NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN AUGUST 21, 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/08/21

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627106
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 21, 1975

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National Intelligence Bulletin
August 21, 1975
CONTENTS
ARGENTINA: Terrorist
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ARGENTINA
Security forces are bracing for possible major violence by leftist extremists on
Friday, the third anniversary of the killing by the government of 17 captured
terrorists said to be attempting to escape. The left often cites this incident in
support of claims of government repression and to justify its own violent tactics.
An additional justification this year for major violence was last week's
particularly brutal murder of the family of one of those shot in the escape attempt
three years ago. A heretofore unknown group, presumably rightist in orientation and
possibly connected to the well-publicized Anti-Communist Alliance, claimed credit
for the murders. In the course of the theft this week of a military munitions truck,
terrorists killed an army captain. A note found at the scene claimed that the two
principal leftist guerrilla groups had acted jointly and planned to retaliate for the
murder of the family.
In recent weeks, the number of killings and bombings by the left has been on
the rise. Among the victims has been the mayor of the capital city of Buenos Aires
Province. Yesterday, leftist extremists launched gun and bomb attacks against
government buildings and an army barracks in the industrial city of Cordoba,
reportedly killing 5 policemen and wounding 26 civilians.
Although leftist violence has plagued the country since 1969, officials have not
seen it as a threat to the survival of governments. Indeed, full-scale antisubversive
efforts�as opposed to retaliation in kind�have been slow to materialize and have
made only modest headway.
Since the departure of Lopez Rega, widely thought to be backing the
Anti-Communist Alliance, the administration has been at pains to change its rightist
image. It has, for example, eased restraints on the previously heavily censored press
and fired numerous officials connected with Lopez Rega. Last week's murders will
hurt that effort, but of itself the event constitutes only an irritant to the left, whose
goal all along has been to spark a popular uprising that would brine down thp
government.
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