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VISIT BY MR GAREL-JONES TO ARGENTINA: 23-25 JANUARY
SUMMARY
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EXCELLENT
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SHORT BUT HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY THE MINISTER. EXCHANGES WITH PRESIDENT MENEM, DI TELLA AND CAVALLO. AGREEMENTS SIGNED. SOVEREIGNTY BACK UNDER ITS UMBRELLA. SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON WIDE RANGE OF BILATERAL AND OTHER ISSUES.
THE RELATIONSHIP FURTHER BEDDED DOWN.
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MR GAREL-JONES, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS GAREL-JONES AND APS, PAID A SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO BUENOS AIRES FROM 23-25 JANUARY. HE PAID CALLS ON PRESIDENT MENEM AND CAVALLO (ECONOMY MINISTER), HAD A TETE-A-TETE (SEE SEPARATE TELEGRAM) AND FORMAL WORKING MEETING WITH DI TELLA (FOREIGN MINISTER) AND ALSO HAD A WORKING SESSION WITH OLIMA (DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER) AND SUPPORTING OFFICIALS. TOGETHER WITH DI TELLA, HE SIGNED AGREEMENTS ON AIR SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT FOR DIPLOMATIC DEPENDENTS AND VISA WAIVER FOR HONG KONG. HE MET A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF LOCAL POLITICIANS, ECONOMISTS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND FINANCIERS.
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SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE FALKLANDS: PRESIDENT MENEM AND
DI TELLA BOTH AGREED THAT SOVEREIGNTY SHOULD REMAIN UNDER THE UMBRELLA. MENEM ADDED THAT IT DID NOT MEAN THAT BOTH SIDES SHOULD REFRAIN FROM STATING THEIR CLAIMS TO SOVEREIGNTY.
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO UK: MR GAREL-JONES EXPLAINED THE DIFFICULTIES ABOUT 1992 AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE MORE ELEGANT IF HMG WERE SEEN TO ISSUE AN INVITATION RATHER THAN THAT ARGENTINA SHOULD APPEAR DEMANDEUR. MENEM SAID THAT HE HAD PUBLICLY EXPRESSED
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