• mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    According to Mauritius, the proposal stemmed from a UK decision in the early 1960s to “accommodate the United States’ desire to use certain islands in the Indian Ocean for defence purposes.”

    Well that’s the end of that. The US won’t allow any change in the island’s status if it is a strategic military post, but it will allow the UK to take the flack diplomatically.