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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
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