LEGION CONDOR, ULTRA-NATIONALIST ORGANIZATION IN ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001900270006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 30, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Argentina
SEP 31 8 t i6 Atli '48
ATE DISTR. 30 September 1948
SUBJECT Legion Condor, Ultra-Nationalist Organic
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(La Hora, Argentine Communist newspaper, recently printed two pictures and
a short article on the armed assault of a Communist meeting place in_San
Martin on 16 August. The act allegedly had been committed by "criminals"
of the "Legion Condor".)
1. The Legion Condor is an ultra-nationalist organization composed of extreme
right-wing elements of Argentine Nationalist groups. It was formed origin-
ally by dissident members of the Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista (ALN) who
had disagreed with the ALN proposal to combat and suppress the influence of
Communism and Soviet Russia even at the expense of entering into an alliance
with the Western powers. The Legion's policy is directed not only against
Russia but against the United States, Great Britain and other Anglo-Saxon
nations.
2. The Legion is particularly well-established in the suburbs of Buenos Aires
and in the Province of Corrientes. It includes in its membership many high-
ranking army and police officers and several important government officials.
Former members of General Peron's one-time powerful secret army organization,
GOU((Grupo de Oficiales Unidos) are affiliated with the Legion. It is be-
lieved to be connected with the Asociacion Defensa Social Argentina (ADS&),
The following are among the more important Argentine members:
General Filomeno Velazco, ex-Chief of the Federal Police, now Inter-
ventor, of the Province of Corrientes;
General Oscar R. Silva, ex-Chief of the Casa Militar of the. Casa Rosada;
Father Virgilio Filippo, former Ecclesiastical Aide to the Presidency,
now a National Deputy;
3.
Admiral Leon Scasso, ex-Minister of Marine.
The Legion has demanded that no Communist immigrants be allowed to enter
Argentina and that tht Immigration Department carefully investigate the back-
ground of all prospective immigrants. It has men in the section of the Immi-
gration Department which reviews prospective immigrant applications. The
Legion also is opposed to the entry of former Polish soldiers who fought
against Germany during World War II. It is desirous of facilitating the en-
trance of Fascists.
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Federal Police are aware of the Legion's intention to'bomb several Com-
munist centers. The police are now trying to determine whether the at-
tacks against the Communists are being carried out because of the
Legion's hatred of Communism or whether the Legion is serving a warning
to the Peron Government to discontinue commercial negotiations with the
Soviet and Soviet satellite countries.
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