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8. GENERAL. MR GAREL-JONES CLARIFIED HIS REFERENCE IN THE PREVIOUS EVENING'S CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT (MY TELNO 50) TO ARGENTINA'S POOR RECORD AS A SIGNATORY OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES). HE ALSO STATED THAT WE HAD BEGUN RE-ASSESSING A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS IN OUR PRESENT RELATIONSHIP, INCLUDING DEFENCE ASPECTS, WITH AN EYE TO EASING THE POSITION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR. FINALLY MR GAREL-JONES ARGUED THE CASE FOR FOSTERING FALKLANDS' LINKS WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTINENT: IF THESE WITHERED OR WERE OBSTRUCTED, FUTURE GENERATIONS OF FALKLAND ISLANDERS WOULD HAVE NO REASON TO LOOK TOWARDS ARGENTINA. AS HE CONFIRMED LATER IN PUBLIC SESSION, DI TELLA SAID THAT ARGENTINA'S FIRST BEST SOLUTION WAS THAT THE FALKLAND ISLANDERS SHOULD RESTORE LINKS WITH HER. BUT AN UNDOUBTED SECOND BEST WAS THAT SHE SHOULD STRENGTHEN HER LINKS WITH BOTH URUGUAY AND CHILE, (NEXT TWO WORDS UNDERLINED) INTER ALIA FOR THE REASONS SUGGESTED BY MR
GAREL-JONES.
9. MR GAREL-JONES NOTED THAT DI TELLA WOULD BE PAYING A PRIVATE VISIT LATER THIS YEAR TO BRITAIN TO SEE HIS SON AT OXFORD.
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