WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 4 JANUARY 1978[SANITIZED] - 1978/01/04

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02596561
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• Document Page Count: 87
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: January 4, 1978

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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
Articles:
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Terrorism in Argentina on the Wane (Page 1)
Montonero Efforts to Help Former Argentine President
Leave the Country (Page 3)
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Terrorism in Argentina on the Wane
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18 January 1978
Over the past year the security situation in Argentina
has greatly improved. The best available estimates of
terrorist strength reflect 400-500 Montoneros, 70-100 People's
Revolutionary Army (ERP) and less than 20 Workers Power
Communist Organization (OCPO) members. The leadership of
both the Montoneros and the ERP is operating out of Europe
and the organizations are in disarray. The �CPO has not
engaged in terrorist activities recently and for the most
part its members are in deep hiding. Not long ago a cache
of arms belonging to the Marxist Leninist Communist Party
(PCML) was discovered in Mar Del Plata. However, �the PCML
has not been involved in significant terrorist activities
for over one and a half years.
The Montoneros represent the major terrorist threat.
They are operating principally in the southern part of
greater Buenos Aires, which includes the major industrial
w4�.." area. They have been trying to forge an identification with
dissatisfied workers and to capitalize on the harsh economic
situation. They have threatened business executives whose
companies have become involved in labor disputes or who have
laid off workers. To identify strongly with workers'
aspirations through attacks against management is, and will
continue to be, their main goal during this coming year.
The major limitation on Montonero terrorist activity
results from their depleted resources. They have suffered
major defections, in some cases of high ranking personnel.
Many of these defectors are collaborating with Argentine
security officials, making it very difficult for the Mon-
toneros to successfully conduct operations. The strongest
and largest Montonero column is column 25, which is operating
in the southern area of greater Buenos Aires. It has 60-80
members. This column received a serious setback in December
� when its leader, Raul Motola, was killed in a confrontation
with security forces. He was responsible for several
assassinations over the past couple of years and last October
concealed a bomb in a car which exploded in front of the
house of Eduardo Beach, an Argentine executive of Chrysler
Corporation. The detonation killed Beach's bodyguard and a
passerby. Two others were injured.
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The overall assessment by American officials on the
scene is that Argentina is safe for U.S. tourists and for
U.S. government officials coming on private visits. The
security situation has also improved for American business
personnel. They should be in no danger if they follow good
security practices, avoid publicity and if their companies
are not involved in any serious labor disputes.
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Montonero Efforts to Help Former Argentine President Leave
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the Montonero terrorist group intends to kidnap one or
more Argentine ambassadors assigned to Central American
posts. the Montoneros will use the
attack to force the exchange of the kidnaped ambassador or
ambassadors for Hector Campora, a former president of Argen-
tina, who has been living in the Mexican embassy in Buenos
Aires since the overthrow of the government by military
forces in March 1976. if the Monto-
neros are unable to carry out such a kidnaping, they intend
to attack and occupy an Argentine embassy in Central America.
Also during early January, a paid advertisement appeared
in the New York Times which charged that the current military
government in Argentina is violating international standards
by "illegally" denying Campora a safe conduct to leave the
Mexican embassy and subsequently Argentina. Under the
Argentine constitution, certain persons charged by the
government with political crimes may elect voluntary exile
abroad rather than serve time in prison. The ad states that
the international list of persons whose names appear as
signatories "publicly address the military junta demanding a
return of peace to Argentina through the effective enforcement
of the democratic rights and institutions." It calls for
safe conduct to be given to Campora "as a first and unavoid-
able step for the return of democracy to Argentina."
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