[SANITIZED]ARGENTINA: ARMED FORCES LEANING TOWARD A MORE ACTIVE ROLE AS A POWER BROKER IN ARGENTINE POLITICS - 1975/01/03

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02693069
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• Document Page Count: 33
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: January 3, 1975

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3. //ARIGENTINA: THE ARMED FORCES ARE LEANING TOWARD
A MORE ACTIVE ROLE AS A POWER BROKER IN ARGENTINE POLITICS.
INCREASING POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY SOME MILITARY LEADERS AND
THE CONTINUING SUCCESS OF THE ARMY-SUPPORTED COUNTERTERRORIST
CAMPAIGN REPORTEDLY ARE THE MAJOR REASONS FOR THIS. A COUP
IS OUT OF THE QUESTION, BUT THE ARMY IS SAID TO BE RE-EVALUATING
ITS ROLE IN THE GOVERNMENT. PRESIDENT PERON IS GRADUALLY
BECOMING MORE ACCEPTABLE TO MILITARY LEADERS, BUT THEY ARE
GROWING MORE CRITICAL OF THE ROLE OF POWERFUL SOCIAL WELFARE
MINISTER LOPEZ REGA, WHO IS ALSO MRS. PERON'S PRIVATE
SECRETARY AND MENTOR. MILITARY CRITICS CONTEND THAT MRS.
PERON CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT HIM, PROVIDING SHE HAS THE ACTIVE
SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY AND LABOR. THE MILITARY HAS INCREASED
INFORMAL CONTACTS WITH KEY LABOR LEADERS RECENTLY, APPARENTLY
IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF EXTREMISTS IN THE
LABOR MOVEMENT AND TO ENHANCE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO
POWER FECTORS--THE STRONGEST IN THE COUNTRY. MEANWHILE, THE
TERRORISTS ARE ON THE DEFENSIVE AND REPORTEDLY PLANNING TO
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