Bruce Greatbatch
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Sir Bruce Greatbatch (born 1917 – died 1989) was the British colonial governor of Seychelles from 1969 to 1973. He oversaw the forced removal of the indigenous people of the Chagos Archipelago and ordered the gassing of the islands' canine population of 1,000. He called the Chagossians "unsophisticated" and "untrainable". The evacuation was carried out in order to construct an Anglo-American military installation on Diego Garcia.
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| Preceded by Sir Hugh Norman-Walker |
Governor of the Seychelles 1969–1973 |
Succeeded by Colin Allan |
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