WEEKLY REVIEW FEBRUARY 14, 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/02/14

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02898416
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 32
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 14, 1975

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Weekly Review
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The WEEKLY RE'VIEVV, Issued every Friday morning by the
Office of Cumnt IntellIgenle, reports and analyzes significant
developments of the week through noon on Thursday. It
frequently Includes material coordinated with or prepared by
the Office of Economic Research, the Office of Strategic
Research, end the Directorate of Science and Technology.
Topics requiring more con.preherl3ive treatment and therefore
published separately as Special Reports are listed in the
contents.
Warning Notice
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ARGENTINA: GUERRILLA SWEEP
After more than a year of resisting presi-
dential efforts to give the army a major role in the
CO unter-terrorist campaign, army commander
General Anaya is at last preparing to direct a
sweep on one of the guerrilla strongholds. The
.curnabout can probably be attributed to the mili-
tary's dissatisfaction with police ineffectiveness
and the conviction among army leaders that
public opinion now is prepared psychologically to
accept the fact that the police alone cannot stamp
out terrorism.
The first target of the army drive is in the
northwest province of Tucuman, where the
People's Revolutionary Army has its stronghold.
The guerrillas have long had the sympathy of
local workers in the depressed sugar industry, and
some of the principal training camps for the in-
surge:its are in the nearby mountains. Govern-
ment forces have attempted to destroy this guer-
rilla bastion before, but poor police and military
coordination, a failure to act promptly on intel-
ligence, and difficult mountain and jungle terrain
have hampered them.
The army reportedly now has learned the
location of key guerrilla encampments and hopes
to wipe them out. An active-duty military officer
is in charge of the local police force, and plans
have been under way for several months to launch
a large-scale assault. The army has little ex-
perience in counter-guerrilla warfare, however,
and is likely to be disappointed if it expects any
quick or decisive successes. Th2 guerrillas, wlio
are probably aware of the government prepoa-
tions for the offensive, may have taken steps to
elude the troops being sent into the region.
The People's Revolutionary Army, which
has suffered setbacks in Cordoba and elsewhere as
a result of the government crackdown, will prob-
ably have its activities in Tucuman disrupted by
the new campaign. Nevertheless, it can be
expected to react by stepping up terrorism in
Buenos Aires, where the police have been less
effective in dealing with the underground or-
ganizations.
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