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r L- VISITS 3Y HU AN RIGHTS S P-C 11L I STS FROM RFSPF.CTEf.
1 NT:: RNAT I U*'.AL IK GAN I Z AT I r*NS . SUCH VISITS WILL PE AN
IMPORTANT Yeans uF EDUCATING INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION
UN IMPROVEMENTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARGENTINA.

P. In THIS REGARD, LET ME KENT 1 ON THE VERY IMPORTANT
RULE PLAYEu 3Y .-UN-GOVERNMFNTaL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGAN I Z AT IHNS,
AMO MY H H PTHAT TH~Y WILL CONTINUE TO CONTk I BUT t Tn THF
ADVANCEMENT OF nUMAN RIGHTS AND MY FIRM RELIEF THAT THEY
SHOULD Ri-TMN lutlR CONSULT AT IV- STATUS AT THE UNITED
NAT IONS.

5. I WELCOME YOUR EXPRESS IUN nF HOPE THAT THL DETAINEE
PROBLEM MIGHT 8'- RtSiJLV^O BY CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. A5 I
IGLD YJU, THERE IS GREAT INTEREST AND CONCERN IN THF
UNITED STATES OVER THE RATE OF PEOPLE DETAINED IN ARGENTINA
UNDER THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE PUWFR. THE CLARIFICATION OF
THEIR STATUS WQi.'LD BE WELL RECEIVED, I BELIEVE* THROUGHOUT
THE INTERNET ION :.L COMMUNITY. LIKE YOUR GOVERNMENT 1S RECENT
ANNOUNCEMENT UF THE RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT OF OPTION AND
* PAROL- F-jR JcTAlNrfcS, SUCh A CLARIFICAITOU WUULD RE
another import* 'T step r«> demonstrating Argentina's
C..-MM IT *T TL’ T-b PRQTbCTIf'N OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

7. I /MS MOST GRATIFIED AND PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOUR
GOVERNMENT I n T t ■: D S T-.i R.-.TIFY THE TREATY UF TLaTELOLCO. I
R fc A L IZ ■- THAT TH- TIMING OF YOIJR GOVERNMENT'S RATIFICATION
IS DEPENDENT UP.lN POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS* RUT I HOPE THAT
YJU WILL FIND It PJSSI3L TO RATIFY THE TREATY IN THF NEAR
PUTIJRE. A'sGcNT | NA ' S FULL ADHERENCE TO THF TREATY WDULD
HAVE GR-AT IMPG.<TANC-. IT WOULD NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATE
ARGENTINA'S CUMfITmcmt TO TH- PFACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR
-NESGYJ IT 'UiUL ■ ALSU, I AM CONVINCED, GIVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPETUS TU w'lPL'.-W IDE ACCEPTfcNCF OF THE TREaTY AS AN
IMPORTANT MCAnS OF AVOIDING WAR.

B. I WAS Vr '< Y PLEASED THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATED
I N T H E N U C L E A R - U F . L C Y C L E F V A L U A T I U N C O N F E R E N C E . I N
W A S H I N G T O N . I 8 1 L 1 h V F I T W I L L P R O V I D E A G R E A T O P P O R T U N I T Y
F i j R O U R N A T I O N S T U W U P K W I T H O T H r R S I N M I X I N G N U C L E A R
L N f c R G Y a n i m p o r t a n t a n d s a f ; - m e a n s o f m e e t i n g o u r . e n e r g y
R t O U l R i - . H c f ' - T s .

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