[SANITIZED]LATIN AMERICA BRIEF FOR 26 SEPTEMBER 1984 - 1984/09/26

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628021
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 26, 1984

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LATIN AMERICA BRIEF
FROM: DOI/O/CPAS.
FOR 26 SEPTEMBER 1984.,
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ARGENTINA: HEIGHTENED MILITARY CONCERNS
//THE REPORT BY AN OFFICIAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSES IS LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE MILITARY DISSATISFACTION WITH
PRESIDENT ALFONSIN'S GOVERNMENT
//AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PRESIDENT AND A
COMPLETE REPORT IS DUE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
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//THE REPORT DETAILS THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN THE DISAPPEARANCES
OF NEARLY 9,000 ARGENTINES DURING THE COUNTERTERRORIST CAMPAIGNS OF
THE 1970S. THE NAMES OF HUNDREDS OF MILITARY AND POLICE PERSONNEL
ACCUSED OF ABUSES ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN THE FULL REPORT,
ALTHOUGH PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT ALFONSIN HAS THE OPTION OF AOT
PUBLISHING THE NAMES.I
//ISSUANCE OF THE REPORT COINCIDES WITH MOUNTING MILITARY
CRITICISM OF OTHER GOVERNMENT POLICIES.\
COMMENT: TENSIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MILITARY ARE
LIKELY TO INTENSIFY AS THE NAMES OF ACCUSED PERSONNEL SURFACE
THROUGH PUBLICATION OR LEAKS. A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO ALFONSIN, BUT THE
GROUPS REMAIN SMALL AND ISOLATED AND APPEAR TO LACK A LEADER.
TO PLACATE THE ARMED FORCES, ALFONSIN WILL HAVE TO LIMIT
TRIALS AND THE PACE OF FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS, EVEN AT THE RISK OF
LOSING POPULAR SUPPORT. HIS RECENT DECISION TO REPLACE THE PRESENT
INVESTIGATING COMMISSION WITH nNF mnRF DIRECTLY UNDER HIS CONTROL IS
A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
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