Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (48 page)

Bloomfield, Lincoln P.,
177

Bonin-Volcano Islands,
183
,
184
,
245
n12

Boswell, Rosabelle,
135

Botte, Francoise,
136
,
138

Bowman, Larry,
21

Boxer Rebellion,
43
,
49

Brazil,
50

British East India Company,
23

British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),
7
,
15
,
83
,
87
,
90
–91,
102
,
108
,
173
–74,
178
,
180
,
244
n1

partial payment of its expenses by the United States,
83
,
87
,
116

refusal of to allow Chagossians back to Diego Garcia,
92
–93

ships of (
Nordvær
and
Isle of Farquhar
) used in deportation of Chagossians from Diego Garcia,
109
,
113
,
114
–15,
119
–20,
160

use of Orders in Council for the formation of,
83
–84

BIOT Ordinance No. 1 (1967),
92

BIOT Immigration Ordinance #1 (1971),
112

Bourgois, Philippe,
181

Brewer, William,
116
,
118
,
234
n17

Brooke-Turner, Alan,
91

Brown, George,
86

Brown & Root (later Kellogg Brown & Root [subsidiary of Halliburton]),
8
,
12

Bruce, David K. E.,
86
,
102

Bundy, McGeorge,
69
,
72
,
73

Burawoy, Michael,
210
–11n49

Burke, Arleigh A.,
13
,
68
–69,
182

Burma,
53

Bush, George W.,
7
,
9

Calabresi, Massimo,
7
,
208
n33

Camp Humphreys (Daechuri village, South Korea),
182

Caroline Islands,
63

Carter, James Earl,
8
,
185

foreign policy doctrine of (Carter Doctrine),
41
,
188
–89

Cassis (Port Louis, Mauritius),
126
–28

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
2
,
9
,
46
,
73
,
181

use of “extraordinary rendition,”
190

Central Intelligence Group,
73

Cernea, Michael,
136
,
237
n23

Ceylon,
56

Chafee, John H.,
103

Chagos-Agalega Ltd.: lease of Chagos from the United Kingdom,
92

neglect of Chagos by,
93

purchase of Chagos by,
38
–39

purchase of Chagos from,
92

Chagos Archipelago,
1
,
2
,
21

British possession of,
23

demographic stability of,
27
–28

detachment of from Mauritius,
82
–84

deteriorating conditions of,
93

exports of,
29
,
35

first inhabitants of,
21
,
23
–24

Franco-Mauritian settlers of,
24
,
213
n16

as the “Oil Islands,”
3

ownership/purchase of by Chagos-Agalega Limited,
38
–39

and the plantation system,
24
–27

pre–World War II isolation of,
34
–35

society of,
25
,
29
–30

steamship transportation among the islands of,
33
–34

Chagos Kreol language,
2
,
3
,
29
,
146
,
205
n1

Chagos Refugees Group (CRG),
136
,
168
–71,
242
n17,
243
n26,
243
–44n42

lawsuit of against the British Crown,
12
,
169
–71

lawsuit of against the United States,
12

Chagossian Social Committee (CSC),
168
–71

Chagossians,
1
,
3
,
15
–16,
18
,
19
,
191
,
247
n38

daily life of,
29
,
35
–37,
214
n35

as a distinct indigenous group,
12
,
168

future hope for,
195
–96

gradual depopulation of,
92
–93

granting of British citizenship to,
172
–73,
243
n26

guaranteed work for,
35

indigenous drinks of,
36

labor unrest among,
31
–33

occupational skills of,
134

plans for resettlement of,
192
–94

religious practices of,
29
–30

research concerning,
13
–15,
207
nn24–25,
208
nn27–28

and the sega tradition,
36
–37

stranding of on Mauritius,
94
.
See also
Chagossians, deportation/expulsion of from Diego Garcia

Chagossians, deportation/expulsion of from Diego Garcia,
8
,
10
–11,
103
–5,
107
,
110
–11,
113
–15,
207
n24,
228
–29n15,
234
–35n20

as an act of racism,
181
–83

alcohol abuse among deportees,
153
,
154

British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) ships (
Nordvær
and
Isle of Farquhar
) used in the deportation,
109
,
113
,
114
–15,
119
–20,
160

bureaucracy involved in,
115
–18

compensation of (either land or money) for deportees,
11
–12,
119
,
146
–48,
165
–66,
167
–68

congressional hearings concerning,
122
–25

deaths of deportees from illness and suicide,
130
–32,
233
n45,
237
n22

deteriorating conditions of the deportees,
118
–20

discrimination faced by deportees,
137
–40,
239
n5

dogs killed during
113
–14

educational barriers faced by deportees,
141
–43

feelings of powerlessness among women deportees,
145

health concerns of deportees,
153
–54

housing problems faced by deportees,
146
–47,
150
–51,
236
n5

lack of occupational opportunities for deportees,
134
–36,
142
,
239
n13

overcrowded conditions on the deportation boats,
114
–15,
119
–20

planning for the removal of from Diego Garcia,
90
–92,
101
–2