Declassified files reveal British interest in Falkland Islands oil
by Grace Livingstone from Environment | The Guardian on (#60B0M)
Ministers keen to claim UK right to potential deposits before and after 1982 war with Argentina
British ministers were keen to exploit oil around the Falkland Islands before and after the 1982 conflict, declassified British government documents show.
In a previously unpublished letter, the former chancellor Norman Lamont said the revenues from Falklands oil should go to the British government, not the Falkland islanders.
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