An tiding from Cape Town, South Africa reported that the British cruiser HMS Sheffield (1) left with unknown destination although it was believed that her destination was the Falkland Islands. (2) The British minister Hector McNeill (3) claimed that Argentinean and Chilean naval units were cruising in the waters of those islands even dissembled military on land. An Argentinean squadron (4) left for the Southern Ocean and at the same time was the Chilean president on board of a Chilean cruiser to claim formally the Chilean sovereignty.(5)
Notes
1. Part of the Town-class Southampton sub-class cruisers, preceded by Arethusa-class and succeeded by Crown Colony or Fiji and Dido-class, laid down by Vickers Armstrong on 31 January 1935, launched on 23 July 1936, commissioned on 25 August 1937 and finally broken up at Faslane, Scotland in 1967.
2. A British proposal to ask the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands for mediation in the Falkland Islands Dependencies dispute was declined by Argentine, just like in 1947 and in 1955.
3. 3. Hector McNeil (10 March 1907-11 October 1955), Scottish Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Greenock between 10 July 1941-11 October 1955, became Minister of State at the Foreign Office in October 1946 de facto Deputy Foreign Secretary.
4. The Argentine Antarctica is part of the province of Teira del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands. Argentina claims the Falklands (part of her Islas del Atlantico Sur department).
5. The Chilean president Gabriel Gonzalez Videla opened the Base General Bernardo O’Higgins as part of claiming sovereignty of what is nowadays known as the Chilean Antarctic Territory or Chilean Antarctica. Chile claimed for instance the South Shetland Islands.
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