I read with great interest Simon Jenkins’ article (British sovereignty over the Falklands is an absurd imperial hangover that must end, 7 April). I visited the Falkland Islands on a couple of occasions between 1965 and 1967 on my way to Antarctica, and I got a pretty good impression from the people there about what they thought about Argentina and the Falklands’ relationship with Britain.
In 1969 I was working in Argentina and got to see the other side of the coin. I was in a bar in Bahia Blanca watching the Apollo 11 moon landing in blurry black and white. Next to me at the bar was an Argentinian journalist and we fell into a long conversation about the Falklands. I will always remember something he said.
