NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN FEBRUARY 1, 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/02/01

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02991986
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 1, 1975

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UNITED STATES
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National Intelligence
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ARGENTINA: Political tension increases. (Page 1)
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ARGENTINA
President Peron's decision to cut short her summer
vacation and return to Buenos Aires appears to confirm
rumors that political tensions have reached a disturbing
level.
Reports of military opposition to key presidential
adviser Lopez Rega, imminent shifts in the cabinet, and
growing conflicts between Peronist labor leaders and
the government are fueling widespread speculation that
a major confrontation is in the offing. With strong
opposition to Lopez Rega apparently forming among the
military, Peronist labor, and the opposition political
parties, Mrs. Peron will be under great pressure to cur-
tail his power. The strength of military and labor
sentiment to continue to support the President is not
clear, but they are the critical factors in determining
her continuance in office The fear that chaos would
develop should Mrs. Peron resign rather than bow on this
issue may counsel restraint on the part of Lopez Rega's
opponents.
Lopez Rega thus could ride out the storm. He has
had uncanny success in outsmarting his enemies in the
past. There is a possibility that some face-saving com-
promise could be effected to play down his role and quiet
his critics--at least temporarily.
Adding to the President's immediate problems--and
to the widespread mood of disquiet in the capital--is
a new ultimatum from leftist extremists. They are
threatening to conduct a campaign of "indiscriminate
execution" of government officials and Peronist leaders
unless the police show publicly by Sunday night that 19
captured guerrillas are still alive.
Earlier, the discovery of a bomb within the compound
of Mrs. Peron's beach resort reportedly caused her to
move to a nearby naval base before returning to the
capital.
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