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AT NEWS THAT THE U.S. IS SERIOUSLY STUDYING PROVIDING
MILITARY AID TO THE GNR. HE THOUGHT THE EFFECT WOULD
PE INDIRECTLY TO ARM CUBA.

THE SECRETARY RESPONDED THAT THE GENERAL QUESTION
HAD BEEN RAISED, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO SPECIFIC REQUESTS
AND TEAT IS WHERE THE MATTER NOW STANDS. THE U.S.
WILL CONTINUE TO TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID, BOTH FROM
A MORAL NECESSITY AND FROM THE PRACTICAL INFLUENCE IT
COULD GIVE THE U.S. IN THE FUTURE THROUGH EXTENDING
A HELPING HAND. THE U.S. ALSO HOPES TC CHANNEL ANY
RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE THROUGH THOSE MINISTRIES RUN
BY MODERATES. FRANKLY, EE OBSERVED, SHORT-TERM AID
AND RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE CAN BE EXTENDED BOTH TO
MEET IMMEDIATE HUMAN NEEDS AND TO SERVI OUR LONGER-RANGE
OBJECTIVES.

THF TERRITORIAL SEA

THE FOREIGN MINISTER ASKED ABOUT A WIRE SERVICE
ACCOUNT REGARDING A SHIFT IN THE U.S. POSITION ON WATERS
BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL THREE MILES. REPORTEDLY, THE
TT.S. WOULD DELIBERATELY EXERCISE TRANSIT RIGHTS BEYOND
THE THREE MILES AND WITHIN THE 2i)0 MILES TO AFFIRM ITS
VIFVS ON THIS ISSUE.
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THE SECRETARY SAID HE HAD NOT SEEN THE NEWS ACCOUNT
AND WAS NOT AWARE WHAT IT MIGHT REFER TO. HE COMMENTED
THAT IT MIGHT BE A GARBLED STORY COMING OUT OF THE LOS
NEGOTIATIONS. --

TREATY OF TLATELOLCO

THE SECRETARY SAID THAT HE HAD UNDERSTOOD FROM
THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S PREDECESSOR THAI ARGENTINA WOULD
MOVE ON TLATELOLCO, AND HE ASKED ABOUT THE STATUS OF
IT .

THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID EE WANTED TO BE FRANK.
ARGENTINA HAD VARIOUS SOURCES OF ENERGY, AMONG THEM
NUCLEAR PLANTS SOLELY INTENDED FOR PEACEFUL ENDS, FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE }COUNTRY, AND TO COMPLEMENT THE
COUNTRY'S HYDROELECTRIC CAPACITY. ARGENTINA HAD NOW
REACHED THF STAGE OF BEING ABLE FULLY 10 IMPLEMENT ITS
ENERGY PLAN. AN OBSTACLE TO THIS IS THE STRONG PRESSURE
BEING APPLIED WITH RESPECT TO SAFEGUARDS. HE BELIEVED
T*E GOA'S POINT OF VIEW IS A JUST ONE. IF ARGENTINA CAN
COMPLETE ITS ENFRGY OBJECTIVES IT HAS NO OBJECTION TO
FULL AND COMPLETE SAFEGUARDS. ARGENTINA IS FULLY DETER-

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