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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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file Argentina
Roberta B
 
one copy
Routed to
Shaw Smith
Rm. 6911 NS
05/19/78.
R.C.
 
April 7, 1977
 
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OFFICIAL-INFORMAL
~~CONFIDENTIAL~~
 
Honorable Robert C. Hill
American Ambassador
American Embassy
Buenos Aires
 
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
 
The purpose of this letter is to report on Patt
Derian's conversations where Embassy officers were
not present, as well as give you a few of my own
impressions.
 
Our lunch with Robert Cox at the American Club was
just perfect. Patt discussed Jimmy Carter the man,
and his life-long dedication to human rights. I
think Cox recognized that the Administration's dedi-
cation to basic rights is a very genuine, long-range
commitment. Patt gave him a signed copy of the
President's United Nations' Address. (Other copies
went to Muller of the UNHCR, Timmerman of **La Opinion**,
Mrs. Justo of the Permanent Assembly and the Nuncio.
I think a sixth would have gone to Mr. Jenner of the
Red Cross had one been available.)
 
Cox described the horrors of the Peronist era, leftist
terrorism and the present-day situation. There was
nothing new in this although Cox is very articulate.
A few specific points:
 
- Solari Irigoyen's offense to the Armed Forces came
in 1972 when he publicly criticized the Trelaw Prison
killings in the aftermath of Santucho's escape to
Chile.
 
- Gustavo Roca was contemptible because he had pub-
lished a newspaper or magazine exalting leftist
violence.
 
~~CONFIDENTIAL~~
 
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