ARGENTINE POLITICAL SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700430011-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 21, 1949
• Content Type: IR

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SUBJECT Argentine Poli cal Sj uat t'iionn
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Mrs. Peron$s campaign to discredit Foreign Minister 3 ian
Milo Bramu 14ahas gained new impetus since Rain A `ejandro
Apold became Sub-Secretary of Press and Propaanda. on Mrs.
Peron's orders, Apold recently issued instructions to the
Peroal,sta press and radio that publicity regarding Bramuglia
be kept toa bare minimum., Bramulia ce cus s ed this matter
with Preside ,t Peron, and on ~. April submitted his resgna-
tioh, Peron, however, refused to accept it and promised to
reconoil.e the differences between II ramuglia and the Sub-
Secretariat of Press and Propaganda.
2. Peron has been receiving an increasing number of complaints
from Peronista art leaders in the interior of the country
who claim that the 'local party centers do not have sufficient
autonomy and freedom of action. These complaints particularly
assail the fact that provincial Perohis to political candidates
are named by Peron or Mrs. Peron in a dictatorial fashion, and
do not always correspond to the wishes of the local party ,r,
leaders, As a result of this practice, there have been many
resignations from Peronista provincial councils.
3, Vice President Eortensio Quijano has warned Peron that unrest
is growing in the Peronista party in the interior of the
country and that a reorganization is necessary. Quijano at-
tested that intrigue and dissension were rife among party
leaders who were placing personal ambitions above party wel-
fare and, unity.
Federal Police agents and certified public accountants from
the Ministry of Finance have recently furnished reports to
Peron indicating widespread-graft in the Ministry of Public
Health., The reports directly implicate the Minister of Public
Health, Dr. Ramon Carrillo. Although Carrillo denied the
charges at a recent cabinet meeting, Peron was not satisfied
and may remove him from office after a more complete investi-
gation of affairs in his ministry.
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5. The recent reorganization of the Imraigra ion Department re-
sulted from an investigation of that ag)6ncy initiated by
Colonel Enrique Pedro Gonzalez when he was appointed Director
of Irm'nig;ration. At the suggestion of the Federal Police,
Gonzalez began an investigation to ascertain the extent of
illegal immigration to Argentina for the purpose of deter-
mining if Communists were arriving in Argentina with false
papers. Gonzalez apparently learned that some officials in
the department were involved in the illegal issuance of
permanent residence permits and other documentation to cer-
tain immigrants arriving from Italy and Spain.
6. Minister of Interior Angel Borlenghi is suspected of having
accepted bribes from influential Jews to arrange the entry
into Argentina of a large number of Jewish refugees.
7. Chief of Federal Police General Arturo Bertollo has requested
authorisation to enlarge the Seccion Especial (anti-Communist
section) of the police for the purpose of investigation of
subvervive activities in labor unions in the interior,
ance with the NOj
6 October 1973 from the 1
Director of Central ]ntcllioence to the
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