[SANITIZED]NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY MONDAY 11 AUGUST 1980 - 1980/08/11

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628128
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 11, 1980

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Contents
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Briefs and Comments
Argentina: Support of Bolivian
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ARGEi\ITINA: Support of Bolivian Junta
Argentine o.ppe.-2r determined to prop up the military
regime iY2 Bolvia, (3:)c?: at the risk of �pardizin.g recent improve-
ments in reTatiens with the US. 3.5(c)
President Videla has for the first time publicly
expressed sympathy for the new ruling group led by General
Garcia Meza and implied that Argentina would provide food
aid and financial credits. These are the latest in a
series of supportive actions taken by the Argentines,
whose military mission was deeplyjnvolved in planning
the recent coup and presently is helping the junta con-
solidate its position. 3.5(c)
it is consisLent with Argentine apprehensions of
creeping Communist penetration of the Western hemisphere.
Argentina's reognition of the new regime on 28 July
was folloWed by the postponement of a visit to Buenos
Aires by a high-ranking US official--a visit eagerly
sought by the military government as a continuation of
high-level bilateral meetings begun last January to pro-
mote better understanding and cn�lperation.
Although President Videla maAend a personal emis-
sary to Washington to discuss the *Bolivian problem, there
is little reason to expect the Argentines to show flexi-
bility. Though there may be minor differences of opinion
in the Argentine government hierarchy, those officers who
count believe strongly that in Bolivia at present there
is no civilian alternative to a rightwing military junta.
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