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COUNTRY** PASTOR SAID.

IP. A NEW PATH WILL LEAD TO A PULL ALLIANCE; THE
EXISTING COURSE WILL LEAD TO A NEW NEUTRALITY WITH
WHICH NEITHER THE U.S. NOR THE ARGENTINES WILL FEEL
COMFORTABLE, PASTOR CONTINUED. THE CONSEQUENCES
WILL BE UNCERTAIN.** THEN HE ADDED.* YOUR REVISIONS
07 THOUGHT MUST BE TOWARD LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
OTHER THAN MEXICO AND VENEZUELA — ALL 07 LATIN AMERICA
NEEDS U.S. ATTENTION, HOWEVER MUCH WE MAY APPRECIATE
TOUR ATTENTION TO THE MID-EAST, SOUTH ASIA AND OTHER
TROUBLE SPOTS.

19. IN RESPONSE, GENERAL GOODPASTER ASSURED RASTOR
THAT ARGENTINA HAD EARNED ITS PLACE AMONG RESPECTED
NATIONS, AND THAT WE SHOW THIS APPRECIATION IN WORKING
WITH ARGENTINA IN THE OAS, AS WE DID EARLIER IN THE
ALLIANCE 7OR PROGRESS. WE UNDERSTAND ARGENTINA'S
TRADITIONAL CONCERN POR HUMAN DIGNITY — IT IS PART
07 OUR SHARED HERITAGE — AND CURRENT REPORTS TO
RESTORE THIS SITUATION.

20. TURTHER, GOODPASTER CONTINUED, PRESIDENT CARTER
FAS SAID HE SHARES HOPES FOR BETTER RELATIONS. THERE
IS AN UNDERSTANDING 07 PAST UNITED STATES ERRORS.
IN NUCLEAR AFFAIRS POR EXAMPLE: KNOWING OP ARGENTINA'S
LACK OP INTENTION TO DEVELOP A WEAPON WE WANT ARGENTINE
PROGRESS — BUT WITH APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS. WE MADE
THE POINT 07 PROPER SAFEGUARDS WITH EUROPEAN SUPPLIERS
NOT TO DELAY ARGENTINE PROGRESS, BUT TO ACHIEVE AN
OBJECTIVE SHARED BY ALL. SHORTLY ARGENTINA WILL RECEIVE
A LETTER PROM THE UNITED STATES REGARDING PROVISION OP
FUEL POR RESEARCH REACTORS.

21. RECOGNIZED TOO ARE STRIDES MADE IN RESTORING.
AUTHORITY AND SUPPRESSING TERRORISM, GOODPASTER WENT
ON. UNFORTUNATE MEASURES WILL SURELY CONTINUE TO BE
DISCARDED AS THE ARGENTINE SITUATION BECOMES LEES
EXTRAORDINARY. DISAPPEARANCES WILL BE STOPPED AND
POLITICAL PRISONERS FREED OR GIVEN RIGHT OP OPTION.
(COMMENT: PASTOR LET THE TERM “POLITICAL PRISONER*
GO BY AT THIS MOMENT, BUT PROTESTED ITS USE ON TIE
FOLLOWING DAY. YOU WERE REFERRING TO TERRORISTS
AND GUERRILLAS", HE SAID.)

22. FURTHERMORE, GENERAL GOODPASTER SAID, WE ARE
MAKING EFFORTS TO BE SCRUPULOUS AND FAIR IN IMPORTANT
APEAS: THE LEGALLY REQUIRED REPORT TO CONGRESS ON
HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN ARGENTINA WILL BE REVIEWED

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