NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY MONDAY JUNE 21, 1976[SANITIZED] - 1976/06/21

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02997923
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: June 21, 1976

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The
National Intelligence
Daily
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Published by the Director of Central Intelligence for Named Principals Only
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MONDAY JUNE 21, 1976
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 145
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2 MONDAY JUNE 21, 1976
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THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY
Argentina: Criticism of Videla
Indications of dissatisfaction in the
Argentine military with President Videla
are becoming more prevalent, but there is
as yet no concerted effort to drive him
from office.
Some of the criticism of the President
and his advisers is probably little more
than routine carping. Some of it, however,
reflects a fundamental difference with the
President's approach, especially his reluc-
tance to take a much tougher line on a
broad front of national problems. The
appeal of these hard-line critics may in-
crease over time.
Their basic criticism is that Videla has
not moved strongly enough against the
politicians and labor leaders who were
responsible�in these officers' eyes�for
leading Argentina to economic and
political chaos. In effect, the hardliners
are calling for a political system in which
most, if not all, civilians would be denied
a substantial voice in government.
The hardliners do not dominate any of
the services, but some occupy key
positions and their activities are causing
problems for Videla. The vigilante-style
tactics being employed against known or
suspected leftists are widely thought to be
the work of impatient security and police
officers disgusted with the President's
gradualist approach. Some high offi-
cials are probably in sympathy with
these tactics.
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