REACTION OF ARGENTINE MILITARY OFFICERS TO PERONIST PARTY DENUNCIATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT - 1979/09/19

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06701441
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 19, 1979

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COUNTRY: ARGENTINA
SUBJECT: REACTION OF ARGENTINE MILITARY OFFICERS TO PERONIST
PARTY DENUNCIATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY
ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT
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FBLLONING THE DEPARTURE OF THE
INTER�ANERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CIAHRC!, THE ARGENT/NE
GOVERNMENT WOULD CRACKDOWN ON POLITICAL LEADERS WHO TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF THE VISIT TO SPEAK AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. THE
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PERONISTS wOULD BE THE PRINCIPAL TARGET, MILITARY OFFICERS WERE
ANGERED BY THE PERONIST DENUNCIATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
BY THE GOVERNMENT mHIcH.wAS GIVEN TO THE IAHRC AND PUBLISHED IN
� THE LOCAL PRESS ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1979. MILITARY OFFICERS WERE
APPALLED THAT THE PERONISTS PLACED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY
GOVERNMENT FORCES ON THE SAME LEVEL AS TERRORIST ACTIONS.
MANY OFFICERS WANTED DEOLINDO
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BITTEL, VICE.sPRESIDEF.T OF THE JUST/C/AL1ST (PERONIST PARTY)
WHO GAVE THE DECLARATION TO THE IAHRC, ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY FOR
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITY LA,IS. THE PRESENCE OF THE IAHRC wAS
A DETERRENT AND HE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ARRESTED AS LONG AS THE
IAHRC REMAINS IN ARGENTINA. ( COMMENT: ON 14 SEPTEMBER THE
ARGENTINE NEMS AGENCY TELAK, REPORTED THAT A FEDERAL JUDGE HAD
ORDERED THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE CONDUCTED TO ESTABLISH
WHETHER BITTEL'S REMARKS TO THE IAHRC VIOLATED THE LAW ON FEDERAL
SECURITY OR OTHER LAWS REGARDING TERRORIST OR SUBVERSIVE
ACTIVITIES. THERE ARE SOME IN THE ARMED
FBRCES WHO REASON THAT THE "ELIMINATION" OF ANOTHER 100 OR SO
INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE TO THE ALREADY
EXISITING LIST OF 3,0000
2. ( COMMENT: THE VISIT OF THE IAHRC HAS
REOPENED OLD WOUNDS AND THERE ARE MANY IN THE MILITARY WHO HARBOR
A DESIRE FOR VENGEANCE, THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE A
PySCHOLOGICAL CAMPAIGN BEING WAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO JUSTIFY
A NEW RAVE OF ABDUCTIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES ON THE. BASIS THAT
MONTONEROS HAVE RETURNED TO ARGENTINA AND HAVE RENEWED THEIR
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. IN THE PAST-FEW WEEKS SEVERAL MILITARY
OFFICERS HAVE MENTIONED A RESURGENCE OF MONTONERO ACTIVITIES BUT
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS SUCH AS THE NUMBER
OF mONTONEROS WHO HAVE RETURNED AND WHEN THE TERRORIST ACTIONS
TOOK PLACE.) ( COMMENT:
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ALLEGED RETURN OF 30 mONTONERO ACTIVISTS TO ARGENTINA.
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REPORTS nERE EXAGGERATING THE EXTENT OF CURRENT TERRORIST ACTIVITY
AND/OP THAT THE GOVERNMENT t+AS ENGAGING IN A DISINFORMATION
CAMPAIGN TO JUSTIFY THE CONTINUATION OF NARSH SECURITY PRACTICES.)
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