AGREEMENT OF CONDOR COUNTRIES IN MAY 1976 TO FORM A UNIT TO OPERATE AGAINST LEFTISTS IN FRANCE

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• Case Number: F-2016-02161
• Publication Date: February 16, 1977

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1. DURING A CONDOR CONFERENCE HELD IN sANTIAlcoo. CHILE, IN LATE-
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MAY 1976, ,CONDOR PROPOSED .THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIT DESIGNED 70
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CONDUCT PHYSICAL ATTACKS AGAINST MEMBERS OP THE REVOLUTIONARY
COORDINATING JUNTA (JCR) AND JCR SUPPORTERS IN FRANCE. ALL -CONDOR
COUNTRIES AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ,NEW UNIT, WHICH WAS GIVEN THE
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CODE NAME ,"TESEO." HOWEVER, -:BOLIVIA LATER DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN
TEM. C0MMEN1I: BOLIVIA PROBABLY WITHDREW AS A RESULT OF A (WY
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LACK OF FUNDS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO TESEO AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT
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RATHER THAN FRANCE IIT1 IS NOT KNOWN IF ANY OF THE OTHER CONDOR COUNTRIES
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WORLD 410T jOIN TESEO BECAUSE OF THE ADVERSE INTERNATIONAL REACTION THAT
MIGHT 'RESULT IF SOME VIOLENT ACTIVITIES WERE TRACED BACK TO CONDOR
COUNTRIES.! 'BOLIVIA HAIB'EEN ASKED TO CON'tRIBUT A-SUM OF MONEY TO THE
TESEO PROJECT WHICH ip�S WELL WITHIN BOLIVIA'S 'MIIANS HAD IT WISHED TO
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2. EACH CONDOR COUNTRY WHICH AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN TESEO WAS .
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TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY FOR THE PROJECT AND SEND TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO
ARGENTINA IN. SEPTEMBER 1976 FOR TWO MONTHS TRAINING. UPON COMPLETION
OF THEIR TRAINING, A TEAM WAS TO BE SENT TO FRANCE TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS
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