ABSTRACT
As the Government reviewed its international position after the war it had reason to be satisfied. From many governments, notably from the Commonwealth, came effusive letters of congratulations. On 18 June 1982 the Prime Minister had received a personal message of congratulations from President Reagan:
Your victory was both a brilliant military feat and a defense of our shared principle that disputes are not to be resolved by aggression. The minimum loss of life and the generous terms of withdrawal were also in the finest British tradition.
