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The Americans admitted they may have inadvertently encouraged the Argentinians to invade the Falkland Islands, it emerged last night.
The former head of the CIA privately confessed that Argentina may wrongly have believed its support for US covert operations in Central America would mean Washington's 'acquiescence' for the 1982 invasion.
In fact, despite friction between London and Washington, the Pentagon provided vital behind-the-scenes support for the British military to retake the islands.

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