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125of information in 1982, advances in technology since then have made thesituation even more difficult today %u2013 as we are currently seeing in Iraq. Isuspect that, in some respects, the Press may now be even better atgathering some kinds of information than the military. It is a problem; Iwill say no more.So, to sum up. We were lucky. But you do need luck in war and, ifyou take a calculated risk, I think that you probably deserve it. There isno question in my mind that the attempt to recover the Falklands wasnever going to be anything but very hazardous. It was undoubtedly acalculated risk, but it did come off and what made the difference was theskill and the determination shown by everyone involved, in all threeServices.Sir Michael at Wideawake in June 1982.