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National archives: Reagan blindsided Thatcher over 1983 Grenada invasion


The Guardian - 01-Aug-2013

notice of the attack, Downing Street papers reveal. The supposedly close cold war alliance between the two leaders was plunged into acrimony when the US president informed Downing Street of the invasion plan at 11pm the night before a force of 1,900 marines attacked the island, which had been taken over in a military coup led by Cuban-linked Marxists in October 1983. Thatcher responded in the strongest...


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