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?. SUMMARY: GENERAL DENIAL ENTERED BY GENERAL VIOLA
ON JACOBO TIMERMAN'S REPORTED IMMINENT RELEASE. HE
LABELED RECENT NEWSPAPER STORIES AS TOTALLY INACCURATE.
VIOLA AGAIN PROMISED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WOULD BE
^EDUCED SUBSTNATIALLY. HE ALSO PREDICTED GREAT MOVEMENT
IN RIGHT OE 00PTI0N CASES. VIOLA EXPRESSED GREAT
CONEIDENCE IAHRC WOULD FIND IMPRESSIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN
HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD. BUT OFFERED NO HOP 5 FOR "DESAPARECIDOS."
HE EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN ABOUT NICARAGUA STRESSING
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r.OA'S WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE WITH USG IN ITS OBJECTIVES.
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HUT NCT ACCEPTABLE TO LA COUNTRIES. END SUMMARY .
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7. APPRECIATION ECR MEM SUPPORT: GENERAL ROBERT0 VIOLA, v r
Junta president and army commander, requested i meet V u
with HIM ON MONDAY, JUNE 25 AT 1715 HOURS AT HIS OFFICE.
DUE TO MY BEING OUT.OF COUNTRY, I HAD NOT SEEN GENERAL
VIOLA SINCE ABOUT MIDDLE OF APRIL. EE *E'j. ME WITH THE
TRADITIONAL "ABRAZO" AND INQUIRED ABOUT f.OW THINGS STOOD
IN WASHINGTON, DC. HE EXUDED FRIENDLINESS BUT YET
SHCWEr CONCERN ABOUT RECENT WAVE OF NEGATIVE NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES ON ARGENTINA APPEARING IN CONUS.

4. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: VIOLA WAS SPECIFIC IN HIS
DISDAIN FOR NEW YORK TIMES SERIES WRITTEN BY MR OA'uS •J
AND ENSUING EDITORIAL. HE TERMED WASPI-'GTON POST
FRITORIAL CONTEMPTIBLE AND IRRESPONSIBLE. RE HOPED

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