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JACOBINI CHARLES
        77 BUENOS AIRES 4638
                                      CONFIDENTIAL-
         "SIGNIFICANT MEASURES TO COUNTERACT ACCUSATIONS FROM
         IMPROVE THE COUNTRY'S IMMAGE OVERESEAS". {NO OTHER PA
        COMMENTED EDITORIALLY ON THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCEMEN
         OF INTEREST, IS WHETHER THIS INITIATIVE WAS NOTHING ?
        WARMED OVER STATISTICS AND SMOKESCREEN GESTURES OR WB
         NEW ELEMENT HAS BEEN ADDED TO ARGENTINE EFFORTS' IN T£
         OUR CONCLUSION AFTER STUDYING THIS LATEST "EVILENCE"-
        OUR INITIAL IMPRESSIONS REPORTED IN REF B—IS THAT TB
         INITIATIVE IS HOLLOW FROM THE SUBSTANTIVE SIDE, BUT I
        AND ENCOURAGING IN WHAT IT DEMONSTRATES ABOUT RISING
        BUREACRATIC SENSITIVITY CONCERNING THE SERIOUSNESS 01
        RIGHTS POSITION.
         CHAPLIN
        CONFIDENTIAL
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