Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (51 page)

reappraisal of Diego Garcia proposal,
100

Kaplan, Fred,
96
–97,
99

Kennan, George,
52

“containment policy” of,
57
,
58

Kennedy, Edward,
122

Kennedy, John F.,
60
–61,
72
,
74

approval of for communications base on Diego Garcia,
75

Kentridge, Sydney,
12
,
175

Kili Island,
64

Kisan people,
157
,
158

Kissinger, Henry,
10
,
117

Kitchen, Jeffrey Coleman,
69
,
76
–78,
80
,
82
,
83

Koho‘olawe Island (Hawai‘i),
65

Komer, Robert,
13
,
72
–75,
84
,
182
,
224
n8

“pacification” program of,
73

support of for an Indian Ocean Task Force,
75
–76

support of for island bases in the Indian Ocean,
73
–74

Korean War,
55
,
220
n66

kuto dekoke
,
30
–31

Kwajalein Island/Atoll,
51
,
64
,
219
n46,
222
n49,
246
–47n31

displacement of native peoples from,
67

La Fontaine (Lieutenant La Fontaine),
20
,
21
,
39

laba
(“out there”),
20
,
36
,
149
,
149
n,
152
,
159

Labiche, Etienne,
32
,
33

Laird, Melvin,
103
,
171

Lake, Anthony,
118

Lalit de Klas
(Class Struggle party),
172

Lassemillante, Hervé,
168
,
242
n13

latristes
(feelings of profound sadness),
160
–61,
162
–63

Legère, Anastasie,
23

Le Leger, Theophile,
23

Levillain, Michel,
23

Levillain, Prudence,
23

Lib Island,
64

Lodge, Henry Cabot,
73

Long-Range Objectives Group (“Op-93”),
41
,
61
.
See also
Barber, Stuart

Lutz, Catherine,
58
–59,
209
–10n48,
210
–11n49,
227
n64

MacArthur, Douglas,
52

Madagascar,
21
,
24

Madeley, John,
128
,
131

Mahan, Alfred Thayer,
48
,
51

Mahé Island,
128

Maldive Islands,
56

Mandarin, Fernand,
168

Mansfield, Mike,
103

Mardemootoo, Sivarkumen (“Robin”),
12
,
169

Marshall Islands,
51
,
63
,
64
,
246
–47n31

Martin, Luis Muñoz,
66

Mascarenes,
39

Mauritius (Île de France),
1
,
23
,
27
,
28
,
61
,
77
,
78
,
82
,
120
,
246
–47n31

abolition of slavery in (1835),
24
,
27

British possession of,
23

British oversight of,
213
n17

Chagossians stranded on,
93
–94

conditions of transplanted Chagossians in,
126
–28,
130

continued French influence in while under British control,
24

deaths of transplanted Chagossians through illness and suicide,
130
–32

economic transformation of,
133
,
134
–36

economy of,
151
–52

establishment of export processing zones (EPZs) in,
133
,
142

French settlement in,
21

inability of to provide for Chagossian deportees,
115

instability of after gaining its independence,
94

number of Chigossian deportees in prison in,
136

unemployment in,
94
.
See also
Cassis (Port Louis, Mauritius); Cité Ilois; Pointe aux Sables

Mauritian Government,
164
,
242
n15

attempts of to diversify its economy,
133

British payment to Mauritius for resettlement costs,
119
,
146
,
165

compensation in land to deported Chagossians,
167

and the resettlement of Chagossians,
115
,
118
–19,
167
,
242
n10

Mauritian Militant Party (MMM),
166

McCaffrey, Barry,
9

McCaffrey, Katherine,
66
,
67
–68

McGranahan, Carole,
54

McKinley, William,
48

McNamara, Robert,
12
,
14
,
61
,
70
,
74
–75,
84
–85,
99
,
171

authorization of for payment of Great Britain’s BIOT expenses,
82
–83

move of to the World Bank,
100

and plans for a military base on Aldabra,
85
–86

and the Systems Analysis branch of the Department of Defense (DOD),
96
–97

McNaughton, John,
85
,
96

Mein, Marie Therese,
119
–20

Menezes, Fradique de,
188

Mexico,
47
,
49

Micronesia,
51
,
52
,
53
,
63
,
67
,
184

MIDEASTFOR,
56
,
60

Midway Island,
48

Miliband, David,
9

military aircraft (U.S.): B-1 bombers,
8
,
9
,
189

B-2 “stealth” bombers,
8
,
9
,
189

B-52 bombers,
8
,
9
,
189

military bases,
4

“lily pad” bases,
186

forts of (U.S. Army) west of the Mississippi,
47
.
See also
Diego Garcia (military base); Strategic Island Concept; United States, military bases of

Minerve
,
23

mizer
(miserable abject poverty),
137
,
160
–61,
162
–63

Moorer, Thomas,
14
,
69
,
102
,
107
,
121
,
171
,
182

Morocco,
53

Morris, Roger,
118

Moulinie, Marcel,
110

role of in killing Chagossians’ pet dogs,
113
–14