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2. Attended a discussion where there were? two delegates to the Cuban
mission to the United Nations present. I discreetly overheard one conversation
where one delegate expressed his concern that jurisdictional problems

preventing terrorist actions by Cuban exiles.

3. Lunched with Sergio Motta Mello, a journalist with O Estado da
Sao Paulo, Brazil's leading newspaper, and discussed the current state
of U .S .-Brazilian relations . He said that Brazilian politics were in turmoil
at the present time, and it was not clear to him whether the forces of
moderation or the forces of repression would win. He said that in the
short term, U.S . policies on human rights may cause some problems,
but he thought that in the long term it would be beneficial both to Brazil
as well as to the United States. Like me, he expressed uncertainty about
how the nuclear problem would work itself out, but he suggested a cooling
off period might be in order.

4. - Met with Eugenio Velasco, one of the two Chilean lawyers who was
exiled recently because they were defending political prisoners in Chile,
and discussed the current political situation in Chile.
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5. ■ Worked on Pan American Day speech, letter to Echeverria, back­
ground memo for credentials ceremony (Chilean Ambassador), and
various memoranda.

Significant Inforroation/Intelligence

(Thornton)

My batting average slipped to 500 as Mrs. Gandhi went down to crashing
defeat at the polls. There are other unfortunate implications of this, also,
but they will require detailed analysis. It is not completely certain yet
that the Congress could not form a government, but given the trend, it
seems highly unlikely. The opposition has yet to organize itself and is
much of an unknown quantity although we know the individual leaders
very well.

In Pakistan, the violence over the weekend has abated somewhat, but the
Embassy now believes Bhutto's days to be numbered.
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