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Radio 4,1 min

Thatcher "would have been prepared to consider nuclear weapons" in Falklands War

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Former top Ministry of Defence official, the late Sir Michael Quinlan, believed Baroness Thatcher would have considered using nuclear weapons in the Falklands War had the conflict "gone sour on her".

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