- - UNCLASSIFIED SECRET Page NODIS ONLY PAGE 01 STATE 262786 51 RELEASED IN FULL ORIGIN NODS-OO INFO OCT-01 001 DRAFTED BY w APPROVED BY A KISSINGER - MR ROBINSON s s PSBRIDGES 059443 0 2223452 OCT 76 ZFF4 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES IMMEDIATE STATE 262786 NODIS FOR AND ONLY FROM ASST SEC SHLAUDEMAN E O 11652 XGDS-Z TAGS PFOR SHUM US SUBJECT VISIT TO THE U S REF BUENOS AIRES 6871 1 AS IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES YOU HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY COUNTERED IN YOUR DIPLOMATIC GUZ3ETTI HEARD ONLY WHAT HE WANTED TO HEAR HE WAS TOLD IN DETAIL HOW STRONGLY OPINION IN THIS COUNTRY HAS REACTED AGAINST RE- PORTS OF ABUSES BY THE SECURITY FORCES IN ARGENTINA AND THE NATURE OF THE THREAT THIS POSES TO ARGENTINE TERESTS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FILTER HE EMPLOYED OR PER- HAPS A REFLECTION OF HIS POOR GRASP OF ENGLISH IS THE QUOTATION ASCRIBED TO AMBASSADOR MARTIN ON ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHAT ED SAID WAS THAT IF PRIESTS WERE GUILTY OF CRIMES THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND TRIED BUT IF THEY SIMPLY DISAPPEARED 0R WERE SHOT THAT COULD NEVER BE ACCEPTED IN THIS COUNTRY SECRET PAGE 02 STATE 262786 OUR SIDE IT WAS THAT ASSURANCES THAT A TRANQUIL AND ARGENTINA IS COMING SOON MUST PROVE A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE NOD I 8 ONLY REVIEW AUTHORITY OSCAR OLSON SECRET Pag ID 29 OCT 2003 200203891 UNCLASSIFIED inn-LIE in 45 - - UNCLASSIFIED SECRET Page NODIS ONLY REALITY IF WE ARE TO AVOID SERIOUS PROBLEMS BETWEEN US INTERPRETATION IS STRICTLY HIS OWN WITH RESPECT TO PROBLEMS WE DID INDEED TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THE VIOLENT ASSAULT TINE SOCIETY FROM THE OTHER SIDE AND EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO BE HELPFUL IN THE TASK OF STORING ECONOMY 3 ON THE HARKIN PROBLEM THE SECRETARY WARNED GUZZETTI THAT WE WOULD BE FORCED TO VOTE AGAINST ARGENTINE LOANS ABSENT AN IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS WE HAVE TOLD THE ARGENTINES THAT WE WOULD NOT VOTE NEGATIVELY AT THE MOMENT IN LIGHT OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT SIT- UATION IN THE COUNTRY BUT MIGHT BE FORCED TO ABSTAIN IF OUR IMPRESSION THAT HAS DECLINED RECENTLY IS PLEASE CORRECT IT THE GOA HAS POSTPONED A $30 MILLION LOAN BUT NOT AS GUZZETTI INDICATED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THE LOAN SHOULD COME UP AGAIN WITHIN A FEW WEEKS 4 FINALLY WITH RESPECT TO AND ITS EFFECT WE DOUBT THAT THE GOA HAS SUCH ILLUSIONS IT WAS OBVIOUS IN OUR CONTACTS THAT GUZZETTI KNEW HIS COUNTRY HAS A A SPEEDY SOLU- TION AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPRESS 0N ARGENTINE REPRESENTATIVES HERE AS WE EXPECT YOU TO DO THERE THAT THE USG REGARDS MOST SERIOUSLY INTER- NATIONAL COMMITMENTS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS THERE SHOULD BE NO MISTAKE ON THAT SCORE I RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ AND BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GOA THE SPEECH OE OCTOBER 19 BEFORE THE SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF AMERICA AS A BASIC STATEMENT OF OUR POLICY OF PRACTICAL EFFORTS TO ENHANCE RESPECT FOR HUMAN ARGENTINA OR ELSEWHERE KISSINGER SECRET END OF DOCUMENT NODIS ONLY SECRET UNCLASSIFIED Fag - h'j'l nlh- Jul I I