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[United Kingdom] Opinion | Britain retains African colony with the help of the United States The cause is a lesser-known group of 55 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. [Chagos Archipelago](//www.britannica.com/place/Diego-Garcia-island-Indian-Ocean) .. For 150 years they were part of the British colony of Mauritius. Then, in 1965, instigated by President Lyndon Johnson, Britain decided to separate the islands from Mauritius, and just as the world agreed that the colonial era was over, it was called the British Indian Ocean Territory. Created a new colony. .. Diego Garcia, one of the islands, was leased to the United States as...
