WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 25 MAY 1977 [SANITIZED] - 1977/05/25

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627609
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: May 25, 1977

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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
25 May 1977
Stomach Pumps--New Weapon in Counterterrorism
Arsenal (Page 8)
Argentine Terrorists Prepare for Tougher Times
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Stomach Pumps--New Weapon in Counterterrorism Arsenal
The Argentine government element:responsible for opera-
tions against subversives has recently included in its task
force a medical detachment which can provide prompt emergency
treatment to terrorists who have swallowed cyanide pills,
according to a U.S. military report. For the past year or
so, Argentine terrorists have been carrying lethal pills to
take in the event capture appears inevitable. After several
incidents in which terrorists avoided capture by committing
suicide in this manner, Argentine security forces outfitted
an emergency medical unit with an ambulance carrying stomach
pumping equipment in an attempt to save the lives of ter-
rorists who had taken cyanide capsules. Government counter-
subversive forces have reportedly experienced a great deal
of success in reviving terrorists through .the use of this
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Argentine Terrorists Prepare for Tougher Times
There are presently about 250 active members of the
People's Revolutionary Army/Revolutionary
(ERP/PRT) remaining in Argentina,
About 100 of these :individuals reside in the Buenos
Aires area. They were directed to settle there in the
belief that it will be difficult for security authorities to
detect them in that heavily populated region.
A number of top figures in the ERP/PRT have reportedly
been forced to leave Argentina because of increased govern-
ment pressure against terrorists. They continue to exercise
control, however, through their directives, which are being
handled by a recently created political secretariat. This
body has been given the responsibility of actually managing
the ERP/PRT until such time as the leadership is able to
return.
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