WEEKLY SUMMARY FEBRUARY 21 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/02/21

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627540
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 21, 1975

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The WEEKLY SUMMARY, issued every Friday morrling by �
the Office of Current Intelligence, reports and analyzes signif-
icant developments of the week through noon on Thursday. It
frequently includes material coordinated with or prepared by
the Office of Economic Research, the Office of Strategic
Research, and the Directorate of Science and Technology.
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'published separately as Special Reports are listed in the
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NR 10 Argentina: Anti-guerrilla Campaign
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Army General Anaya announces start of guerrilla operation.
ARGENTINA: ANTI-GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN
The army has begun a massive anti-guerrilla
operation in the northern part of the country, but
the only information on its progress is coming
from communiques issued by military spokesmen.
As usual, these reports consist only of the num-
ber of arms caches destroyed and suspected guer-
rillas detained.
Some 5,000 army troops and federal police
are combing the jungles and mountains of
Tucuman Province in search of about 400 mem-
bers of the Marxist Peoples' Revolutionary Army.
At least one skirmish occurred last week when
guerrillas ambushed a patrol. One army officer
and three insurgents reportedly were killed in this
clash.
Army spokesmen are stressing that civilians
in the area are cooperating with the troops by
providing information, and one officer stated that
several "foreigners" had been arrested. There has
been no official announcement on how long the
campaign will last, but one general commerfed
that the army would stay in the struggle "as long
as it considered necessary." Interior Minister
Rocamora stated last week that the counter-in-
surgency operation might move into other prov-
inces.
The extremists have responded to the cam-
paign by stepping up terrorist actions in Buenos
Aires. Last weekend, at least eight persons were
killed in a new wave of attacks. Also, in a move to
attract international attention and embarrass the
government, the guerrillas declared a 1,500-
square-mile area of Tucuman Province a "liber-
ated area" and have called for international
protection in accordance with the Geneva Con-
vention.
It is doubtful that the army's operation will
turn up much. Rumors that it was to occur have
been circulating for several weeks, so that the
guerrillas have had plenty of time to prepare.
Also, the army has not had a great deal of
counter-insurgency training or experience. Unless
small-unit commando tactics are used, the secu-
rity forces are likely to have little luck in corner-
ing any real guerrillas.
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