Bruce Greatbatch

Sir Bruce Greatbatch (1917–1989) 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 American military installation on Diego Garcia.

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"British-US conspiracy to steal a nation" by John Pilger

Political offices
Preceded by Sir Hugh Norman-Walker	Governor of the Seychelles 1969–1973	Succeeded by Colin Allan

Persondata
Name	Greatbatch, Bruce
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1917
Place of birth
Date of death	1989
Place of death