Stories for September 6th 2000

Wednesday, September 6th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

“Smallest Armed Forces”

Wednesday, September 6th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

European Commissar visit

Wednesday, September 6th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands Factor Blamed in Westland Dispute; Heseltine Revelations in Attack on Margaret Thatcher.

A surprise revelation that United States' military help to Britain by General Al Haig in the 1982 Falklands Conflict was a vital factor in the controversial Westland Helicopter crisis four years later has been made by Michael Heseltine. He resigned as Secretary for Defence in 1986 in protest at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's handling of the Westland dispute, which also threatened to force her resignation.

Wednesday, September 6th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Revelaciones de Heseltine en ataque directo a Margaret Thatcher.

La inesperada revelación de que la ayuda militar de Estados Unidos a Gran Bretaña durante el conflicto del Atlántico Sur en 1982, orquestada por el entonces Secretario de Estado Gral. Alexander Haig, fue un factor vital en la controversia cuatro años más tarde sobre los helicópteros Westland ha sido expuesta con toda crudeza por Michael Heseltine.