[SANITIZED]WEEKLY SUMMARY DECEMBER 17, 1976 - 1976/12/17

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03004458
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 22
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: December 17, 1976

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December 17,1976
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7 Western Hemisphere
Argentina
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ARGENTINA 625,6(P
The navy and air force members of
Argentina's three-man military junta are
expressing increased dissatisfaction with
what they view as inordinate army in-
fluence in the regime. Admiral Massera in
particular is indulging even more than
usual his penchant for sniping at President
Videla, commander in chief of the army.
Massera and his air force counterpart,
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General Agosti, are generally identified
with the so-called hard-line current of
opinion, which favors harsh national se-
curity measures and opposes early con-
ciliatory gestures toward civilian groups.
In the past week or so, Massera has
directed thinly veiled public criticism at
the President and his chief ally, army
chief of staff General Viola
Massera may
see some possibility that by discrediting
Videla, he himself could emerge as presi-
dent, a job he covets.
Chances are slim that Massera can, in
the near future, engineer Videla's depar-
ture; it is even less likely that he could
become president himself. The army is
well established as the predominant ser-
vice, and there is little evidence of active
plotting within the army against the Presi-
dent.
Members of the junta (Ito r) Admiral Massera, President Videla, General Agosti
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