TIMERMAN CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTS COLUMBIA INVITATION - 1979/03/12

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626846
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: March 12, 1979

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(rAimerman Conditionally Accepts Columbia Invitation
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Jacobo Timerman, through his brother Jose, asked the Department
to convey to the Columbia School of Journalism his gratitude and
conditional acceptance of its recent invitation. Jacobo received
both the University's cable and letter of invitation at his home,
asking for a prompt reply, and as he is not permitted to cable
or correspond with other than his immediate family, he would
appreciate the Department's transmitting his reply to Columbia.
He would be pleased and honored to accept, depending on his
ability to leave Argentina.
Jr. Jose Timerman sent a copy of the cabled invitation to
Interior Minister Harguindeguy through MinInt Official San Roman
on March 9, asking that Jacobo be permitted to depart Argentina
to accept the Columbia invitation. He had not received a reply
as of March 12. Timerman has also provided copies of the cable
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I-- to the Buenos Aires Herald and La Prensa. There have been
no press reports here to date.
4t Jose expressed doubt that his brother will be released
to accept the Columbia invitation, though he seconded the
family's gratitude for the continued interest and pressure
from abroad. He cited recent press reports in Newsweek,
the New York Times and Israeli and British press.
37 The Ambassador will raise the Timerman case with high-
ranking Argentine authorities again, without specifically
mentioning the Columbia invitation. Based on previous replies
to the Ambassador's many earlier inquiries, it appears un-
likely to us as well that Timerman will be released any
time soon. Columbia's invitation, however, will once again
underline the continuing cost of Timerman's confinement to
Argentina's image. We remain in contact with Jose Timerman
regarding the invitation and Jacobo's situation.
I:. It appears to us that an additional, possibly useful
means of carrying this matter forward would be Columbia's
informing Ambassador Aja Espil of the Journalism School's
invitation, briefing him on para. 3 of reftel and enlisting
his good offices.
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