For weeks the commandos continued their routine of changing hotels and renewing their car rental. During this time the British task force was already sailing south towards the Falklands. Finally a high-value target, the frigate , arrived in Gibraltar on 2 May 1982, but Anaya again refused permission to attack it, this time because the President of Peru, Fernando Belaúnde, had just produced a comprehensive peace plan and Anaya believed this might produce a peaceful resolution to the conflict, which could be undermined by a successful attack in Gibraltar.