1945-1970 since 1982







St. Helena, 1970-1982



St. Helena, as a stop for ships sailing through the South Atlantic, lost in importance as passenger transport shifted from ocean liners to airlines. St. Helena does not have an airport; Ascension has a military airport.
During the Falkland War, the Royal Air Force used Ascension as a base for strikes against Argentinian positions on the Falkland Islands.
The economy of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha was based on the cultivation of New Zealand flax, the production of an alcoholic spirit made of cactus fruit, on military bases on Ascension and Saint Helena, on the sales of postage stamps issued for Ascension, St. Helena and for Tristan da Cunha, and on subsidies paid by London.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Article : St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension Island, from Wikipedia
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE Article : Dependent States, St. Helena, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1971 p.268, 1972 p.244, 1973 p.236, 1974 p.252, 1976 p.253, 1977 p.253, 1978 p.306, 1979 p.306, 1980 p.304, 1981 p.304, 1982 p.298 [G]
Article : St. Helena, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1973-1974 pp.462-464, 1975-1976 pp.464-465, 1976-1977 pp.471-472, 1978-1979 pp.1029-1030, 1979-1980 pp.1036-1038, 1980-1981 pp.1029-1030, 1981-1982 pp.1032-1034, 1982-1983 pp.1034-1036 [G]
Article : Saint Helena, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.90-91, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.90-91 [G]



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First posted on September 2nd 2007

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