SECRET PAGE 01 BUENOS ACTION NODS-OO INFO OCT-OO 02103 081807Z UNCLASSIFIED E17 RELEASED IN FULL ADS-OO 000 W ------------------067636 o 081658Z APR 82 ZFF-6 FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES TO AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE INFO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 3122 THE WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE SEC RET BUENOS AIRES 2103 NODIS FOR ENDERS 081809Z 46 DECAPTIONED E O 12065 RDS-3 4 8 2002 SHLAUDEMAN HARRY W OR-A TAGS AR UK FA SUBJECT FALKLAND ISLAND DISPUTE REF STATE 093478 1 SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT 2 I WILL PASS ALONG THE MESSAGE TO GALTIERI 3 NEGOTIATIONS UNDER SECRETARY ROS CALLED ME IN THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECRETARYIS VISIT HE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE HARSH STATEMENTS COMING OUT OF LONDON AND SAID THESE WOULD MAKE NEGOTIATIONS MORE DIFFICULT WITH RESPECT TO THE BRITISH POSITION THAT THERE CAN BE NO MEDIATION OR NEGOTIATION UNTIL THE ARGENTINES WITHDRAW FROM THE ISLANDS ROS SAID IT WOULD SEEM MORE APPROPRIATE TO TALK OF ACCOMPLISHING THE TWO PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES OF THE UNSC RESOLUTION SIMULTANEOUSLY n I E THE ARGENTINES TO WITHDRAW THEIR MILITARY FORCES AND THE BRITISH TO TURN THEIR FLEET BACK AT THE SAME SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BUENOS 02103 081807Z TIME ROS SAID THIS WAS STRICTLY A PERSONAL REFLECTION HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY WANTS AND HAS ALWAYS WANTED A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY OSCARJ OLSON DATE CASE ID 26 APR 2007 200601451 UNCLASSIFIED 4 THE PROBLEM IS THAT ROS AND COSTA MENDEZ DO NOT SPEAK FOR THE NAVY WE ARE GETTING ULTRA-TOUGH SOUNDS OUT OF THAT QUARTER INCLUDING STATEMENTS THAT THE SECRETARY SHOULD NOT COME HERE BECAUSE ALL HE WILL BE DOING IS CARRYING THE CAMPAIGN OF PRESSURE AND DISINFORMATION THE NAVY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ADMIRAL GIRLING HAS BEEN CONDUCTING AGAINST US FROM THE OUTSET BUT FEELINGS ARE RUNNING HIGH IN THE NAVY ONE BITTER COMPLAINT FOR THE MARINE BRANCH OF THAT SERVICE IS THAT THE COMMANDOS FAILED TO VE COMPLETE SURPRISE AND THUS TOOK CASUALTIES IN THEIR MALVINAS LANDING BECAUSE WE HAD GIVEN THE BRITISH ADVANCE INTELLIGENCE OBTAINED BY SATELLITE OUR CURRENT IMPRESSION IS THAT THE OTHER TWO SERVICES ARE MORE FLEXIBLE 5 IN THE EVENT THERE IS ANYTHING MORE TO CONVEY I AM SEEING COSTA MENDEZ AT 1700 HOURS LOCAL TIME TO DISCUSS FURTHER THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY'S STAY HERE SHLAUDEMAN UNCLASSIFIED SECRET NN UNCLASSIFIED