Frasi di Geoffrey Howe

Richard Geoffrey Howe, barone Howe di Aberavon , è stato un politico britannico, noto dal 1970 al 1992 come Sir Geoffrey Howe.

È nato nel 1926 a Port Talbot, nel Galles.

Ha ricoperto importanti incarichi nel governo inglese, soprattutto nel periodo in cui Margaret Thatcher è stata primo ministro. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Dicembre 1926 – 9. Ottobre 2015
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“Denis Healey: Can he assure us there is no question of American military intervention as this could only make the situation worse?
Sir Geoffrey Howe: There is no question of that.”

"British and American warships standing by", The Times, 25 October 1983, p. 4.
Answering a question on Grenada in the House of Commons, 24 October 1983. The United States invaded that night.

“In this case, the United States had particular reason to consult most closely with those Caribbean countries which had called on it to help resolve the crisis. Nevertheless, their lack of consultation was regrettably less than we would have wished.”

"Foreign Secretary regrets lack of consultation by US", The Times, 27 October 1983; p. 4.
Remarks in the House of Commons, 26 October 1983, on the United States' decision to invade Grenada (a Commonwealth country) without consultation with the United Kingdom.

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