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Context of 'February 1974: US Asks Permission for Military Facility on Diego Garcia'This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event February 1974: US Asks Permission for Military Facility on Diego Garcia. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be. Britain permits the US to establish “a limited communications station” on the island of Diego Garcia. [US Congress, 6/5/1975] Timeline Tags: US-Britain-Diego Garcia (1770-2004) The US completes a Navy communications facility on the island of Diego Garcia. [Sunday Times (London), 9/21/1975] Timeline Tags: US-Britain-Diego Garcia (1770-2004) The US seeks permission from Britain to build a military support facility on the island of Diego Garcia. [US Congress, 6/5/1975] Timeline Tags: US-Britain-Diego Garcia (1770-2004) Britain agrees to a US request (see February 1974) for permission to build a military support facility on the island of Diego Garcia. This replaces an earlier 1972 agreement (see 1972) that permitted the US to establish a “a limited communications station” on the island. [US Congress, 6/5/1975] Timeline Tags: US-Britain-Diego Garcia (1770-2004) | Email UpdatesReceive weekly email updates summarizing what contributors have added to the History Commons database DonateDeveloping and maintaining this site is very labor intensive. If you find it useful, please give us a hand and donate what you can. VolunteerIf you would like to help us with this effort, please contact us. We need help with programming (Java, JDO, mysql, and xml), design, networking, and publicity. If you want to contribute information to this site, click the register link at the top of the page, and start contributing. | |||||||
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