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2. TI HERMAN CAS*: RECENTLY "CONVICCION", NA'f f ORIENTED
NEWSPAPER, AND THE 3UENCS AIRES HERALD, ENGLISH-AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER, FRONT-PAGED 1IMZRMAN'S IMMINENT RELEASE.I
TOLD VIOLA USG HOPED THESE PREDICTIONS WERE ACCURATE.
HE DENIED ANY TRUT'T TO THE REPORTS. HE SAID TIMERMAN
WAS NO CLOSER NOW THAN EE WAS SIX MONTHS AGO TO BEING
RELEASED. VIOLA AGAIN EXCULPATED HIMSELF ET STATING
IE IT WERE LEFT UP TO HIM TIMERMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN
RELEASEE A LONG TIME AGO, IN A JESTING FASHION, I SUGGESTED
*0 VIOLA THAT AS ARMY COMMANDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE
JUNTA HE WAS IN A UNIQUE POSITION OF AUTHORITY TO LEAD
THE WAY. HE SMILED AND REPLIED HIS OCSIACLCS WERE
W*LL KNOWN TO i*IE. IT WAS THEN I INQUIRED IF IT WOULD BE
PROPER TO DISCUSS THE TIMER MAN CASS WITH GENERAL SUAREZ
MASON, CPIYF OF STAFF AND TIMERMAN'S NEMESIS. I
EXPECTED A MINOR EXPLOSION CN THIS SUGGESTION FOR A5
LONG AS I HAVE DEALT WITH VIOLA HE HAS NFVER ADMITTED
SUAREZ MASON TO BE ONI OF HIS PROBLEMS. MUCH TO THE
CONTRARY, VIOLA LOWERED HIS VOICE AND TOLD ME HE STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED I DISCUSS THE TIMERMAN CASE UTH SUAREZ MASON.
I TOLD VIOLA THAT RECENTLY SUAREZ MASON HAD INVITED
PIMSEIF TO MY RESIDENCE FOR AN "ASADO" - "GAUCHO
BARBECUE . IT WAS SUGGESTED BY VIOLA THAT DURING THIS
BARBECUE I DISCUSS THE TIMERMAN CASE. VIOLA INDICATED
FVEN THOUGH TIMERMAN'S RELEASE IS NOT IMMINENT, THERE
IS STIII SOME HOPE.

9. SARAGOVI CASE: I REMINDED VIOLA OF RENEWED AND
CONTINUED CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST ON TEE FORACIO SARAGOVI
CASE. BE APPEARED NOT TO EE FAMILIAR WITH -THE .CASE.
I TOLD HIM THE CASE WAS DIRECTLY IN BIS LAP AS IT WAS A
MILITARY TRIBUNAL CASE. THE CASE WAS UP ""OR REVIEW EY
HIM. HE TOOK NOTES AND PROMISED TO LOO'* INTO THE. MATTER.

12. SOCCER GAME: LAST NIGHT ARGENTINA, WORLD CHAMPIONS,

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