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1979: Malta
Expiration of the 1972 Anglo-Maltese defense agreement on March 31, 1979, marked the termination of 179 years of British military presence on Malta. Maltese Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, whose Labor Party government is committed to Malta's military disengagement from the Western bloc, hailed the...
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