Ship sails for home
NZPA-Reuter Buenos Aires Relatives of Argentine servicemen killed in the Falklands conflict headed for home yesterday after a fruitless mission to visit war graves on the islands. Reporters aboard the Lago Lacar, carryings 50 mourners, said that the 8000-ton vessel was due to dock in Buenos Aires on Sunday, a week after its They said that the decision to return had been
taken after angry scenes on board between the relatives and the organiser of the voyage, Osvaldo Destefanis. The Lago Lacar had put into the port of Puerto Madryn earlier this week to shelter from South Atlantic storms. During that time Mr Destefanis had tried to contact the British Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, in the hope of persuading her to lift the ban on the Lago. Lacar’s approaching the
1 islands. He also tried to 5 telephone Pope John Paul > to enlist his intervention. Most of the passengers t and crew had insisted that > the ship return immediately » after it became apparent : that permission to visit the islands was not forthcom- ■ ing, the journalists said. The correspondent of the , Argentine news agency, Di1 arios y Noticias said in a ■ report from the ship that >. the trip had - become a i catastrophe.
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