UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 BUENOS ACTION NODS-OO INFO OCT-OO 02640 300558Z E65 RELEASED IN FULL ADS-OO AS-01 NSCE-OO 000 W ------------------107572 300646Z 12 Z 300527Z APR 82 ZFF4 FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES TO SECSTATE WASHDC FLASH 3485 SEC RET BUENOS AIRES 2640 NODIS DECAPTIONED E O 12065 RDS-2 4 30 02 SHLAUDEMAN HARRY W OR-M TAGS PBOR MILl UK FA AR SUBJ FALKLANDS CRISIS RESPECTlVE US MEASURES REF GILLESPIE KING SECURE TELEPHONE CALL 1 SECRET ENTIRE TEXT 2 FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF SUBJECT PHONE CALL I ASKED TO SEE PRESIDENT GALTIERI AND WAS RECEIVED AT MIDNIGHT ARMA ACCOMPANIED ME AS HE HAS THROUGHOUT THESE-CRITICAL MEETINGS- -' - _ '2 I TOLD GALTIERTTHAT WECAME WIT HOUT INSTRUCTIONS AND WITHTHR 'ONLY RUPOSE OE SEEING WHAT'WE COULD DO TO HEAD OFF A FATAL CONFRONTATIOR I POINTED OUT TO THE PRESIDENT THAT WE HAD- NOT RECEIVED AN ADEQUATE'RESPONSE TO OUR PROPOSAL AND THAT WE WOULD ANNOUNCE TOMORROW SEVERAL MEASURES AGAINST ARGENTINA DURING MORE THAN AN HOUR'S CONVERSATION HE DEMONSTRATED NO GIVE WHATSOEVER ON THE PROPOSAL _ - - r t o o I ''''' 3 I REPEATEDLY' ASKED HIM WHAT HE SAW AS A WAY OUT OF THIS IMPASSE HIS RESPONSE WAS AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A STAND DOWN TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEGOTIATIONS I JUST AS REPEATEDLY POINTED OUT SECRET PAGE 02 BUENOS 02640 300558Z' TO HIM THAT SUCH A BACK OFF WOULD GIVE ARGENTINA THE VICTORY IT SOUGHT 4 AT'THE END OF OUR CONVERSATION AND ON MY OWN INITIATIVE I SUGGESTED TO GALTIERI THAT THE GOA MIGHT ANNOUNCE UNILATERALLY A WITHDRAWAL OF ITS TROOPS FROM THE MALVINAS AS A FIRST STEP TOWARD A PEACEFUL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ALAN H FLANIGAN DATE CASE In 26 MAR 2007 200601451 UNCLASSIFIED t --i UNCLASSIFIED SOLUTION AND AS A GESTURE OF GOOD FAITH HE SEEMED TO TAKE THIS SUGGESTION SERIOUSLY WROTE IT DOWN BUT SAID AGAIN AS HE HAD SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THAT HE WAS ONLY ONE OF THREE WHO MADE THESE DECISIONS 5 I RECOMMEND MOST STRONGLY THAT WE NOTAT NOT ANNOUNCE THE MEASURES CONTEMPLATED UNTIL I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP WITH GALTIERI TOMORROW MORNING I THINK THERE IS STILL A CHANCE ALTHOUGH A SLIGHT ONE THAT WE CAN HOLD THESE PEOPLE OFF 6 BOTH ARMA AND I AND GALTIERI PARTICULARLY LISTENED TO THE FORMER BORE DOWN VERY HEAVILY ON THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR ARGENTINA NOT REPEAT NOT TO TAKE THE FIRST OFFENSIVE ACTION GALTIERI SAID THAT HE HAD ALREADY STOPPED SUCH ACTIONS THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT INDICATED THAT HE COULD NOT DO SO FOR MUCH LONGER HE MADE A POINT AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THE NAVY IS HUNGRY FOR ACTION HE ALSO SAID THAT THE ARGENTINES PLAN TO RE-SUPPLY THE ISLANDS TOMORROW APRIL 30 BY AIR ESCORTED BY MILITARY AIR CRAFT 7 GALTIERI SEEMED TO ME AND TO ARMA ANXIOUS TO FIND A WAY OUT WITHIN THE VERY TIGHT CONSTRAINTS IN WHICH HE OPERATES l HE SAi D AGAIN THAT ARGENTINA SECRET ' i ' ' ' WOULD NOT BE THE'FIRSTONE TO FIRE AND EMPHASIZED TO US THAT HE HAS SPENT CONSIDERABLE POLITICAL CAPITAL IN PREVENTING THE ARGENTINE ARMED FORCES FROM GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE HE CLOSED THE CONVERSATION BY PROMISING TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUGH WITH ME PARTICULARLY ON THE IDEA OF A UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL FROM THE MALVINAS I THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH TO HIM AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER HIM A LITTLE TIME THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD SHLAUDEMAN SECRET NN END OF DOCUMENT UNCLASSIFIED