NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN JANUARY 18, 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/01/18

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627764
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: January 18, 1975

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National Intelligence Bulletin
January 18J975
CONTENTS
ARGENTINA: President terminates special session of
Congress to stifle criticism. (Page 13)
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National Intelligence Bulletin January 18, 1975
ARGENTINA
President Maria Ebtela Peron has stifled legislative
criticism of her administration by abruptly terminating
a special session of congress. This will seriously
damage the chances of continued cooperation between the
government and-major opposition parties.
Mrs. Peron attemPtedajustir her action by
claiming that the most important ciork on the budget and
related fiscal matters has already been completed.
This explanation failed to satisfy her critics, espe-
cially opposition Radicals,-who had intended to debate
controversial executive actions such as the imposition
of the state of siege and recent federal take-overs of
state provincial governments.
Since the death of he; husband, President Peron
has met only twice with opposition leaders in carefully
arranged sessions that did not allow for discussion.
In addition, the government recently demonstrated its
hostility to freedom of expression by shutting down
several newspapers.
When the next session of congress convenes on May 1,
opposition leaders may abandon theconciliatory posture
they have maintained thus ,far. Although leading Radical
Spokesman.Ridatdo Balbin has soughs to.65h4nue_the ,
"political dialogue".beguhIby Juah eron, he will be :-
-under pressure from the lgit wing.4,2his patty to take.-
a harder line toward Mrs. Peron, particularly if ter-
rorism--on which the entire party supports her--ceases
to be the major focus of attention.
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