[SANITIZED]COMMENTS ON OPERATION CONDOR[SANITIZED] - 1977/04/18

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06701369
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: April 18, 1977

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REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE CONDOR ORGANIZATION
MET IN BUENOS AIRES 13-16 DECEMBER 1976 TO REVIEW PAST ACTIVITIES
AND DISCUSS FUTURE PLANS. THE PRINCIPAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS THI
DISCUSSION AND PLANNING OF COORDINATED PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERA-
TIONS DIRECTED AGAINST LEFTIST AND RADICAL GROUPS IN THE VARIOUS
MEMBER COUNTRIES. OPERATION CONDOR IS 1 COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT AMONG
SECURITY SERVICES OF CHILE, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY, AND
BRAZIL TO COUNTER TERRORISM AND SUBVERSION.)
2. ON 12 APRIL 1977,
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SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY OPERATIONS BEING
RUN IN EITHER THE UNITED STATES OR EUROPE BY CONDOR COUNTRIES.
CAUTIONED, HOWEVER, THAT SECURITY HAD BEEN STRENGTHENED AT THE
OPERATIONS CENTER IN BUENOS AIRES AND COMPARTMENTATION INCREASED AFTER
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commuswEIDAT BEGINNING AND END OF REPOT.
THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT TO EiRERc.DUCHT,
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAS AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE AND SOm:E OBJECTIVE OF
OPERATION CONDOR; THUS, HE COULD NOT BE SURE ABOUT OPERATIONS ELSEIJIERE,
ALTHOUGH HE EMPHASIZED THAT DISCUSSION OF OPERATIONS IN EITHER THE
U.S. OR EUROPE WAS NOT SURFACED AT THE MEETING HELD 13-16 DECE4BE1..
SAID THAT REACTION TO THIS PARTICULAR BREACH OP SECURITY WAS
�EXTREMELY HARSH IN ARGENTINA WHICH RESULTED IN THE -IR INC OF THE TIMS
DIRECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE STATE SECRETARIAT FOR INTELLIGENCE csinE; AND
REPLACING HIM WITH GENERAL CARLOS ENRInUE LAIDLAW, THE CURRENT
DIRECTOR. HE ADDED THAT THE FOREGOING INCIDENT MADE CONDOR REPRESEN-
TATIVES REALIZE THAT THE OTHER INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE PRnRABLY :WARE
OF THEIR ORGANIZATION AND, THEREFORE, EVERYTHING iS HANDLED ACCORDINM.Y,
I.E., WITH A MAXIMUM OF CAUTION. COANENT: CYNERAL 0770
PALADINO WAS THE FORMER D!RECToR OF SIDE.
3. CONCERNING CURRENT CONDOR OPERATIONS,
BELIEVED THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON SUBVERSIVES AND TERRORISTS WAS
BEING CONDUCTED MOSTLY BILATERALLY BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE SERViCES OF
MEMBER COUNTRIES. IN THE COVERT ACTION FIELD, THAT BOTH
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MEDIA FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES. HE ADDED THAT THE THRUST OF THESE
PROPAGANDA EFFORTS WAS TWOFOLD: TO REFUTE CRITICISM LEVELLED AT TEE
RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS BY THE FOREIGN COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA AND INTE:RNA-
TIONAL FORA AND TO INSTILL A NEW SENSE OF XATIONAL PRIDE IN TilE
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ON "CHILE AFTER ALLENDE" WHICH I WAS A:.;iNG CONDOR REPRESENTATIVES
TO SHOW ON TELEVISION IS THEIR COUNTRIES. TO DATE. ONLY URUGUAY AND
ARGENTINA HAVE AGREED TO SHOW THEM. ACCORDING TO PARAGUAY HAD
ONLY MADE USE OF THE PRESS. THE DAILY NEWSPAPER "PATRIA" IN WHICH
PROPAGANDA WAS PERIODICALLY INSERTED. HE SAID THAT A REQUEST TO ITSW
TELEVISION FOR THIS PURPOSE WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY HIS SUPERIORS
AS WAS A REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY.
THAT THE LATTER WOULD PROBABLY NEVER CONE TO PASS 1,ECAUSI
FUNDS SIMPLY WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUCH AN UNDERTAKING.
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4. LASTLY, THAT THE MEETING THAT WAS TO BE HELD
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IN ASUNCION IN MARCH 1977 ON "PSYCHOLOGICAL wARFARE TECHNIQUES AGAINST
TERRORISTS AND LEFTIST EXTREMISTS" WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE
INABILITY OF ARGENTINA AND PARAGUAY TO PARTICIPATE. THAT
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ANTI-COMMUNIST CONFEDERATION HELD 28-30 MARCH, AS WELL AS IN THE
PREPARATION FOR THE 20 APRIL STATE VISIT OF ARGENTINE PRESIDENT
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