QUESTION: You are a State Department analyst working on South American issues. The United Nations plans to open a review discussion of the Conflict Mitigation Related to Conflicting Territorial Claims. The Secretary of State needs an analysis of the US Foreign Policy decision-making process related to issues associated with the pre-war attempt to mitigate the Falklands Crisis during the Reagan Administration. You have access to all of the declassified State Department Documents on this issue. Apply the Six Tasks of Patrick Haney to your Analysis of US Foreign Policy decision making on this issue for the Secretary.
