle which we solemnly re-affirm today.”

In his article, Mr Hague lists “attempts to intimidate” businesses involved in
the oil industry, “harassment” of Falkland fishing vessels by the Argentine
coastguard and “threats” to cut the sole air link between the islands and
South America, as well as closing their ports to cruise ships that have
visited the Falklands.

“Such efforts to intensify a disagreement – which neither we nor the people of
the Falkland Islands have ever sought to provoke – are out of step with
international collaboration in the modern world,” he adds.

Mr Hague’s comments follow the disclosure by the Sunday Telegraph that a group
of British and American banks have been threatened with legal action by the
Argentine government for advising and writing research reports about
companies involved in the Falkland Islands’ £1.6bn oil industry.

Mr Hague pledges that Britain will “maintain an absolute commitment to
preserve the right of the Falkland Islanders, some of whom have lived there
for nine generations, to determine their own political and economic destiny.”

He says the British government will not negotiate over the sovereignty of the
Falkland Islands “unless and until the people who live there wish it.”

Mr Hague says that agreements have been reached in the past on fisheries,
hydrocarbons, communications, trade and “confidence building measures” but
Argentina has gone back on them.

In the 30 years since 255 British servicemen lost their lives on the islands,
the population has almost doubled to around 3000, and GDP has risen from £5
million in 1980 to over £100 million.

“In the face of a sustained Argentine effort to prevent them from doing so,
the Falkland Islanders have nevertheless developed a thriving local economy,
with a responsibly managed fishery, growing tourism based on their unique
natural environment, and the beginnings of a commercial hydrocarbons
industry,” he says.

Mr Hague says Britain was “well on track” to double trade with Brazil, Mexico
and Colombia by 2015.

“Regardless of the regional politics, the Falkland Islanders are keen to play
their part in this new regional reality,” he adds.

Mr Hague says that today’s anniversary of the start of the conflict marks a
day for commemoration and reflection, especially for those families on both
sides whose loved ones were lost to its battles, including many Argentinean
soldiers who also rest in peace on the Islands.

“As we look back on those events, we should remind the world that in the years
since their liberation the Falkland Islanders have repeated – without
qualification or equivocation – their wish to keep their constitutional
status, their national identity, and to live peacefully with their
neighbours in Latin America,” Mr Hague says.

“As long as the people of the Falklands continue to express that view, the UK
will defend and support their right to do so.”

“If anniversaries provide moments for reflection, it is surely time to reflect
on how we can all work together in our common interest in the years ahead,”
Mr Hague adds.

“It is relevant that many countries who have bilateral disagreements still
collaborate on areas where there are mutual benefits such as economic and
trade co-operation. That is our wish with Argentina.”

Newly declassified American diplomatic cables reveal that the US feared the
Thatcher government “had not thought much about diplomatic possibilities”
for resolving the Falklands crisis and predicted the conflict would be a
“close-run thing” that could well bring about Margaret Thatcher’s fall.

Newly declassified American diplomatic cables reveal that the US predicted the
conflict would be a “close-run thing” that could well bring about Margaret
Thatcher’s fall.

The documents, published by the National Security Archives, an independent
research organisation in Washington, also highlight American worries that a
protracted war could draw in the Soviet Union on Argentina’s side.

In a personal note to Thatcher on 1 April 1982, President Ronald Reagan wrote:
“I want you to know that we have valued your co-operation on the challenges
we both face in many different parts of the world. We will do what we can to
assist you here. Sincerely, Ron.”