LATIN AMERICAN TRENDS: STAFF NOTES SEPTEMBER 1, 1976[SANITIZED] - 1976/09/01

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627532
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 1, 1976

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'Latin American Trends
STAFF NOTES
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September 1, 1976
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LATIN AMERICAN TRENDS
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Western Hemisphere Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
� CONTENTS
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Argentina: Concern Over Rightist Actions � � 1
Because of the holiday on September 6,
the next edition will be dated September 8.
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Argentina: Concern Over Rightist Actions
Leading Argentines are becoming increasingly
outspoken in condemning right-wing abuses of the
government's anti-terrorist campaign.
The US embassy reports that it is hearing
criticism from a wide range of political figures,
churchmen, journalists, and even civil servants.
Many were content to see the military come to power
in March but are now distressed at right-wing violence.
They are alarmed that the government still has not
accounted for a large number of prisoners, and the
recent upsurge in indiscriminate killings has con-
vinced many that they have more to fear from the
right than from leftist guerrillas.
Despite expressions of concern in many circles,
there is no public campaign being mounted against
the government, and most expressions of concern have
been cautious. The leader of the country's second
largest political party recently signed a declara-
tion, which condemned the disappearance of two lead-
ing members of the party but only indirectly indicated
the party's belief that the security forces were
responsible. Both have since been released.
The church is said to be convinced that security
officials were responsible for the recent death of
five priests alleged to be leftists and is less in-
clined to be conciliatory toward the junta than be-
fore. The papal nuncio strongly protested the killings.
President Videla may be trying to curtail abuses.
Rumored military reassignments, for example, would
shift two so-called "hardliners" out of their troop
command positions. Moreover, a presidential spokes-
man last week assured the US embassy that the per-
petrators of the murder of 30 alleged leftists the
weekend before would be punished. 3.5(c)
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