MNR COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700530010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 26, 1949
• Content Type: IR

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Approved For R ER AeL1iUE RIE E
ATE N REPORT
COUNTRY Bolivia /Argentina
,SUBJECT T Communications with Argentina
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1slacionalista Revolucionerio (MNR) leaders in Bolivia and Argentina is
Izr? Jose Montano T. , a Bolivian. physicis.n who now lives in La Quiaca,
Argentina? just across the border from Vil.lazon, Bolivia.*
?a he Argentine authorities have been requested to remove Montano from the
border area, but no action has been taken on these requests.
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One of the principal links in the chain of communications between Uov' iiiWf
Senora Alicia B. de Zalles,9, the wife of Guillermo Zalles, prominent La Paz
.businessman and manager of the firm Compania Importadora 13oliviana (CIBO),
hac been arrested for serving as an R courier between Bolivia and &-gentina
and for having close and immoral association with MNR exiles and leaders,
One of these leaders, according to source, was Gustavo Checon, now in Chile.
No derogatory information has been obtained on Guillermo Zal.l.es, who is
getting a divorce from. his wife,
25X1A6a Comment. Dra Montano is identical with a "Dr, Pedro Montano" of
fil~lazoza, previously reported as a principal link in the TtIIR courier chain
to A?gentinab The correct name is Jose and not Pedro.
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