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...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 to give Buenos Aires in the way of military assistance. Washington sources say that Moscow has been giving the Argentines satellite data on the location of British ships for "some time," and there were unconfirmed reports last week that some 20 Soviet technicians were helping...
...vanilla suit and matching boots, he moved with the assurance of an athlete whose daily regimen includes whole-grain bread, no sugar, a two-hour workout and 45 daily vitamins. At 5 ft. 10 in. and 165 Ibs., Stallone appears slighter in person than he does on the screen. But on the slender legs of a runner resides the torso of Charles Atlas. His face is healthily gaunt: rosy but hollow cheeks guard the languid brown eyes. When the yellow cloth fell from the 8½-ft, $70,000 movie-prop bronze statue, Stallone gazed upon his features...
...season (a year for cotton, three to four years for sugar cane), was aimed at ensuring high production of two of the country's leading exports at a time of economic strain. But in a surprise move, D'Aubuisson's coalition broadened the exemption to include grain and cattle land as well...
Nevertheless, the current crisis could ease Argentina into closer ties with the Soviet Union, its No. 1 trading partner. To the dismay of the Carter Administration, the junta undermined the 1980 U.S. grain embargo against Moscow, and now sells 77% of Argentina's crop to the Soviets. "It is altogether possible that the Argentines may want to give the Soviets base rights," says Richard Helms, former director of the CIA. Even if it were to keep the Kremlin at arm's length, an Argentina humiliated by the outcome of the Falklands crisis could be dangerously destabilizing...
...that in turn could affect the course of events in Central America. Moreover, supporting Argentina may help Moscow mend fences with nations in the Third World, many of whom resented the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Most important of all, the Soviet Union needs Argentina's meat and grain exports to make up for a serious food shortage...