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COUNTRY" PASTOR SAID.

IP. A NEW PATH WILL LEAD TC A PULL ALLIANCE; TuS
FKIS'i’ING COURSE WILL LEAD n A "NEW NEUTRALITY" WITH
WWICK NEITHER THE TT.S. NOR THE ARGENTINES "/ILL FEEL
COMFORTABLE, PASTOR CONTINUED. THE CONSEQUENCES
■?ILL BE "UNCERTAIN." THEN wg ADDED: ifOUR REVISIONS
OF THOUGHT MUST BE TOWARD LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
OTHER THAN MEXICO AND VENEZUELA — ALL O'*' LATIN AMERICA
N*EDS U.S. ATTENTION, HOWEVER MUCH STB MAY APPRECIATE
YOTTR ATTENTION TO THE MID-EAST, SOUTH ASIA AND OTHER
TROUBLE SPOTS.

19. IN RESPONSE, GENERAL GOODPASTER ASSURED PASTOR
r"JAT ARGENTINA HAD EARNED ITS PLACE AMONG RESPECTED
NATIONS, AND THAT WE S HOW THIS APPRECIATION IN WORKING
WI^H ARGENTINA IN THE OAS, AS WE DID EARLIER IN THE
ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS. w5 UNDERSTAND ARGENTINA'S
TRADITIONAL CONCERN FOR HUMAN DIGNITY — IT IS PART
C7 OUR SHARED HERITAGE — AND CURRENT EFFORTS TO
RTSTORE THIS SITUATION.

23. FURTHER, GOODPASTER CONTIN-JED, PRESIDENT CARTER
"AS SAID HE SHARES HOPES FOR BETTER RELATIONS. THERE
IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF PAST JVIT.ED STATES ERRORS.
IN NUCLEAR Affairs FOR EXAMPLE: KNOWING OF ARGENTINA'S
LACK OF INTENTION TO DEVELOP A WEAPON WE WANT ARGENTINE
PROGRESS — BUT WITH APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS. </E MADE
THE POINT OF PROPER SAFEGUARDS WITH EUROPEAN SUPPLIERS
NOT TC DELAY ARGENTINE PROGRESS, BUT TO ACHIEVE AN
OBJECTIVE SHARED WT ALL. SHORTLY ARGENTINA WILL RECEIVE
A LETTER PROM THE UNITED STATES REGARDING PROVISION OF
FUEL FOR RESEARCH REACTORS.

21 . RECOGNISED TOO ARE STRIDES MADE IN RESTORING
AUTHORITY AMO SUPPRESSING TERRORISM, GOODPASTER WENT
ON. UNFORTUNATE MEASURES WILL SURELY CONTINUE TO BE
DISCARDED AS TEE ARGENTINE SITUATION BECOMES LESS
HTTRAORDINARV. DISAPPEARANCES WILL BE STOPPED AND
POLITICAL PRISONERS FREED OR GIVF.N RIGHT OF OPTION.
(COMMENT: PASTOR LET THE TER* "POLITICAL PRISONER"
■GO BY AT THIS MOMENT, BUT PROTESTED ITS USE ON THE
FOLLOWING DAT. you WERE REFERRING TO TERRORISTS
AMD GUERRILLAS", RE SAID.)

22. FTTRTRPRMORE, GENERAL GJODPASTER SAID, WE ARE
MAKING EFFORTS TO BE SCRUPULOUS AND FAIR IN IMPORTANT
AREAS: THE LEGALLY REQUIRED REPORT TO CONGRESS ON
HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN ARGENTINA .-.'ILL B l REVIEWED

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