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Argentina: USE Buenos Aires telegram to State Department ("Galtieri trip to US gets major attention") [heavy press coverage of Galtieri visit to Washington, including "favourable post-lunch comments" on him by Weinberger and Allen ('majestic presence')] [declassified May 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: State Department Electronic Reading Room
Editorial comments:

1545Z. National Security Adviser Dick Allen told the press he found Galtieri a "majestic presence".

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Defence (general), Defence (Falklands)