WEEKLY SUMMARY 7 OCTOBER 1977[SANITIZED] - 1977/10/07

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06749094
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 37
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: October 7, 1977

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ARGENTINA
An effort by the Argentine Navy in re-
cent weeks to show itself as the leading
defender of national sovereignty may be
part of the increasing political pressure
being put on President Videla by his junta
partner. Navy chief Admiral Massera.
The increased friction among the junta
members will make it more difficult for
the President to get agreement on and im-
plement national policy objectives.
Last weekend. Massera, probably to
enhance his political prestige, ordered
Argentine warships to fire on Soviet and
Bulgarian trawlers inside Argentina's
200-mile territorial limit. Argentine
warships had earlier seized five Soviet
trawlers in a well-publicized incident. In
addition, the Foreign Ministry�con-
trolled by the Navy�has recently
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delivered a stiff protest to Chile for alleg-
ed violations of Argentina's territorial
waters and unauthorized flights over an
area where the boundary between the two
countries is in dispute.
lnterservice rivalry, particularly
between the Army and the Navy, is
characteristic of the Argentine armed
forces, where personal ambitions
sometimes aggravate ideological or policy
differences. Massera has long been
jealous of the Army's predominance in
the junta�Videla is Army chief�and has
previously tried to undercut the President,
whom he considers indecisive, ineffective,
and too willing to compromise.
In recent months, Massera has become
openly critical of the administration's
economic policies. The Navy is also wide-
ly believed to be responsible for a pub-
lished article attacking Videla's trip to
Washington last month�such blatant
criticism that the President had the
publication in which the article appeared
banned for three months.
Videla recognizes that attempts are be-
ing made to discredit his leadership but is
constrained from acting forcefully to
check them. He knows that the consensus
within the military that put him and the
Army in the top position remains fragile,
and that he must move cautiously to
preserve it.
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