NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY (CABLE) 22 JUNE 1982 - 1982/06/22

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628441
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: June 22, 1982

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ARGENTINA: Political Impasse Continues
//The junta remains deadlocked on the problem of selecting a
new president. 3.5(c)
//The most prominently mentioned civilian candidate
is Argentina's Ambassador to Venezuela, Juan Ramon
Aguirre Lanari. He has good contacts in the Army high
command, and the other services reportedly would find
him acceptable if no consensus military candidate emerges.
Recently retired Army generals Domingo Bussi and Eduardo
Crespi, who are close to fo sident Viola, also
are under consideration.// 3.5(c)
//Air Force commander Lami Dozo continues to push
his candidacy despite mounting opposition from the Army.
If his candidacy falters, however, the Air Force report-
edly will insist on a civilian and reject any Army gen-
eral. The Navy is arc:ming for a compromise civilian
candidate/
3.5(c)
//The junta has decided that the new president will
serve until I March 1984. The high command, moreover,
has decided if a member of the junta becomes president,
he will have to resign from the junta before assuming
office.//
Comment: //The inability to find a successor reflects
divisions in the military on future political and eco-
nomic policies and on the fate of those closely identi-
fied with the loss of the Falklands. The extended nego-
tiations are frustrating civilian leaders, one of whom
has condemned the procedure and called for elections to
select a successor.// 3.5(c)
//Most civilians, however, probably will continue
waiting for the junta to set a date for elections, using
the time to develop programs, select candidates and set
up party organizations. A definite date for elections
also could make the new government seem less transitory,
perhaps helping decisionmaking on difficult economic
and political questions.//
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