BAFO 008/23 00 FCO 00 PORT STANLEY - 414 (5 4 0/ e_e 1 +1 Q.W.S , PS PriL.P3 GPS 420 afrir441„_A UNCLASSIFIED PSI' tit L...4.A• Cot FM BUENOS AIRES 23/1510Z MAR 82 17 s1Pus TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 90 OF 23 MARCH 1982 r tftct.4 01 rlr totouot • AND TO IMMEDIATE PORT STANLEY +41.to ),Ip c.c..b. 061 SOUTH GEORGIA : ARGENTINE PRESS TREATMENT THE ILLEGAL LANDING IN SOUTH GEORGIA IS GIVEN HEADLINE TREAT- MENT IN TODAY'S LOCAL PRESS. THE TONE VARIES FROM THE FACTUAL (FCO NEWS DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT OF 22 MARCH IS WIDELY REPRODUCED, AS IS A TERSE STATEMENT ISSUED HERE BY THE MFA LAST NIGHT (SEE BELOW) TO THE HYSTERICAL, AND SOME NEWSPAPERS MAKE CONSIDERA3LE PLAY OF AN-ALLEGED ATTACK ON THE LADE OFFICE IN PORT STANLEY. THE 710RE RESPONSIBLE NEWSPAPERS REFER TO THE LANDING MERELY AS QUOTE INCIDENT UNQUOTE, BUT AT THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE, CLARIN'S HEADLINE READS QUOTE SYMBOLIC OCCUPATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA : ARGENTINE GROUP RAISES NATIONAL FLAG, SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM, THEN DEPARTS UNQUOTE (ITS TEXT ATTRIBUTES THE FLAG INCIDENT SPECIFI- CALLY TO 14 CREW MEMBERS OF THE BAHIA BUEN SUCESO), WHILE CRONICA'S READS QUOTE BARBAROUS PPIRATICAL REACTION : LADE OFFICES ATTACKED UNQUOTE. ALL REPORT THAT THE BAHIA BUEN SUCESO HAS LEFT SOUTH GEORGIA, BUT SOME ALSO QUOTE MFA SOURCES AS CONFIRMING THAT SOME TECHNICAL PERSONNEL STILL REMAIN AT LEITH. THE MFA STATEMENT READS (IN OUR TRANSLATION) AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT CONCERNS THE PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE FOREIGN OFFICE ON 22 MARCH.
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BAFO 008/23
00 FCO
00 PORT STANLEY
-
414(540/ e_e1+1 Q.W.S ,
PSPriL.P3
GPS 420 afrir441„_AUNCLASSIFIED PSI'titL...4.A• CotFM BUENOSAIRES 23/1510Z MAR 82
17s1PusTO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 90 OF 23 MARCH 1982 r tftct.4 01rlr totouot •AND TO IMMEDIATE PORT STANLEY
+41.to ),Ip c.c..b. 061
SOUTH GEORGIA : ARGENTINE PRESS TREATMENT
THE ILLEGAL LANDING IN SOUTH GEORGIA IS GIVEN HEADLINE TREAT-
MENT IN TODAY'S LOCAL PRESS. THE TONE VARIES FROM THE FACTUAL
(FCO NEWS DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT OF 22 MARCH IS WIDELY REPRODUCED,
AS IS A TERSE STATEMENT ISSUED HERE BY THE MFA LAST NIGHT (SEE
BELOW) TO THE HYSTERICAL, AND SOME NEWSPAPERS MAKE CONSIDERA3LE PLAY
OF AN-ALLEGED ATTACK ON THE LADE OFFICE IN PORT STANLEY. THE 710RE
RESPONSIBLE NEWSPAPERS REFER TO THE LANDING MERELY AS QUOTE
INCIDENT UNQUOTE, BUT AT THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE, CLARIN'S
HEADLINE READS QUOTE SYMBOLIC OCCUPATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA :
ARGENTINE GROUP RAISES NATIONAL FLAG, SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM, THEN
DEPARTS UNQUOTE (ITS TEXT ATTRIBUTES THE FLAG INCIDENT SPECIFI-
CALLY TO 14 CREW MEMBERS OF THE BAHIA BUEN SUCESO), WHILE CRONICA'S
READS QUOTE BARBAROUS PPIRATICAL REACTION : LADE OFFICES
ATTACKED UNQUOTE. ALL REPORT THAT THE BAHIA BUEN SUCESO HAS LEFT
SOUTH GEORGIA, BUT SOME ALSO QUOTE MFA SOURCES AS CONFIRMING THAT
SOME TECHNICAL PERSONNEL STILL REMAIN AT LEITH.
THE MFA STATEMENT READS (IN OUR TRANSLATION) AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT CONCERNS THE PRESS STATEMENT ISSUEDBY THE FOREIGN OFFICE ON 22 MARCH.
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