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A Conv;etgenc.e of !inte·res.tis. has· 'taJ~en pl á.ce
i_n. ré.ceát . mo_nths ~-~_. d_;. 'i~ ~i,elY tol cohbinue,
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Ther:e. has been a noticea}?le·.··&:.onverg~nce. of interests

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::tn¡ recent ·mont.hs be,t.wé~ri Argerit:irfaí and. ·the s.ovie·t Union,
,de'spite már-ke.d d'iff;erén~és in ti1e:i,..:..E national poli tical
;o~~eatati~. ns ·, . 'rhi.s tr_éil_?_··· . i~ y.t:r_ ~~lilv· r~-.Ftiain .to con-
:tJ.'nue., rega:rdless o•f U~(:·poll~!l!e~:",- .,. . . 3.5(c) · ·
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The key points of Phis eoñ:'f~r,genc~ are as follows:

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-- ·the SC?yiet Un,~§P! whj;c;_h ~has b~eh gne of· Argen-
tina.\$ m~g,g~. -~-f-~d:i;p~ ··p,.~E;'!;n~Jtt3; ..~rá. :r.e:c::en.'Y. _years,
}:n:om~ises t·o b~· an ·~ven~·mqte -~in:Po~·~ant ·páttner
i~ 1.:980, .wpen \M<?sq~w · w'i}¡ !?4Y.' Jno.s~t ·of ,P..;];'geri:-
t¡.ina·1..s ~~po:rtªb~é .. gr a~tr~·.. Jtl~$.\';;QW 1,s. gr;ain:
· purcliases· tfuiS' ·yea_f .f!lre' like·~~,- 1:9 t;ota'l .approxi ..:..,
mat.ely 6 í:nilli:on tons--:"!ñore ·t.ni\n triple the pre•
cedtng ye;ar 1 s:-~: . · ····.

The soviets h~ve di$,Cl1$::§.ed the· supply of nuclear

mate·I?i.als and~:¡tecliñp~i_~:~ wi th. yhe Al?gentin.es,.
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The p()ss.ibi1A.ty_ of ·S.qvi~~ ~tms ..§ª)!es and. train-

ing al so wa:s. 'd:íscu·s~eq .'~u~ipg: ªn; ·~:xchang.e· of ·
militC1ry·delégatioh$ las~ fali.
ha~,-·heen sl:'g#-~<!i- ·to. ~a:ll-ow soviet r:e-
A. p·ro'tic>col.
sear.ch on fishihq r:esQt,!tc·es iri ' Argentine
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waters.
Mbscow is süpp·~yir.g t~q!;m'ic:al e'~p~ertise for a
rnajor Argentín~ hydtoe:J.:gctric. project.
The ·two c(mri'e~;~$ have· ;~ijppot~~eg, each o.ther ±n
inte~natio~ªI {Qr\llll$ , ..wp_g.p~ ittney po:th :nav;~
· ·.·-· ··utré;i~Jt.9'on~.· :l)~~~J:l p11::~tici:t?m J9~ fiW!lan ·:rri~ht.~ .:_·
abus'e$ . · ·: .:. . · ·
., Th~ _USSR· .. als~ ~:t-IPPO~~s- :A-~g~n~;i:na: i.n ±~p:Ute• .·
l w1 th Ch1le ~over· tht: Beag_le GhaPJY~l. L____j ·? . 3:5(c)
: . , . The r.ela·taonsh•l;p. W~~h tihe:. SoY',tets' ·aJ,.lows AJ:'.<¡erit};na
·' ~o rdemonst:raté both itS ·:~ncreasilig' .Íhdepertdence ·and in-
ternat'ional sta~ure. (~.. also p~yi.des Bu:enos Aires an
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opp9ttun;i t:y to· •vent i 1:§'*~%~-t""r;it'á~#itl over· ·iJs·: hürnan-r.~ghts
and;~nuc"1ear-pro1ife·rat.ion .po~i~i:~·s '.and ;tl}e te:mninat.ion 3.5(c)
ó:f ·~ashington 's· mili-ta:;y :assist~_n.9.e' pro~~ams .
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·.. :.; · .....;. Mos.éow..' ~ _int~~.e~t;;,~~.!l· .·AZ::9.~~~tij.~,;.·l}as. :~lc-kened :.iil:i t.he

,: ·:.· · wake. ó'f :-:ehe us. grain:·eljili.'a:t';go. ·· ;I_t):lfr~<lqi:eíqP;!.··to ·secul}J..ng
access t.o Argentine gl;~fin and. dev·~}:c;>ping :t.rade ties, ·.t.he
USSR iE. trying ·to ex:P'l.Q!t ArgentJ·ne di!f~rences w{th ·the
·tinited ··S tates. Moscow,.'~s ~willing~ 'to. ·óve~look. Arg~ntina' s
rigpt.-w:ihg or:ieftta;t--ioil::,: .:~}:>~:cause( ij:.~,~~:&tep-:.)j~lationsl:lip
witp Büehós Aircé$· '\tlbul:dt:~<jJl.ve :- thé;:rS(;rY'±é,ts .. ii: ·f:oothol'át in
=~c!~lortañt cóühtrr i;~~~)tradi:t.~_~l'lál ú$''~_r>heré of. i-nflu-
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Institutionally, ¡\rgE¡!nt;tna ''f?, •!itil:L t.ª_ty gove.l7hment is

· ·' -~.trpngly a:nti-Communi~st:rana·, (&esp:l.~e t}J.e:,~a<:t~ t.hat .±'t. is
a, dictat.orship,. d:t clq~ely idehtffiés w:Lth 'Westerñ. democ•
rac~es. Buenó.s Aires ~ppears ea@x to expand and improve
íts relations with the U:J.SR, bu'tij; in out judgment, it has
z:o intez:tion of aliqnin~ ideólo~~l~all:y or ínilitarily wi th
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, Expahded relation~;:~~robabli;~i'li :Oet.~li:rnit~Q. l~rgely

t:o trade, anéi,. C;lespité ~Jnbalafi(;eljf, this, tij¡'ade can be .ex-
pecied- tó grow. 'the twg ;é:oüntries..r,eported1y are nego-
~:iatin~ a longo;;:t:e·rrñ. g~~~ey ag~~etrl~~:t: !~r. _~_;m:inirnurn. :,o_f;
s; rn:J.llJ.on· tons of. -gra·:rn;·¿ªnnu·a.l~;y ~o·+'. tp~ ~981-85 ;¡>·~.r1od·,
thus further tipping. th.~ t,rade ba:~·~nce--~¡_;r.eady '$3:sq rnil-
lioJ,'l in Argent,ina'.$ fay~i, · ·· · ·· 3.5(c) ..

. '+'P.~ ·sovié~g;·;. _,s;$ek~~g~: to"_.ré4#,~.ss tl).~~(:Ra'l'anc~:,·~ ,V?ill

~· .. t.ry t<\> -s~¡1 m<:?~~ J'b:ig· ~:i~~ét:-" it~m~ Jn 'tJ:i~·.Arg~ntiinE!·
•;. .rnarket,_ out proí:?ab~l:.y :witqoüt tnu~q-sy~~es§·~· ·: Tli~y, ,m'.l;gnt
· . suppl..y addi tional equipm~n·t ~Qr ·hydroél~~;t:ric power .in-
~tallations. T·he fishing protoc.Q~ al so ~-9~ld ben~fit
1ihe~, economically b:Y p~oy:i.,dim1 -tir~· opénin~( for a major
fiishing prógram i'r'i Ar.gerltihe' watérs. 'Tne: 'us·sR, 'ho:W,ever,
p:robaJ5l.y is willing to' ,eP:dure ªtt":;~dver~é .-tt:r:ade' bal'ance-
in ordér to preserve ac~e·ss tó si'zab1e qt'áin and m·eat
·s:upplies over t.he nex1:; f_ew yeª'rs.' 3.5(c) 1 1

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, .f't: fs unLbkel~ tha:~<tpe ·sQ"':i~·~s · wil.t. become a· key

.suppiier o.f rni.:l.-Ítary :Qa~~w:are., :h§.'':lever, b'~ca-use the_
Arg~n.tines .are wary o.f :pQ'litic;a,l:,s~ril19$ .:that rnight be
attached-. Nei:th.el7 a~e $lie Ar:gé_Jiltj.on.es li~~il.y to accep.t
t_:he Sovl..et. training nece~sary~ t~);' .:the ·us·~, :gf adv,apó~g
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