In this case, the United States had particular reason to consult most closely with those Caribbean countries which had called on it to help resolve the crisis. Nevertheless, their lack of consultation was regrettably less than we would have wished.

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Remarks in the House of Commons (26 October 1983), on the United States' decision to invade Grenada (a Commonwealth country) without consultation with the United Kingdom.

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