[SANITIZED]NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN MARCH 29, 1976 - 1976/03/29

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02996433
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: March 29, 1976

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ARGENTINA
General Jorge Videla will be sworn in as president this afternoon, culminating
an extraordinarily smooth transition to military rule. The eight-man cabinet that will
also be sworn in contains two officers from each of the three services and two
civilians.
As anticipated, prominent industrialist and economist Jose Martinez de la Hoz
will become minister of economy and is expected to announce severe austerity
measures soon. Another civilian will take over the education portfolio. The Foreign
Ministry will be in the hands of the military under Rear Admiral Cesar Guzzetti,
who is relatively young and inexperienced in foreign affairs, suggesting that junta
leaders intend to play a prominent role in foreign policy.
A tough army general and former federal police chief, Eduardo Harguindeguy,
will head the key Interior Ministry. He will be charged with the overall campaign
against left-wing guerrillas and rightist vigilante squads.
The guerrillas have not issued a public statement concerning the military
take-over; only a few minor terrorist attacks have occurred since the coup. Guerrilla
leaders probably are studying the military's security procedures and will hold off
major actions until security precautions are relaxed.
Military authorities continue to issue decrees, most dealing with maintaining
public order and getting the country back to work. One decree has banned strikes,
work stoppages, and slowdowns.
Public reaction to the coup can best be characterized as one of relief. For the
moment, at least, most Argentines appear willing to grant the new government a
honeymoon period. A respected Buenos Aires daily has noted an atmosphere of
"enormous expectation" for the material and moral rehabilitation of the country.
The Videla government's first test may not be long in coming. The Peronist
labor movement, although badly fragmented and leaderless, will be difficult to steer
toward further belt-tightening.
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