POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BY 10 AUGUST: CLARIFICATION OF THE BACKGROUND OF A MEETING[SANITIZED] - 1982/08/05

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06698524
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 5, 1982

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WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATM INTFLLIGENCE.
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COUNTRY: ARGEJTINA
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BY 10 AUGUST;
CLARIFICATION OF THE BACKG;OUND OF A MFFTINA
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6. 1 COMMENTS:
A. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE
TO PREPARE.A LIST OF ALL THE MILITARY PERSONNEL.WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THE ANTI-SUBVERSIVE CAMPAIGN
BECAUSE THE IDENTITIES OF PERSONS INVOLVED AND THEIR
ACTIVITIES WERE KEPT VERY CLOSELY HELD AND VERY COMPART-
MENTED. PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULD PREPARE ANY-
THING LIKE A COMPLETE LIST WOULD BE SOMEONE VERY HIGH
IN THE MILITARY SERVICES, AND HIS ONLY MOTIVATION FOR
PASSING SUCH A LIST TO A U.S. SENATOR WOULD HAVE TO BE
'A DESIRE TO REMOVE BIGNONE AND NICOLAIDES. IF THAT
WAS THE MOTIVATION, THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS ARE PRESENT:
NO ONE IN THE ARMED FORCES IS ESPECIALLY HAPPY WITH EITHER
BIGNONE OR NICOLAIDES, EVERYONE WHO HAD ANY ROLE IN THE
ANTI-SUBVERSIVE CAMPAIGN IS VERY AFRAID OF ANY iNV STIGATION
OF THOSE DAYS
THIS COMBINATION OF
r-MLIUHS, ADDED TO THE FACT THAT THE HEADS OF THE INTELLI-
GENCE SERVICES BELIEVE THAT BIGNONE AND NICOLAIDES WERE -
PREPARED TO PERMIT AN INVESTIGATION OF THOSE DAYS, WOULD
PROBABLY BE SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION, IN THE EYES OF
THE MILITARY SERVICES, TO REMOVE BIGNONE AND NICOLAIDES.
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