NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY CABLE FRIDAY APRIL 22, 1977[SANITIZED] - 1977/04/22

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• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
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• Publication Date: April 22, 1977

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ARGENTINA: Subversive Investigation
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ARGENTINA: Subversive Investigation
Prominent Argentine civilian and military leaders
are growing increasingly concerned about apparent links be-
tween the leftist Montoneros urban guerrillas and prominent
civilian businessmen, journalists, and officials of previous
governments.
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The most important issue appears to be the investi-
gation of-alleged connections between the Montoneros and the
family and associates of financier David Graiver. This case
apparently has important political implications. Hardliners
in the military can be expected to see in it the justification
they seek for the harsh anti-guerrilla measures they advocate.
Indeed, these officers may be pressing the investigation of
the Graiver case for precisely that reason.
The financier, who allegedly died last year, is said
to have handled the vast financial assets the Montoneros ac-
cumulated in ransom from kidnapings. A number of persons con-
nected in one way or another with Graiver have now come under
suspicion; at least a few of those implicated were minor offi-
cials of either the ousted Peronist administration or a past
military government.
At a time when the military government is claiming
substantial success against the guerrilla movement, the Graiver
affair will undoubtedly raise new fears that only the surface
has been scratched. Because it implicates individuals hereto-
fore not known to be involved with the left, the case could
set the stage for an escalation of tactics designed to ferret
out subversives among persons who otherwise might not have
come under suspicion.
The military unity that President Videla has care-
fully put together in recent months does not yet appear to be
in danger, but the investigation has the potential to put that
consensus to an early test by emboldening right-wing officers
who in recent weeks have muted their criticism.
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