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MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF ARGENTINA HAVE LED US TO MISCAL­
CULATIONS IN POLICY. MOST TROUBLING, HE ASSERTED, HAS
BEEN OUR MISUNDERSTANDING OF ARGENTINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS
SITUATION. IN HIS SECOND PRESENTATION, ON JANUARY 24,
BRTGAUIER PASTOR SUGGESTED SPECIFIC REMEDIES FOR
^FS^RING FULL CONFIDENCE AND COOPERATION.

7. A S^ARATE MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION COVERS
ECONOMY MINISTER MARTINEZ OE ROZ'S RESPONSE TO OUR
WORTS TO ENLIST ARGENTINA'S HELP IN KEEPING GRAINS
SHIPMENTS TO THE SOVIET UNION AT EARLIER EXISTING
LEVELS. END MEM CON INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY.
P. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23: FOREIGN MINISTER PASTOR'S
T’IRST PRESENTATION.
PASTOR RESPONDED TO GENERAL GOODPASTEK'S EXPLANATION
0* PROBLEMS RISING FBQM THIS SOVIET INVASION OF
AFGHANISTAN, AND THE GENERAL'S PROPOSED AGENDA FOR
DISCUSSING ARGENTINA'S ROL5 IN THESE, WITH THE WISH
AT SOMF POINT TC COVER TEE FULLEST RANGE OF POLITICAL
PROBLEMS EXISTING UEWEN ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED
STATES.

°. LATER PASTOR LED INTO HIS SUBJECT WITH A RHETORICAL
QUESTION: IF GRAINS SHIPMENT COOPERATION IS SO IMPORTANT
JUST NOW IN 00R BILATERAL RELATIONS — EVEN AS W.E ADMIT
THAT THIS PROBLEM IS TRANSITORY AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL —
PQW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE DELATIONS ON SUCH
BASIS T^AW IN s’A?. MORE SERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WAR FOR
EXAMPLE, ’’’HE UNITED STATES AND ARGENTINA WOULD STAND
TOG^TPER?

IB. wp CANNOT ARRIVE AT THIS HOWEVER WITH "ON-THE-SPOT"
DISCUSSIONS. WE NEED TIME, AND IT IS REQUIRED THAT WE
ADDRESS A SERIES OF POLITICAL-MILITARI AND OTHER QUESTIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY. PASTOk CONTINUED, MEDIOCRE OR BAD RELATIONS
ARE THE ”NORM BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND THE II.S. THE UNITED
SPATES HAS SELDOM UNDERSTOOD ARGENTIMF REALITIES, AND
BAD INFORMATION AND MISJUDGMS.MJ HAVE LED TO ERRORS OF
U.S. POLICY, AND "INADMISSIBLE U.S.G. ACTIONS.

1. A GREAT U.S. ERROR FAS FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
ARGENTINA FOUGHT A ''7AP AGAINST TERRORISM-COMMUNISM THAT
TASTED BETWEEN T>*0 AND THREE Y REARS. AND ARGENTINA WON
vAR — UNLIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, NICARAGUA. THE U.S.
SHOULD BE PRO'JU OF ARGENTINA FOR HAVING DONE THIS —
RATHEH T^AN ASSUMING THAT "VIOLENT REPRESSION" WAS
TFT! HALLMARK OF THIS GOVERNMENT. YET IS IS THIS
SYMBOLISM, PASTOR «'FNT ON, THAT H4S BEEN TAXHN SO

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