From a letter to his parents 14 May 1982 is under attack weeks now but it seems like ages..
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From a letter to his wife 5 June 1982 government but for us by the EEC and Third World ...
SADDEST *... The newspapers all seem to be screaming War War and it must be the same on TV and radio They give the impression that the whole of Britain .. It has been going on for two From the way that Maggie Thatcher has reacted one would imagine that the Russians were already in Bonn: not that we were defending a rocky island which Mr Nott had planned to leave completely undefended From a letter to his brother and sister-in-law 28 May "The sad thing about all this, of course, is that the professional soldiers of both sides (not the conare told. So if two megolomaniac idiots tell them to beat each other's they do; and there is no stopping *.. It is not as if the Argentinians killed anyone, and now we have decided to go in heavs people are dead (including a hundred British) and it must have cost the UK about £1 billion so far (ships come out at about £150 million, planes, £10 million: people are cheaper). It will end up with the equivalent of handing over a million pounds to each Falklander, and 'One of our jobs out here is to transfer stores around between ships and yesterday I walked into a hangar and found a nuclear bomb there. I suppose if the USA and USSR have got 7,000 each ine chance of walking into one must be increased nevertheless I was rather surprised, and wondered if it was worth sheltering in the hangar any more. Of course, it turned out to be a drill round full of concrete that Fort Austin, now eventually going home was taking back to England. I don't really know why we brought any down here Loosing off one really would evaporate support My dear Christine, how I love you, so very much: and think of you much of the time. Think ing of you makes me feel happy, and I often have dreams where we are off in your new car, doing lots of fun things, and having great adventures. It doesn't feel that you are very far away; for all I know Portsmouth is just over the horizon. It is very difficult down here, as it is at home, although I can't imagine it is summer somehow, and seeing cricket in the papers is very odd. I'm looking forward to when I can put my dreams into practice..
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