CONGRESSMEN CALL ON NEWSPAPER EDITOR JACOBO TIMERMAN - 1985/06/03

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626786
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: June 3, 1985

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Congressmen call call on newspaper editor Jacobo Timerman
Congresswoman and Mr. Schroeder, Congressman Conyers, and
an embassy political officer called on daily "La Razon" managing
director Jacobo Timerman on May 30. Timerman gave an optimistic
briefing on the chances for democracy to take root during the
Alfonsin Administration, noting that Alfonsin is the strongest
civilian president to hold that office in the 62 years of
Timerman's life. Timerman also believes that the current recession
in ARgentina, serious though it is, will not provoke a coup by
the military, partly because there is no "new Peron" around whom
the military can unite. Timerman also said that he had recommended
to Alfonsin that the latter replace Argentina's current ambassador
to the U.S. with someone who will deal with sectors of the U.S.
other than the State Department, such as the Congress, the press,
the foundations, etc. He cited as an example a University of
(v ef)
Buenos AiresAdean who went to the U.S., presented his case to a
foundation, and got the money he needed for a project at UBA
that he had been unable to get in Argentina. That, Timerman said,
was the kind of activist ambassador Argentina needs in Washington.
Timerman claimed that Alfonsin was looking for such a replacement.
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