AHC: Britain doesn't rent Diego Garcia to the US

Isn't India a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement? I think that would prevent them from granting basing rights to the US.
 
So it's pretty much inevitable that Britain leases Diego Garcia to the US? I'm guessing the US would get what they wanted eventually, especially since an Indian Ocean air/naval base would've always been integral to US defense interests in the region.
 
So it's pretty much inevitable that Britain leases Diego Garcia to the US? I'm guessing the US would get what they wanted eventually, especially since an Indian Ocean air/naval base would've always been integral to US defense interests in the region.

not just our interests... having a big naval force in the area where so much of the world's oil travels is important to a lot of people...
 
India was, and still is, slightly pro-Russian, probably partially as a "Fuck you, Britain."

France has some islands in the Indian Ocean, though they're a little far south.
 
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