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It was a well-known fact that Argentina regarded the Falkland Islands as their territory. It apparently cost £1 million per year to maintain HMS Endurance in the South Atlantic. Margaret Thatcher deemed it to be an unnecessary expense and the ship was ordered back to the UK thus removing any visible British 'presence' in and around those waters. That the Argentine government should therefore attempt to take over the islands was inevitable as we'd given the appearance of abandoning them. So, in order to save £1 million per year how much was spent ……?
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