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Press, 2 June 1982, Page 8

Cable briefs

Argentinian accused An Argentine businessman has been charged with the attempted murder of two British soldiers after tne shooting which wounded one of them outside a Zimbabwe nightclub. A spokesman for the Harare Magistrate's Court said Orlando Mendez was accused of opening fire on the Britons from his car after an argument over the Falkland Islands conflict.— Harare.' ‘ Soviet backing The Argentine President (General Leopoldo Galtieri) has received the Soviet Ambassador to Argentina (Mr Sergei Striganov) for the first time since the Falklands invasion on April 2. The Soviet envoy said afterwards that he told. General Galtieri the Soviet; Union .sympathised with Argentina's fight against “British imperialist attempts." He declined to comment on whether the Soviet Union would give aid to Argentina.-Buenos Aires. Rules examined Official British policy on the burial of servicemen killed in action may change after expressions of dismav by families of men killed alGoose Green in the Falklands because their bodies are not being brought’ home:.( There were discussions' among service chiefs and officials of the adequacy of existing guidelines for . military burials. Under these 12 soldiers killed at Goose ' Green and Darwin were., buried in a communal grave . on a hillside overlooking San. Carlos Bay.-London. ' P.N.G. protests Papua New Guinea's Ambassador to Indonesia (Mr Benson Gegeyo) has been, recalled from Jakarta for top-level briefings and instructions after a spate of recent border crossings by armed Indonesian troops.. P.N.G.'s Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister (Mr Noel Levi) said last Friday that the border incursions had "the potential to severely damage relations" between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. It is believed in Port ■ Moresby that tour separate crossings in West Sepik province between May 14 and' last Thursday were aimed at securing the release of hostages being held in secret border-area camps by guerrillas opposed to Indonesia's sovereignty over Irian Jaya.-Port Moresby.