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AROUND THE WORLD; Guatemala Is Promised Civil Rule in '85
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President Efrain Rios Montt will hand over power to an elected Government in 1985, Foreign Minister Eduardo Castillo Arriola said Saturday.
The announcement came a day after the United States State Department, citing improvements toward protection of human rights in Guatemala, approved a $6 million request for military spare parts, ending a five-year embargo on arms shipments to this country.
Mr. Castillo Arriola said the aid ''may not have great significance because President Rios Montt has said that, more than guns, we need understanding of what Guatemala is, what it wants and the plan that the Government has for the nation.''
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