CURRENT REPORTS May 1 1982 i I 1 o FALKLAND ISLANDS DISPUTE A Argentine Air Force r C ief of Staff Rules Out Preemptive Strike DC Air Force Chief of Staff Juan Garcia told Russer that --Argentina would not be the first to open tire --The Argentine military response would be graduated depending on the nature and scale of the British attack i --An attack onlPort Stanley airport would trigger a fullscale attack the British fleet 01 --Almost any e gagement was likely to lead to rapid escalation Garcia seemed to rule out a major preemptive strike against the British fleet and reiterated that the Argentine Government could not present a peace p an to its people that did not assure sovereignty over the Falklands He also said British commandos have landed On the islands and Argentine forces are attempting to locate them If the commandos succ ed in mingling with the local population measures to control the civtlians would be imposed Embassy Buenos Air s Comment That Argentina will not fire the first shot is the presen official line but there is considerable pressure from the ArgentinelNavy to attempt a major strike before all units tif the British task f9rce have reached the scene Furthermore a Foreign Ministry official has stated that if British vessels come too close to the islands Argentina would open fire CONFIDENTIAL EXDIS I o I B Argentine Naval Moves I EXDIS 3 ISRAEL A L r will Vote against Settlement Law Following a meeting with Prime Minister Begin yesterday Labor Party leader Peres said Labor would probably not go along with a government proposal forbidding evacuation of West Bank and Gaza settlements as part of a future peace agreement Labor opposes giving the government carte blanche to draw the future map of the West Bank and Gaza which would change Israei into a binational state without the consent of the people involved tabor will respond'to the government's proposal which will probabl be included in the Prime Minister's statement of policy rather than in draft legislation by opposing the dismantling of existing settlements and rejecting the establishment of new settlements in densely populated areas of the West Bank I ' Embassy Tel Aviv Cbmment A vote on the government's policy statement will probably come Monday or Tuesday Labor Party members will probably find it e sier to vote against the settlement measures since they are lumped t ether n the general policy statement The government is expected to prevail however regardless of how the opposition votes CONFIDENT AL B Israeli soldier Wounded in South'Lebanon I Israeli radio has reported and Embassy Tel Aviv has confirmed that an Israeli soldierl was wounded in Southern Lebanon when his jeep struck a land inel yesterday The Israeli newscas stated the mine was plantea by a errorist squad but the Israell Defense Forces o have not commented on this claim CONFIDENTIAL EXDISI