Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (49 page)

plight of the deportees after reaching Mauritius,
115
–16,
129
–31

prostitution as a form of employment for deportees,
136
,
238
n37

rationale of the United States for deportation,
79
–80

the “root shock” of displacement,
155
–156,
161
–63

sense of exclusion (lack of national and other identity) among deportees,
143
–46

unemployment among deportees,
131
,
133
–34,
151
.
See also
Chagossians, resistance of to deportation (
lalit chagossien
);
derasine
(deracinated); Ilois (the Islanders); Mauritian Government: and the resettlement of Chagossians;
sagren
(profound sorrow): dying of

Chagossians, resistance of to deportation (
lalit chagossien
),
164
–66,
177
–79

hunger strikes,
165
,
166

lawsuit against the United States,
171
–72,
174

lawsuits against the British Crown,
12
,
169
–71,
174

legal challenge of to the Orders in Council,
175

and the
Rann Nu Diego
(“Give Us Back Diego”) campaign,
166
–68,
171

in the Seychelles,
171
–72,
239
n11

support of the Chagos Refugees Group (CRG) for,
168
–71

support of the Chagossian Social Committee (CSC) for,
168
–71

women as leaders of,
165
–66

Chagossians Committee Seychelles,
242
n17

Cheri, Sandra,
153
–54

Chi Chi Jima (Japan),
218
n27

China,
57
,
58
,
60
,
61
,
220
–21n20

Churchill, George T.,
123
–25,
171

Cité Ilois,
147
,
150

Clark Air Force Base (Philippines),
66

Clifford, Clark,
100

Cochrane, E. L., Jr.,
111

coconuts/coconut oil,
3
,
24
,
28
,
29
,
35

shelling of coconuts,
30
–31.
See also
copra

Cocos/Keeling Islands,
80

Cohn, Carole,
97

Cold War, the,
59
,
60
,
184
,
220
–21n20

military solutions for,
184
–85

colonialism,
210
–11n49.
See also
decolonization

Colson, Elizabeth,
144
–45,
156

Committee of Twenty-Four on Decolonization,
91

Congo (Belgian Congo),
116
–17

Cook, Robin,
170
–71

copra,
26
,
28
,
35

copra industry in the Seychelles,
134

CORDS (civilian operations and revolutionary development support),
73

Correa, Rafael,
17

Costa Rica,
49

Courtois, Lindor,
23

Coutelais-du-Roche, Mouza,
232
n31

Cuba,
49
,
50
,
53

Culebra Island (Puerto Rico),
66
,
110
–11

Culver, John,
122
,
191

Curtis, Mark,
181

Daechuri village, South Korea,
182

Dagorne (Monsieur Dagorne),
31
,
32
,
33

Death without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil
(Scheper-Hughes),
240
n15

De Chazal du Mée (former Arthur Anderson affiliate),
171

decolonization,
7
,
41
,
59
,
82
,
184
,
186

United Nations’ rules concerning,
90
–91.
See also
Committee of Twenty-Four on Decolonization

Denmark,
49
,
67

derasine
(deracinated), experience of among Chagossians,
6
,
160
,
161
,
162
,
241
n30

Desroches Island,
228
n12

DG21 consortium,
7

Diego
,
32
–33

Diego Garcia (island),
1
,
2
,
21
,
38

British possession of,
23

British survey of (1745),
21

as a coaling station,
29

exports of,
29

as “Fantasy Island,”
79

French repossession of,
23

French settlement of,
23

indigenous population of,
5

lack of press coverage concerning U.S./U.K. plans for its indigenous population,
80
–81

separation of from Mauritius,
77

survey of,
80
–81,
221
n22

Diego Garcia (military base),
2
,
18
,
19
,
216
n1,
231
n20,
240
n23,
244
n1

activities available to troops,
7

amount of military investment in,
8

as an “austere” refueling facility for ships,
96

as base for cargo ships “prepositioned” for wartime,
8

budget of as an “austere communications facility,”
103

budget requests for expansion of,
121

and the Carter Doctrine,
188
–89

as a CIA “black site” secret prison,
9

construction of Camp Justice,
9

construction/expense of submarine base on,
9

“Exchange of Notes” (U.S./U.K., 1966) for,
86
–87

Global Positioning System (GPS) on,
8

growth/expansion of,
8
,
120
–22

harbor facilities of,
8

limited access to,
14
–15

number of military troops on,
6

as part of “strategic triangle” of military bases,
79
–80,
225
–26n36

proposed initial budgets for,
100
,
101

refusal to hire native Chagossians,
140

role of in the Cold War,
183
–85

role of in the buildup of military strength in the Middle East,
185

role of in the Iraq War,
9
,
189
–90

secret agreement (U.S./U.K.) for funding and use of,
86
–88

selection of as a military base,
61

surveillance and monitoring systems of,
8

types of planes stationed at,
8
,
9

use of during the first Gulf War,
8

use of for rendition flights,
9
–10

use of as a traditional tool of empire,
185
–86

displacement, forced/involuntary,
128
,
132
,
134

Dominican Republic,
49

“Downing Street” memorandum (2002),
9

Dulles, John Foster,
76

Eagle Island,
24
,
38