ARGENTINA: ABORTIVE ARMY REVOLT[SANITIZED] - 1979/10/12

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03305220
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 106
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: October 12, 1979

National Intelligence Officers
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THROUGH
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THE DIREI1TOR OF IENTRAL INTELLIOEN111
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
12 Weiser 1979
Di rector of Central Intel li gence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
National Intelligence Officer for Latin America
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Argentina: Abortive Army Revolt (U)
The failure o the attempt last wee�ftend by hard-
line Argentine III orps Commander Menendez to oust
moderate Army chief iola should strengthen President
Videlals hand in dea ing with remain,ing hardline op-
ponents of his gover ent's policieg. Viola--heir ap-
parent to the preside y--undoubtedly was chosen as the
target. for the revolt oecause of/his staunch support of
these policies,
The bloodless revolt, which began early on
30 September with a dema,d f i Viola's resignation,
apparently was triggered 1.y. he release and deportation
last week of former La 041 7Ion newspaper publisher
Jacobo Timerman. The dec r.ion to free Timerman, who
was viewed by the hardliry's as a close collaborator
of Argentina's once poweffu leftist guerrilla movement,
reportedly had sharplyilncr ased frictions in the mili-
tary hierarchy.
Menendez and over membe s of his faction, who
have accused Videl and Viola of being soft on sub-
version, opposed ,the government's invitation last month
to an Organizat46n of American tates mission to inves-
tigate widesyhd human rights v olations. They also
have bitterly attacked Videla's *-cision to pursue a
negotiated settlement to the Beagke Channel conflict
with Chile/and have been constant (ritics of the gov-
ernment's/economic measures.
How strongly the government wili\press its advan-
tage in the wake of the failed revolt\is unclear.
Menendez has been relieved of his command, but no pun-
ishment has been set. His forced retirement seems a
certainty. A formal court martial for Menendez could
signal a general housecleaning of hardlineopponents
within the military.
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