ARG 54 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS OF A SPECIAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING - 1980/01/22

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January 22, 1980
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Approved for Release: 2018/09/20 C06592926 Approved for Release: 2018/09/20 C06592926 NR 3.5(c) EO 13526 3.5(c) MD 3.5(c) .SECRET Approved for Release: 2018/09/20 C06592926 #6 57/1 � SPECIAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING Time and Place: 9:00 - Subject: Participants: January 22, 1980 9:45 a.m., White House Situation Room State Deputy Secretary Christopher David Newsom Harold Saunders Defense Secretary Harold Brown Graham Claytor CIA Admiral Turner Frank Carlucci JCS General David Jones Lt. General John Pustay COmitted here is material unrelated to Argentina. zwaouls; \ Argentina, Vice President's Office Denis Clift White House David Aaron Hedley Donovan Hamilton Jordan (briefly) Lloyd Cutler NSC William Odom Gary Sick Thomas Thornton Approved for Release: 2018/09/20 C06592926 NR SE Approved for Release: 2018/09/20 C06592926 -2- a e gentma. fk� Niz 7. Argentina. General Goodpaster has agreed to, go to Argentina tonight:4- He will have a heavy series of briefings at V� State and the White House today. Mr. Claytor said that a finding that Argentina had made substantial progress on human rights (in connection with the Kennedy Amendment) would be extremely helpful. Others noted that, the Kennedy Amendment merely established a deadline (October 1, 1978) for Argentinian performance on human rights but indicated no relief for subsequent improvement. Mr. Newsom noted that this amendment would be much harder to lift than the Symington Amendment on Pakistan. The Argentinian record is still very bad, and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission report which is coming out soon will be extremely derogatory. Mr. Aaron said that General Goodpaster must have something to encourage the Argentines to be helpful. The instructions for his trip are bein - drafted and will be reviewed this afternoOliN State will take a TIC:F1r look at the legislation. We are prepared to be helpful to Argentina with respect to the UN Human Rights Commissiciff:N 3._5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/09/20 C06592926