[SANITIZED]STAFF NOTES: LATIN AMERICAN TRENDS MAY 21, 1975 - 1975/05/21

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03018441
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 22
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: May 21, 1975

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LATIN AMERICAN TRENDS
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Western Hemisphere Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
CONTENTS
May 21, 1975
Argentina: Further Restrictions on
the News Media
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Argentina: Further Restrictions on the News Media
The government recently issued a decree forbidding
domestic media to circulate news items about events in
Argentina that have been supplied by foreign news
agencies. The decree, aimed chiefly at wire services
based in neighboring countries--and particularly in
Uruguay--will in effect force these services to rely
on the official Argentine news agency TELAM. The de-
cree further stipulates that foreign as well as domestic
news agencies operating in Argentina must register with
the government within ninety days or face suspension of
their operations. Moreover, correspondents working for
foreign agencies are also required to comply with the
new law, and failure to do so could result in their
expulsion from Argentina.
The presidential press office stated that the new
measure is "indispensable" in assuring the public it
is receiving "adequate information about the reality
of the facts." The decree is yet another step in the
increasing government censorship of information. (See
Latin American Trends, May 7, 1975). Domestic news-
papers have been prohibited from publishing foreign
news material about Argentina since August 1973. At
that time the controls were aimed at restricting press
coverage of the activities of leftist extremist groups.
The new regulation will result in censorship of all news
that is considered too critical of the government.
(UNCLASSIFIED)
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