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Press, 17 June 1982, Page 8

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Governor to return

The Governor of the Falkland Islands. (Mr Rex Hunt) sat in a special gallery at the House of Commons yester-

day to hear the ■ British Prime Minister (Mrs Margaret Thatcher) announce that he would return to his post. Afterwards, ; he said: “This was the first I knew qf it. I was told the Prime Minister would make an announcement this afternoon, and I came along to hear what she had to say. I am delighted. I do not yet know when I will be going back. I have to seek instructions from the Foreign Office.” — London. E.E.C. ban stays Britain’s European allies will maintain their ban on Argentine imports’ for the immediate future, says an official of the European Economic Community. “It’s tbo early to talk about dropping the sanctions,” said the official. President Leopoldo Galtieri has pointedly remarked’in recent weeks that a British land victory would not,necessarily end all fighting and that Argentina would continue to press its claim to ownership of the territory. — Brussels. Sale of Invincible Australia is still awaiting confirmation from Britain

that the SNZ6SS million sale of the aircraft carrier Invincible will go ahead.. A Defence Department spokesman said nothing had been heard from Britain since Mrs Margaret Thatcher announced that she would wait until the end of August before making a final decision on the sale. The delay came after Australian Prime Minister (Mr Fraser) announced on June 2, at the height of the Falklands conflict, that he had given Mrs Thatcher the option of cancelling the sale because of British naval losses. — Canberra. Agent urged to talk The renegade C.I.A. agent Edwin Wilson, arrested by United States authorities after being lured from hi's Libyan haven, is being urged to tell prosecutors what th : e spy agency knew about .his alleged supplying and training of terrorists, say government sources. Wilson, who worked at the C.I.A. from 1951 to 1971, was arrested in New York when his plane arrived from the Dominican Republic, where he was denied entrance after he presented a false Irish passport, said the Justice Department. The C.I.A. has denied any official dealing with Mr Wilson or his alleged co-conspi-rator, Frank Terpil, in connection with their Libyan activities. — Washington.