1970s UK assessment of Rock’s military role still rings true five decades on
Photo by Eyleen Gomez
UK military planners in the 1970s were clear that neither Gibraltar’s constitutional development nor Spain’s sovereignty aspirations over the Rock should interfere with its “full and unhindered use” as a military base for the UK and its NATO allies. The assessment was clearly set out in a document prepared in June 5, 1972, at the...
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