Chagos Archipelago/Depopulation
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| Date | 1965 - 27 April 1973 |
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| Description | At the request of the US, the UK military forced the population of the Chagos Archipelago off their ancestral land so that the USA could construct a military base. |
At the request of the US, the UK military forced the population of the Chagos Archipelago off their ancestral land so that the USA could construct a military base.
A diplomatic cable by Denis Greenhill
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Depopulation of the Chagos Islands 1965-73 | book extract | 12 February 2007 | Mark Curtis |
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