ATTEMPT BY PERONIST MONTONERO MOVEMENT TO ARRANGE MEETING WITH SECRETARY VANCE DURING HIS VISIT TO MEXICO - 1978/04/27

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: BUENOS AIRES
• Keywords: GLOBAL PROVISIONS
• Keywords: MEXICO
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01135644
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: April 27, 1978

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INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SS-15 SP-02 INR-10 HA-05 NSC-05
CIAE-00 /052 W
P 272037Z APR 78
FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9859
AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY
S E CA E T MEXICO 06979
074884 272237Z /64 S
EO 11652: GDS
TAGS: OVIP, MX, PINS, AR (VANCE, CYRUS)
SUBJECT: ATTEMPT BY PERONIST MONTONERO MOVEMENT TO
ARRANGE MEETING WITH SECRETARY VANCE DURING HIS VISIT
TO MEXICO
1. EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DR. RICARDO A.
OBREGON CANO REQUESTING THAT HE AND AN ASSOCIATE, DR.
JOSE CARLOS ESCUDERO, BE PERMITTED TO MEET WITH
SECRETARY VANCE DURING THE SECRETARY'S UPCOMING VISIT
TO MEXICO. DR. OBREGON WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS,
BEGIN QUOTE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN ARGENTINA, THE
DETERIORATING ECONOMIC SITUATION, AND THE SIGNS OF
DISINTEGRXTION OF THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA IN ARGEN-
TINA END QUOTE. EMBASSY IS NOT SUGGESTING REQUEST BE
GRANTED, BUT COULD USE DEPT. GUIDANCE AS TO TERMS OF
RESPONSE.
2. OBREGON IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE PERONIST MON-
TONERO MOVEMENT COMMUNITY OF MEXICO. HE HAS BEEN A
PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL LEGISLATOR, A MINISTER OF EDU-
CATION AND JUSTICE IN THE ARGENTINE STATE GOVERNMENT OF
CORDOBA, AND GOVERNOR OF CORDOBA. HE HAS APPARENTLY'
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LIVED IN MEXICO FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS. DR. ESCUDERO
IS ANOTHER MEMBER OF HE ARGENTINIAN COMMUNITY OF
MEXICO.
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F--- ITHE CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO APPROACHED THE GOM7-1
ON BEHALF OF THE PERONIST MONTONERO MOVEMENT IN JAN.
1978, IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENLIST MEXICAN PRESIDENT JOSE
LOPEZ PORTILLO TO ACT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE MON-
TONEROS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE U.S. THE GOM REJECTED
THIS REQUEST. THE MOVEMENT HAS NOT MADE ANY PRIOR
ATTEMPT TO CONTACT EMBASSY OFFICIALS DIRECTLY BUT
OBREGON'S LETTER APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO
ESTABLISH SOME OFFICIAL CONTACT.
4. THE MONTONEROS ARE PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN MEXICO BY
THE GOM AND OPERATE WITHIN TOLERABLE LIMITS, BUT THEY
PROJECT A VERY LOW PROFILE AND OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTAND THAT
THEIR MEXICAN HOSTS WOULD NOT TAKE KINDLY TO ANY
INCIDENT WHICH COULD PROVE EMBARRASSING TO THE GOM,
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF RECENT MEXICAN ATTEMPTS TO
IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA. THERE ARE NO REPORTS
THAT ANY TERRORIST ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED
THROUGH THE MONTONEROS RESIDENT IN MEXICO. THE EMBASSY
DOES NOT CONSIDER THE MONTONEROS TO BE A PHYSICAL THREAT
TO THE SECRETARY BUT WE HAVE TAKEN THE PRECAUTION OF
ALERTING RSO. LUCEY
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