-- - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------- -- - -' '1' OEPARrMENT OF STATE OP R A' tIoNs 1 fWlfli t _ FALKLAND WORKING GROUP z Situation Report No 4 Situation in Falkland Islands aa of 0700 EST April 3 1982 t l t 5 I S l-O 2 i-S 3 j-I 1 Argentina has evacuated British marines officialll And any Falkland island residents whQ wished to leave to Montevideo Uruguay the military government announced The GOA has moved quickly to establish its own administration Argentina continues to claim that there were no British casualties and that the operation has been all but bloodless o We have a fairly reliable report of seven casualties on the British side but no confirmed dead - eo ' ' - 0' 'c ' t F i - ' ' up F'O 2 Prime Minister Thatcher froze Arqentine assets in the UK 'and announced that she was sendin9 a large naval task '1'OR force to the Falklands Parliament met today its first U ING GROUP Saturday session since t e 1956 Suez crisis ' 3 Embassy Buenos Aires repores that Argentina expects Soviet and perhaps Chinese support in the UN Security Council and hopes that the OS will limit its role to tacit diplomatic support for the British The Council will reconvene today Foreign Minister Costa Mendez arrives this morning and will seek meetin9s with non-aligned and Latin American group members A vote on the UR reso- lution is expected at today's Security Council meeting with outcome uncertain and a Soviet or Chinese veto poa8ible HO 0 ICA A LDX 4 Offic ial soviet media have stayed neutral over the Falkland dispute s eAS LOX CDEF LDX S LOX A LOX In a preliminary assessment Embassy Buenos Aires suggests that President Galtieri gambled that a suocessful invasion of the Falklands would solidify his authority and help him -remain in office through 1987 ITR BOUSE LOX fO _ I _' r o oo ooJ t '- i - 'IffIitI o Falkland Working Group P bert E service Cr GDS 4 3 88 Ii r Watch Officer - L ' 4 1' fq q OC ' I -t 4 p '