Reaction
The decision to launch Tabarin was not, apparently, a political decision. Winston Churchill was out of the country and a memo from him, following news of the bases in the press, also indicates that he was apparently unaware of the decision. In it, he expresses concern that the move may harm relations with the United States during the preparations for Operation Overlord, the coming invasion of Normandy in June 1944. A reply from the Foreign Office indicated that the operation was launched not because the US had failed to recognise British claims to the territory, but to reassert British territorial claims against Argentine and Chilean incursion.
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