CLANDESTIN PRISONERS: HECTOR HIDALGO SOLAR |
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Current Class: Current Handling: Document Number: 1979STATE2444 73 l/d/i * : 1 |C Page: Channel: n/a <<<<. >>>> PAGE 01 ORIGIN SS-25 ;fc* '- $テつ」テつア テつ」 iJ STATE 244473 0 0JL INFO OCT-00 ADS-00 SSO-00 /025 R DRAFTED BY ARA/ EGA -. MMADAMS, JR. : MAS APPROVED BY ARArVPVAKY ARA:SEATON ARA/ECA:CWRUSER ARA/AND:WILLIAM KNEPPER S/S-0:WROPE 018583 180244Z /65 O 180107Z SEP 79 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO IMMEDIATE STATE 244473 D E.O. 12065 GDS 9/17/85 (VAKY, VTR TAGS: SHUM, AR, CI SUBJECT: CLANDESTINE PRISONERS: REF: SANTIAGO 6411 1. B^NTIRE TEXT) ARGENTINA PROJECT (S200000044). U.S. DEPT. OF STATE. A/RPS/IPS Margaret P. Grafeld, Director (^ Release ( ) Excise ( ) Deny Exemption(s):. P.) Declassify: ( ) In Part ( ) Classify as _ ( ) Extert Date_________Declassify on (Vf In Full idas_ ( )T Downgrade to _ Reason____. HECTOR HIDALGO SOLAR 2. REFTEL CITED REPORT TO VICARIATE OF SOLIDARITY THAT INDICATES EX-ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA, HECTOR HIDALGO SOLAR, MAY BE HELD PRISONER BY GOVERNMENT OF ?^RGENTINA IN "CONCENTRATION CAMP" IN RIO NEGRO PROVINCE. rHIS IS FIRST INDICATION WE HAVE HAD OF HIS WHEREABOUTS, DR EVEN POSSIBILITY THAT HE IS STILL ALIVE. HOWEVER, tfE ALSO NOTE THAT SOURCE STATES THAT ESTRELLA IGLESIAS PAGE 02 STATE 244473 \ND BEATRIZ PEROSIO HELD IN RIO NEGRO FACILITY AT TIME IE WAS RELEASED IN MARCH, 1979. ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY Current Class Page: 1 USSHO H Current Class: ^^H|^ UIIULflUUii iiテつサi/ Page: 2 Current Handling: JB^F Document Number: 1979STATE244473 Channel: n/a GIVEN TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IN PARIS ON JULY 4, 1979, BY ESTRELLA IGLESIAS ESPASANDIN, SHE WAS (A) DETAINED ON AUGUST 11, 1978, (B) HELD AT LA TABLADA INFANTRY REGIMENT CAMP NEAR BUENOS AIRES, WHERE SHE SAW A NUMBER OF OTHER WOMEN "DISAPPEARED", INCLUDING BEATRIZ PEROSIO, (C) MOVED TO THIRD COMMISSARIAST OF VALENTIN ALSINA (IN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ALSO) ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1978, AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 1978, WHEN SHE BEGAN RECEIVING WEEKLY FAMILY VISITS, (D) VISITED BY THE LEGAL COUNSEL OF SPANISH EMBASSY ON NOVEMBER 6, 1978, (E) TRANSFERRED TO VILLA DEVOTO PRISON, BUENOS AIRES, ON DECEMBER 22, 1978 (INCOMMUNICADO UNTIL JANUARY 19, 1979, WHEN FAMILY VISITS WERE RESUMED) , (F) WENT BEFORE COURT MARTIAL ON MARCH 6, 1979 AND APRIL 7, 197 9, AND (H) WAS RELEASED ON MAY 18, 197 9 TO LEAVE ARGENTINA FOR SPAIN ON JUNE 13, 1979. 3. DESPITE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN ABOVE AND STATEMENT BY SOURCE OF VICARIATE OF SOLIDARITY, AMBASSADOR HIDALGO IS KNOWN TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY VAKY AND OTHERS HERE IN THE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME ACTION TO SECURE HIS SAFE RELEASE. WE REALIZE SENSITIVITY OF YOUR SOURCE, AND DO NOT WISH TO COMPROMISE IT. IN LIKE MANNER, WE WOULD NOT WISH TO DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF AMBASSADOR HIDALGO. THEREFORE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT ACTION WE MIGHT TAKE THAT MIGHT BE PRODUCTIVE IN SECURING RELEASE OF AMBASSADOR HIDALGO WITHOUT REVEALING SOURCE OF INFOR- MATION OR INCREASING RISK TO HIM. VANCE SINN Current Class: flHUHHI^P Page: 2 1CIASSIFEI | |||