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...alarming corollary of anti-U.S. feeling is a possible swing by Argentina to the Soviet bloc for future aid, as absurd as that seems for a staunchly anti-Communist regime. After a 30-minute meeting with President Leopoldo Fortunate Galtieri last week, Soviet Ambassador Sergei Striganov expressed Moscow's "sympathy with the Argentine people's hard fight against British imperialism." Galtieri later said that he would accept "any hand that is offered" to aid his country. It was unclear just what the Soviets, who bought 75% of Argentina's grain exports last year, were prepared...
...warm ecumenical dispositions, the pretrip jitters about security and the ticklish wartime atmosphere quickly subsided. Britons took no perceptible offense at the Pope's plan to fly to Argentina this Friday, though perhaps he should anticipate some British grumbling when he shakes the hand of General Leopoldo Galtieri, with whom he is expected to meet. A session with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had been canceled to point up the nonpolitical nature of the Pope's British tour...
...border dispute with Argentina over ownership of the Beagle Channel islands, an area that is, if possible, even more remote than the Falklands. According to church sources, a settlement proposed by a Vatican mediator has been accepted by the government of Chile, but not by that of Argentina. The Galtieri government's refusal had prompted John Paul to spurn the pleas of Argentine bishops for a papal visit, until the fast-moving developments of the past few weeks changed his mind...
...another attempt to provide a moderating influence was made by Pope John Paul II. On the eve of a long-scheduled six-day visit to Britain, the Pontiff announced that he would also visit staunchly Roman Catholic Argentina. In a letter to President Galtieri, John Paul promised that his British visit would be "an incessant prayer in favor of peace...
...being completely confident of her position, completely in command of herself. The personal traits that have made her so many political enemies?her combative nature, her refusal to bend to indecision or doubt?had singularly suited her to fulfilling the role of a wartime Prime Minister. General Galtieri may look haggard and Foreign Secretary Pym troubled, but Thatcher, close up, showed not a bit of strain. Her firm, clear voice ringing through the House of Commons, she defended her position while f the rows of Tories behind her rumbled their approval...