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To: Webster Groves who wrote (61826)	3/11/2010 2:17:28 AM
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Fears were raised last night that the U.S. could betray Britain over the future of the Falkland Islands after a senior American official called them by their Spanish name. Secretary of State Philip Crowley referred to the islands as 'the Malvinas' during a series of bad-tempered discussions with British diplomats. The use of the Spanish name by American officials has added to growing concerns that Barack Obama's administration is favouring the Argentine cause in the dispute over oil drilling rights in the South Atlantic. It emerged yesterday that last month Mr Crowley answered a question about the Falklands by saying: 'Or the Malvinas, depending on how you see it.' British diplomats have raised serious concerns about the ongoing conflict during recent weeks. Officials said that several phone calls were made and an e-mail was sent after the State Department spokesman called the islands the Malvinas. Asked why the U.S. chose to remain neutral despite Britain’s longstanding claims, the spokesman twice avoided calling them the Falklands, first saying 'whatever you want to call them' and then using the Argentine name. The use of the Spanish name has heightened the already tense relations that mounted when Hillary Clinton endorsed Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s call for talks on sovereignty while she was in Buenos Aires last week. It is a breakdown in relations that has seen the two countries have a 'special relationship' fighting alongside each other in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The Pentagon official primarily responsible for providing the British Forces 'with whatever they needed' in the Falklands campaign in 1982 yesterday accused the Obama Administration of insulting Britain. Richard Perle, then assistant Secretary for Defence said: 'I think using the description Malvinas is offensive to British interests.' President Fernandez de Kircher has launched a series of protests over British companies carrying out exploratory oil drilling off the Falklands coast. The British Government has dismissed her protests and stated that the sovereignty of the Falklands is not in doubt. The Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley said: 'The Secretary said we stand ready to help if that is desired.' Mr Crowley acknowledged 'conversations' with British officials over the dispute with Argentina but said that he was not aware of ill-feeling. Read more: dailymail.co.uk

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