(EST PUB DATE) CUBAN SUPPORT FOR NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS AND REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS - 1977/07/01

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: LATIN AMERICA
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01516826
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: July 1, 1977

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Cuban Support for Nationalist Movements and
Revolutionary Groups
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Cuban diplomat in Argentina was meeting regular y
with a representative of the Leftist Revolutionary
Movement (MIR), Patricio Biedma, in 1976. Prior to
Biedma's arrest by Argentine security forces in August
1976, he received $75,000 from the Cuban official to
help support MIR activities in Argentina.
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19. In Argentina, the Cubans used their diplomatic
presence�at least until mid-1976�to maintain con-
tact with several domestic terrorist groups as well as
representatives of the Chilean MIR. According to
several reports, the Cubans met regularly with
representatives of the Argentine People's Army (ERP)
and the Montoneros during 1974-76.
the Cubans provided funds and propaganda
guidance for newspapers published by the Revolution-
ary Worker's Party, the political arm of the ERP. As
stated above, the Argentine security forces arrested
Patricio Biedma, a representative of the Chilean MIR,
in August 1976. Biedma reportedly revealed that in
addition to the $75,000 given to him, the Cubans had
also provided funds to the ERP and to the Montoneros.
An ERP member arrested by Argentine security
forces�also in August 1976�confirmed that Cuba
had given financial assistance to his group.
20. The Cubans, however, may have reduced or
suspended their contacts with Argentine subversives
since mid-1976. The confessions of several arrested
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terrorists prompted a closer surveillance of Cuban
embassy personnel by the Argentine security forces. In
August 1976 two Cuban embassy employees were
kidnaped and never found.
the Cubans suspected that they were killed by
rightist elements in the Argentine government. There
have been no reports of Cuban involvement with
Argentine revolutionaries since September 1976. The
Argentine ambassador was assured recently by Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez that Cuba is totally removed from
current" guerrilla and terrorist efforts in Argentina.
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