OPPOSITION OF SENIOR ARGENTINE AIR FORCE OFFICIALS TO THE TEMPORARY KIDNAPPING OF FOREIGN JOURNALISTS; THEIR BELIEF THAT THE KIDNAPPINGS WERE CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE - 1982/05/18

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06698576
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: May 18, 1982

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COUNTRY: ARGENTINA
SUBJECT: OPPOSITION OF SENIOR ARGENTINE AIR FORCE OFFICIALS
.TO THE TEMPORARY KIDNAPPING OF FOREIGN JOURNALISTS:
THEIR BELIEF THAT THE KIDNAPPINGS WERE CARRIED OUT
BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
1. ON 16 MAY 1982.
SENIOR LEVELS OF THE AIR FORCE WERE DEEPLY. DISTURBED
BY THE TEMPORARY KIDNAPPING OF FOREIGN JOURNALISTS IN BUENOS
AIRES IN MID-MAY: AIR FORCE GENERAL OFFICERS KNEW THAT THE
KIDNAPPINGS WERE CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE 601ST INTELLI-
GENCE BATTALION. THE. OPERATIONAL ARM.OF THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE
SERVICE ISIE). AIR FORCE OFFICERS PRIVATELY COMMENTED THAT IT
APPEARED AS THOUGH PRESIDENT LEOPOLDO 11GALTIERI11 WERE BEING
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SECURITY SERVICES. AIR FORCE OFFICERS REALIZE, HOWEVER, IT WILL
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