[SANITIZED]WESTERN HEMISPHERE BRIEF 032-75-Y - 1975/02/28

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02693092
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 34
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 28, 1975

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//ARGENTINA: THE ARGENTINE GUERRILLAS WHO KIDNAPED THE
HONORARY US CONSUL IN CORDOBA ARE THREATENING TO KILL HIM UNLESS
THE GOVERNMENT SHOWS THAT FOUR LEFTIST PRISONERS ARE ALIVE. THE
GUERRILLAS SET A DEADLINE OF 6 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 28.//Y
//LAST MONTH, ANOTHER TERRORIST GROUP GAVE PRESIDENT PERON
72 HOURS TO PROVE THAT 16 LEFTIST PRISONERS WERE ALIVE AND WELL.
IN THAT CASE, THE THREAT WAS TO KILL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AT
RANDOM. PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME BUT NOT ALL OF THE PRISONERS WERI:
PUBLISHED, AND THE TERRORISTS WERE APPARENTLY SATISFIED.//Y
//FEDERAL POLICE OFFICIALS DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR SERVICE
IS HOLDING ANY OF THE PRISONERS AND TWO OF THE MEN MAY HAVE BEEN
KILLED BY PROVINCIAL POLICE IN CORDOBA ON SEPTEMBER 24.//Y
//ON FEBRUARY 27, SECURITY FORCES ARRESTED A PHYSICIAN
WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE ABDUCTION TEAM; HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOCATE
THE "PEOPLES PRISON" WHERE THE CONSUL IS BEING HELD.//Y
//BY PERIODiCALLY DEMANDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOW
PRISONERS, THE TERRORIST MAY HOPE TO PREVENT SECURITY FORCES FROM
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