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to secrecy. Ship stopped for a while, but decided to press on. Captain kept muttering about no point going to war without cameras.
We're all keeping fingers crossed that Falklands Post Office has not run out.
Sunday. At last success. I sat up all night writing piece combining strength with peace. Suggested we dropped nuclear device on uninhabited island to demonstrate terrible effect, and forced junta to back down before we used it on them. Received 6000 word commendation from editor. Said paper decided to back this as major war strategy, and government agrees.
Apparently a group of islands about 800 miles off South America is to be used. Not more than 1500 inhabitants - a small fraction of what we could expect to lose in a full-scale war.
General Haig landed on deck to congratulate me. said i could be first person to win Nobel Peace Prize and Literature Prize for the same work - at least, I think that's what he said.
Fleet going home. Marines and Paras not happy. Retired to press bar, where I found party in progress. They asked me if we'd left port yet. I warmed to their wit.