<P> On 2 November 1983 by a vote of 108 in favour to 9 voting against (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, El Salvador, Israel, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States), with 27 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly adopted General Assembly Resolution 38 / 7, which "deeply deplores the armed intervention in Grenada, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of that State ." It went on to deplore "the death of innocent civilians" the "killing of the prime Minister and other prominent Grenadians" and called for an "immediate cessation of the armed intervention" and demanded "that free elections be organized". </P> <P> This was the first military rollback of a Communist nation . The Soviet Union said that Grenada had for a long time been the object of United States threats, that the invasion violated international law, and that no small nation not to the liking of the United States would find itself safe if the aggression against Grenada were not rebuffed . The governments of some countries stated that the United States intervention was a return to the era of barbarism . The governments of other countries said the United States by its invasion had violated several treaties and conventions to which it was a party . </P> <P> A similar resolution was discussed in the United Nations Security Council and although receiving widespread support it was ultimately vetoed by the United States . President of the United States Ronald Reagan, when asked if he was concerned by the lopsided 108--9 vote in the UN General Assembly said "it didn't upset my breakfast at all ." </P> <P> Grenada is part of the Commonwealth of Nations and, following the invasion, it requested help from other Commonwealth members . The intervention was opposed by Commonwealth members including the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, and Canada, among others . British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a close ally of Reagan on other matters, personally opposed the U.S. invasion . Reagan told her it might happen; she did not know for sure it was coming until three hours before . At 12: 30 on the morning of the invasion, Thatcher sent a message to Reagan: </P>

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