WESTERN HEMISPHERE BRIEF - 1975/02/14

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627782
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 14, 1975

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//ARGENTINA: AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF RESISTING
PRESIDENTIAL EFFORTS TO BRING THE ARMY INTO A MAJOR ROLE IN THE
COUNTER-TERRORIST CAMPAIGN, ARMY COMMANDER GENERAL ANAYA HAS BEGUN
A SWEEP AGAINST ONE OF THE GUERRILLA STRONGHOLDS. THE TURNABOUT
CAN PROBABLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO MILITARY DISSATISFACTION WITH POLICE
INEFFECTIVENESS AND THE CONVICTION AMONG ARMY LEADERS THAT PUBLIC
OPINION NOW IS PREPARED PSYCHOLOGICALLY TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT
THE POLICE ALONE CANNOT STAMP OUT TERRORISM. THE FIRST TARGET
OF THE ARMY ,DRIVE IS IN THE NORTHWEST PROVINCE OF TUCUMAN, WHERE
THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY ARMY IS PARTICULARLY STRONG. THE
GUERRILLAS HAVE LONG HAD THE SYMPATHY OF LOCAL WORKERS IN THE
DEPRESSED SUGAR INDUSTRY, AND SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL TRAINING CAMPS
FOR THE INSURGENTS ARE LOCATED IN THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS. THE ARMY
REPORTEDLY HAS LEARNED THE LOCATION OF KEY GUERRILLA ENCAMPMENTS
AND HOPES TO WIPE THEM OUT. THE GUERRILLAS, WHO ARE AWARE OF
GOVERNMENT PREPARATIONS FOR THE OFFENSIVE BY NOW, MAY HAVE TAKEN
STEPS TO ELUDE THE TROOPS BEING SENT INTO THE REGION. (SECRET
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