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ECONOMIC ISSUES. HE SAID THAT HE SEES NO CONTRADICTION
BETWEEN POLICIES TO FIGHT INFLATION AND POLICIES TO
.PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE TWO GO TOGETHER. HE
ADDED THAT IN HIS VIEW IT WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
•HAVE POLITICAL STABILITY IN A COUNTRY THAT IS UNDERGOING
LONG TERM RECESSION. HE SAID THAT HE PERSONALLY FAVORED
THF POLICY OF TRIMMING BACK THE PUBLIC SECTOR'S PARTICI­
PATION IN THE ECONOMY. HE SAID THAT PARTICIPATION IS
DIVIDED INTO THREE AREAS * INFRASTRUCTURE (TELEPHONES,
ELECTRICITY, WATER, ETC.); STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES
(FABRICACIONES MILITARES, THE STEEL INDUSTRY); AND
INDUSTRIES AND OPERATIONS.WHICH THE STATE TOOK OVER IN
THE PAST FOR SOCIAL OR POLITICAL REASONS. THIS LAST
GROUP COULD BE SPUN OFF IMMEDIATELY. THE STRATEGIC
INDUSTRIES WERE "COMPLICATED" AND THERE WAS LITTLE
POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE PRIV­
ATE SECTOR. WATER, GAS, TELEPHONES AND THE LIKE COULD
BE TURNED BACK IF INVESTORS COULD BE FOUND WHO WOULD BUT
THEM OUT. THE PROBLEM WAS TO FIND INVESTORS, HE SAID.

7. OTHER SUBJECTS DISCUSSED WERE:
A. VIOLA'S TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES. VIOLA STATED
THAT NO FINAL DECISION HAD-BEEN MADE FOR HIS TRIP TO THE
UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. HE SAID THAT IF" HE SHOULD
TRAVEL IT WOULD BE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER OR
'EARLY DECEMBER. HE SAID HE. APPRECIATED THE EMBASSY'S
OFFER TO HELP WITH ANY ARRANGEMENTS. AS HISS OWN FLANS
DEVELOPED HE WOULD BE BACK IN TOUCH ON THIS SUBJECT.
VIOLA THEN SAID THAT IN ANY CASE HE WOULD TRAVEL TO
WASHINGTON IN A PRIVATE .CAPACITY AIMING AT BETTER RELA­
TIONS WITH THE US.
B. THE OASGA: THE CHARGE SAID THAT AMBASSADOR ROS AND
HE ON MONDAY HAD DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF THE IAHRC REPORT
AT THE OASGA * THE CHARGE NOTED THAT IT SEEMED POSSIBLE,
AS ROS HAD POINTED OUT, DIFFERENCES THAT BETWEEN THE
US AND ARGENTINA ON THIS ISSUE WOULD ADVERSLY AFFECT
THE CLIMATE FOR GENERAL VIOLA'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON.
VIOLA STATED THAT EE *HAD TAKEN UP THIS ISSUE WITH PRESI­
DENT VIDELA FOLLOWING THE CHARGE'S LAST MEETING WITH HIM
(REF C). HE SAID THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE FOR VIDELA, AND
GAVE NO FURTHER INDICATION THAT HE INTENDED TO INVOLVE
HIMSELF IN THE MATTER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
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