NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY (CABLE) THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER 1983 - 1983/12/15

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05144011
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: December 15, 1983

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Argentina: Human Rights Initiatives
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ARGENTINA: Human Rights Initiatives
President Alfonsin's quick action in moving to try military leaders
for human rights abuses is unlikely to provoke a serious reaction in the
armed forces, unless the effort becomes far more extensive.
Alfonsin has ordered trials for nine members of the junta who
served between the military takeover in 1976 and mid-1982. They will
be tried before military courts, but any appeals will go to civilian
tribunals. Lower ranking security officials also will be subject to
prosecution if they were not acting under specific orders.
The President also has announced plans to introduce legislation
repealing amnesty and antisubversion laws passed in the last months
of the military government. According to Alfonsin, however, he will
ask for new laws to counter subversion. Moreover, he says seven
terrorist leaders now in exile will stand trial if they return to Argentina.
Comment: Alfonsin has enough latitude to take these initial
steps, because they were expected and because the military is too
disorganized to oppose them. The President's fast action in carrying
out his campaign pledges may preempt�if only temporarily�human
rights activists who have called for more extensive investigations.
Moreover, as commander in chief, he can limit the number of
prosecutions.
Military officers are likely to be pleased with his plans to try
terrorists and to adopt tough antisubversive measures. On the other
hand, they will be apprehensive that the civilian appellate process
could cause a variety of problems that would be difficult to anticipate
and deal with. Military opposition to Alfonsin will intensify to the
extent he goes beyond current plans to prosecute only some former
members of the junta.
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