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AMEMBASSY MANAGUA IMMEDIATE 0000

INFO ALL AMERICAN REPUBLIC DIPLOMATIC FOST.S
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AMEMBASSY MANAGUA
AMEMBASSY QUITO

■CONFIDENTIAL STATE 212082

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E.O. 12065: GDS 8/10/85 (VARY, 7IRON ?.)

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THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER

1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT

SUMMARY: SECRETARY VANCE HAD EXTENSIVE EXCHANGE
OF VIEWS WITH FONMIN PASTOR IN QUITO. PASTOR EXPRESSED
CONCERN OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN NICARAGUA AND THE "DANGEROUS
CENTRAL AMERICAN SITUATION. HE SAID TBAT ARGENTINA
HOPES TO PROCEED TOWARD DEMOCRACY IN NEAR tFUTURE BUT
NOT UNTIL IT GETS ITS HOUSE IN ORDER. HE APPEALED FOR
BETTER TIES WITH USG AND ASKED THAT ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
NOT 3F SOLE CRITEHIA IN OUR RELATIONSHIP. SECRETARY
VANCE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR ARGENTINA'S VOTE IN
OAS ON NICARAGUA, AND NOTED THAT U.S. VALUES HIGHLY
ITS FRIENDSHIP WITH ARGENTINA AND CONSIDERS IT A
FRIEND — AN ALLY. HE CHARACTERIZED HUMAN RIGHTS 3
PROBLEM A "FESTERING SORE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP. ON
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NICARAGUA, SECRETARY VANCE STRESSED NEED TO PUSH NEW
GOVERNMENT INTO DIRECTION OF BEING IND .PENDENT, UNALIGNED
COUNTRY. WITH RESPECT TO CENTRAL AMERICA, HE POINTED

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