A race to stop war

Mrs Thatcher was today chairing a special meeting of the Cabinet devoted exclusively to the crisis.

It followed on immediately from the now daily session of the War Cabinet at Downing Street.

Ministers were assessing latest reports of diplomatic and military developments.

At the United Nations in New York, the talking was still going on to try and find a diplomatic settlement.

But they are more and more becoming a race against time.

This was underlined by Britain’s ambassador to the U.N. (Sir Anthony Parsons) after meeting with Secretary-General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, yesterday.