[SANITIZED]NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY SATURDAY 11 AUGUST 1979 - 1979/08/11

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628038
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 11, 1979

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ARGENTINA :' Human 'Rights '
There are persistent rumors in Argentina that secu-
rity forces are murdering politidal prisoners before the
Inter-Ameriban Human HightS-!Commission visit next month.
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Despite a marked decrease recently in the number of
persons illegally detained by the government, several
secret detention centers may still exist. According to
diplomats who monitor human rights in Argentina
closely, between 500 and 2,000 so-called clandestine
political prisoners may still be in secret camps. An
International Red Cross spokesman in Geneva, however,
believes there are only ,a "few dozen" prisoners in this
category. The US Embassy in Buenos Aires reports that
relatives Of the missing persons and local human rights
advocates ,contend that the remaining Prisoners are being
, murdered.
he Art/entitle Government may fear the, embarrassment
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of allowing the human rights delegation to see prisoners
who suffered physical 'mutilation or psychological impair-
ment as a result of severe interrogation. In 1975, gov-
ernment refusal of a terrorist demand to show several
captured guerrillas "alive and well" on television led
to th death o� US consular agent held by the 'terror-
ists=
The .Swedish tOvertiment'has offered' to joln the US,
the Vatican, and perhaps other West European governments
: in an effort to persuade the Aroentine Government not to
' kill any prisoners.
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OVERNIGHT REPORTS
:Argentina
A. federal judge ordered police to raid the offices
of three human rights organizations in Buenos Aires
yesterday as part of An investigation into charges that
one of the groups had solicited false information con-
cerning a missing person, accordingto a wire service
report. A spokesman for the judiciary stated that the
false information was sought in order to put pressure on
the government in connection with' the visit of the OAS
Human Rightt'Committee.eaklygoext month. Representatives
;of two of the groups said police seized more than 8,000
Icase Meg. (Other aspects of the human ri hts problem
tin Argentina are discussed on page 4.)
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