Washington (USA): Press conference of the President of the Argentine Republic, Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla, where he states: "At the level of the most concrete facts, this circumstance has allowed me to make direct contact with various of the Latin American leaders. Yesterday, fundamentally, with the President of Costa Rica we have discussed issues of common interest. We have discussed the next coverage of our ambassador who was absent there, but is appointed. We have discussed that the delay was responding to really looking for a man to represent us and I think he represents you as well; it was precisely for my consideration that in addition to being a skilled politician he is an excellent press man, and for a democratic country like Costa Rica we understand that he is a good choice of the ambassador we have there. I had the opportunity today to hold an interview with the President of Colombia, to whom we owed to some extent this presence as cons It is often because it is one of the few Latin American countries that I cannot visit for reasons of time. The interview was also cordial, of course, and allowed us to discuss issues of common concern. Perhaps these are the two interviews, the ones that more specifically may have allowed me to try to understand the situation in Argentina through direct knowledge of which is our reality in the face of a distorted image that sometimes appears in our country . In that sense, I am optimistic about having met that goal. And there is certainly the expectation of all, of the interview that I will have tomorrow, at 9 in the morning, with President Carter. Above all I would like to be cautious in the sense that this interview is transcendent, but I understand that a high-sounding result cannot be expected from it; you cannot expect from her a vote of applause, a vote of repudiation. From this interview, one can expect if a dialogue between two men of good will who want to know each other in order to better understand each other, and to better attend to the relationship between the two countries. If that objective is achieved, I believe that we will not have disappointed the open expectation. Whoever thought more than that, exaggerated the note. Whoever thought less of that was a pessimist. "The journalist Sergio Villaroel then asked the following question: -Mr. President, we understand that you were also in the US Congress today, in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; an evaluation of yours or a reflection regarding the terms in which that interview took place? (Magnetic / Color / Ambient Sound)
Date: 6/9/1977
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds
Film Code: D-00020

Copyright DiFilm Archive - Archive material inquiries
difilm.info@gmail.com - http://www.difilm-argentina.com
More videos and information at: https://www.facebook.com/difilm or Follow us at: https://twitter.com/archivodifilm