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OP IMMED
DE RUESBA #8154 2841610
0 101603Z OCT 80
FM AMEMBASST BUENOS AIRES

TO 5SCSTATE VASHDC IMMEDIATE 7695
THE*WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE

.INTO AMEMBASST ASUNCION 5231
AMEMBASST BRASILIA 4323
.AMEMBASST CARACAS 4611
AMEMBASST LA PAZ 4068 .
AMEMBASST LIMA 3718
AMEMBASST MONTEVIDEO 6800
AMEMBASST SANTIAGO 4966

CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 1 OF 2

EXDIS
DEPT. PLEASE REPEAT USCINSCO FOR IfyfAFF
EO 12065: RDS-4 10/8/96 (RUSER, CLAUS V.) OR-M
TAG'S: AH _______ _ i
SUBJECT* DELIVERY OSHPRESIDllffTTM^ESSAGE
REF: (A) WHITE H0USEV7397 (NOTALlT (B) BUENOS AIRES 8098 (NOTEL)i
(C) BUENOS AIRES 7652 ‘

1. C - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. CHARGE DELIVERED PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO GENERAL VIOLA
OCTOBER 8 (REF A). GENERAL VIOLA EXPRESSED HIS PROFOUND
APPRECIATION FOR THE PRESIDENT'S THOUGHTS. HE STATED
1 THAT HE WOULD OF COURSE BE REPLYING IN WRITING: IN THE
MEANTIME HE WOULD WISH TO SAT THAT HE FULLTiRECIPROCATED
'THE PRESIDENT'S BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTHENING
US-ARGENTINE RELATIONS. "MY.GOVERNMENT", HE SAID, "WILL
SEEK TO MAKE US-ARGENTINE RELATIONS AS PRODUCTIVE AS
POSSIBLE. HE RETURNED TO THIS THEME AT VARIOUS POINTS
IN TEE CONVERSATION STATING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IT IS HIS
BELIEF THAT THE CURRENT ISSUES BETWEEN ARGENTINA, WHICH
IN AN EARLIER MEETING BE HAD ENUMERATED AS BEING BOLIVIA,
GRAINS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND NUCLEAR MATTERS, ARE THE PRO­
DUCT OF PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES* AND WILL "ONE VAT OR ANOTHER"
BE REOLVED. THERE WERE NO DIFFERENCES ON BASIC
INTERESTS. HE SAID, ALSO, T&AT HONESTY AND FRANKNESS

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