EUROPEAN BRIEF 13 FEBRUARY 1980[SANITIZED] - 1980/02/14

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: CHILE III
• Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Keywords: PINOCHET
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00286559
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 14, 1980

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. ji 3; INTERNATIONAL:. //I9TIAL.REAOTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE'S THIRD'ANNUAL REPORT. ON WORLDW/DE HUMAN RIGHTS
PRACTICES HAVE BEEN MODERATE.//(C NF) ' i�
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yimANY COUNTRIES SEEM RESIGNED TO THE YEARLY "SCORE�
' CARD"' WHILE OTHERS HAVE TRIED,OVER THE LAST THREE.YEARS TO
IMPROVEiTHEIR.1MAGE. :ARGENTINE PRESIDENT VIDELA, WHO BELIEVES
THAT4THE REPORT REFLECTED PROGRESS IN HIS COUNe-
TRYI;ONHUHAN RIGHTS, AUTHORIZED THE TRANSLATION; AND fi
POBLiCATION OF THE SECTION'pN'RGENT1NA.IN ALL LOCAL ;
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1/THE BRAZILIANIGOVERNMENT,: REITERATING THE POSITION
tioiooPTEO!LAsT YEAR, s4ID.THATAIwbuLD TAKE NO OFFICIAL'
'NOTICEOF A FOREIGN REPORT:THAT-DEALT WITH THE COUNTRY'S
INTERMit AFFAIRS. BRAZILIAN PRESS ACCOUNTS OF THE,
REPORITENDED'TO EMPHASIZE THE GENERALLY POSITIVE THRUST
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//IN CHILER,MEDIA!REACTION WAS LOW.KEY, WITH ONEI
GOVERNMENT�OwNED NEWSpAPER'CHARACTERIZING THE OVERALL,
REPORTIAS "OPTIMISTIC."!LAIGOVERNMENT OFFICIAL,' HOWEVER,
ASSERTED THAT THE REPORTLWOULO STRENGTHEN THOSE; FORCES! .
'ARGUING AGAINST IMPROVING�RELATIONS WITH THE US://(C NF)
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