JACOBO TIMMERMANN - 1971/05/28

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626682
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: May 28, 1971

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Bio data: Born: 6 January 1923 in Bar, Province of Podol, Russia.
Nationality: Naturalized Argentine. Applied for Argentine
citizenship on 29 Jane 1964. �
_ Religion: Jewish
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-Political Ideology:, Communist ,
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1942: Affiliated to the "Junta Juvenil Por La Libertad" (which is ,
described as a !'Communist" group).
1944: Arrested on 30 November along with 67 other persons who were
taking part in a meeting of the Argentine League for the Rights
of Man (LADH. a known communist front group). (POL 11
Comment: His participation in the LADH would not seem to
be particularly significant, 'given the fact that at that time, the
Soviet Union and the United States were allies in the fight
against Hitler, and the LADH may have seemed an appropriate
mechanism to combat fascism in Argentina.)
1959: Listed along with Marcos MERCHENSKY as editor/director of
the daily "El Nacional" of Rogelio FRIGERIO (described as ,
Marxist).'
1959: Worked as a sports writer for "Noticias Graficas" but "was =
dismissed for, among other things, showing himself to be a
bold and unscrupulous liar.", Worked for a short time with
"La Nacion.,"*. Moved on ",La Aaron"..vAaere,he tried to find
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support for the Frigerio line. Changed from "La Razon"
to "Clarin." During this time. Frigerio provided him with
opportunities, particularly in the pursuit of common
business interests.
1959: Acted as a Presidential Representative in Germany on business
matters with the firm "Ferrostal" along with Frigerio. Their
activities in this regard brought on complaints from both the
German Government and the Argentine Ambassador to
Germany.
1960: Acted as Secretary General of Editorial "Haynes" when the
latter was acquired by Frigerio.
1962: . "On leaving his position with the daily 'El Mtuido' (Marxist.
Frigerista-Pro Castrista), he became director of Public
Relations of the U. S. firm CARLO LOEB Y RHOADES. At
this time he also had close ties with Felipe BESRODN1K
(Treasurer of the Communist Party of Argentina in that year).
1964: Director of the magazine "Primera Plana." Was paid (by
whom not given) 11 million pesos to leave the magazine. The
sum was paid as an indemnity and shortly thereafter, he left
the country for Mexico.
1965: � Director of "Confirmado" (whose tendency at that time is
described as "Frigerista-Comunista").
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