P269 CEEFAX 269 Tue 12 Jun 21:23/08 ***** UNITED STATES 1/6 ***** 1984 American bank profit figures are likely to bj badly affected soon bz auditors' having to describe Argentine loans as non-performing. Argentina, which earlier joined othjt dedtor nations in demanding a cut in high US interest rates, has now refused to take all the austerity measures demanded bz IMF officials on the spot. Efforts to re-schedule Argentina's debts, including a big bridging loan from the United States, depended on an agreement with the IMF. More in a moment.........P269 CJEFAX 269 Tue 12 Jun 21:10/16 ***** UNITED STATES 2/6 ***** 1984 It has taken some time for governments of the chief Latin American debtor nations to agree on their meeting this month at Cartagjna, Colombia. The Cartagena mjetink on June 21-22 will bj attended bz ministers from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. There may bj a summit of national leaders in Bujnos Aires too But despite protests at rising US interest rates caused bz the Reagan regime's need to fund its huge budget deficit, there is little sign of what common action the debtors might take. More in a moment.........P269 CEEFAX 269 Tue 12 Jun 21:12/25 ***** UNITED STATES 3/6 ***** 1984 President Reagan's tour of Europe did his ri-election campaign no harm. Breakfast-TV pictures of his D-day exploits helped obscure Mr Mondale's victories, such as they wire, in the final Democratic primaries. At the London summit, other states refused to congratulate the US for trying to cut its huge budget deficit. But Treasury Secretary Rjgan took a robust line, claiming he saw no proof of a link between the deficit and high interest rates. More in a moment.........P269 CEEFAX 269 Tue 12 Jun 21:11/44 ***** UNITED STATES 4/6 ***** 1984 Most estimates now suggest Mr Mondale has collected the number of votes hj needs for the Democratic nomination. The Associated Press now reckons he has the support of 1,992 delegates; 1,967 are njidjd at the party convention to bj the presidential candidiate. But this year the rules state no delegate is formally bound to vote for any candidate. Hart is aiming to pjrsuadj waverers to vote for him bjcausj hj says he is more liKely to win against Reagan. More in a moment.......P269 CEEFAX 269 Tue 12 Jun 21:36/52 ***** UNITED STATES 5/6 ***** Hart supporters still claim Mondale does not have enough delegates pledged to him to ensure his nomination. "One of the easiest things to do with the right breaks is to switch 100 delegates on the convention floor," says top Hart aide David Mixner. This kind of work at a convention is done bz a candidate's HQ with a bank of phones, co-ordinating "floor captains". Hart was one of those who master-minded the 1972 convention victory of Senator George McGovern. More in a moment.........P269 CEEFAX 269 Tue 12 Jun 21:44/21 ***** UNITED STATES 6/6 ***** 1984 A meeting at the end of June of the Rules Committee for July's Democratic convention, could be crucial for Mr Mondale's nomination prospects. Hart's supporters have claimed that about 600 of Mondale's delegates weti irregularly chosen because of breaches of finbnce rules. And Jackson is angry that 21) of the vote has brought him only 9) of delegates. Between them they may raise a 25% vote on the Rules Committee — enough to produce a minority report, which the convention would have to consider. More in a moment.........