NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY CABLE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 1976[SANITIZED] - 1976/10/06

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03005497
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: October 6, 1976

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ARGENTINA: Right�Wing Activity
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ARGENTINA: Right-Wing Activity
Rightist repression by Argentine police
and security services is reportedly an integral part of the
government's overall counterinsurgency effort. Earlier, it had
appeared that abuses had been caused by over-zealous security
officials operating independent of the government.
all secu-
rity and military services are involved and are cooperating
more effectively now than before. Leftist terrorists are the
principal targets, but countersubversive units also operate
against leftist sympathizers and others who might give aid to
the terrorists. President
Videla and other senior military officers apparently condone
these activities. Not all authorized operations are legal,
however, even under the broad state of siege provisions in
force, but senior officers believe reining in those involved
would dangerously disrupt the success of the counterinsur-
gency effort.
even the nonofficial rightist groups now
operating in the country belong to authorized counterinsurgency
units and have a "clearly approved mission from higher author-
ity." all counterinsurgency efforts
by the federal police have approval from higher 71_1trrity and
that no records are kept on detained individuals
The killing in August of 30 suspected sub-
versives and the subsequent public display of their bodies was
reportedly approved by the commanding general of the Buenos
Aires regional army corps, the chief of the federal police, and
the police force's top security officer. President Videla was
said to be disturbed not so much by the killing of the supposed
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Advocates of such harsh tactics view the
success the security forces have had against the left in recent
months as justification for their methods. The hard-liners will
probably take the apparent terrorist attempt to assassinate
Videla last weekend as proof of the need for still more strong
measures.
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