ALLEGED RESPONSIBILITY OF AN ARGENTINE ARMY UNIT FOR THE ATTACK ON A U.S. EMBASSY VEHICLE - 1983/06/18
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WARNING: INFORMATIO!N REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
REPORT CLASSq_E....C�R�E�T--WNINTEL--
DIST: 18 "UNE 1983
COUNTRY: ARGENTINA
SUBJ: ALLEGED RESPONSIBILITY OF AN ARGENTINE ARMY UNIT FOR THE
ATTACK ON A U.S. EMBASSY V HI
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. 2. A PARAMILITARY UNIT CALLED THE
."PUMA GROUP", 'CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK ON A U.S.
EMBASSY EVEICLE IN:THE EARLY. MORNING HOURS OF 14.JUNE. 3.3(b)(1)
"THE ACTION. HAD BEEN ORDERED BY THE
.ARMY" (SIC), AND IT:WAS SPECIFICALLY TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE
- FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARGENTINE SURRENDER IN THE FALKLAND.
ISLANDS. ITHIS WAS AN ISOLATED 3.3(b )C6.
ACT AND NOT THE BEGINNING OF A.CAMPAIGN TO INTIMIDATE U.S:. .
PERSONNEL_IN_ARGENTINA.
3.3(b)(1). 3.. (r COMMENT: THE "PUMA GROUP" IS COMPOSED OF ABOUT
10 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE ARMY WHO CARRY OUT 'VERY SENSITIVE
:PARAMILITARY OR PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED
APPROPRIATE FOR THE 601ST INTELLIGENCE BATTALION, THE OPERATIONAL
...ARM OF THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE- (SIE). MEMBERS OF THE
"PUMA GROUP" GENERALLY CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO
INTIMIDATE PERSONS: FOR. EXAMPLE, MEMBERS OF THE GROUP HAVE MADE
THREATENING TELEPHONE CALLS TO LEADERS OF THE "MOTHERS OF THE
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5. THE TERM PUMA IS VERY POPULAR AMONG RIGHT�WING,
NATIONALISTIC GROUPS IN ARGENTINA; IT WAS FREQUENTLY USED BY
SUCH GROUPS DURING THE ANTI�GUERRILLA ACTIVITIES 0 THE
MID-1970'S. THERE IS A GROUP OF ABOUT 10 MEN WHO REFER TO
THEMSELVES AS "PUMAS". THIS GROUP, HEADED BY A FORMER ARMY
CAPTAIN, HAS SOME SORT OF CONNECTION TO THE 601ST BATTALION.
IN THE PAST, THIS GROUP CARRIED OUT PHYSICAL ATTACKS ON
INDIVIDUAL_LEFTISTS AND BOMBED SYNAGOSUfS
6. C_____JCOMMENT:
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\THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN
CAREFULLY TIMED TO AVOID �ANY PERSONAL INJURIES TO U.S. PERSONNEL
WAS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT IT HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BY SOME
RIGHT�WING GROUP.)
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