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SUB3: HUHAN EIGHTS SUKHARY - AUGUST 9. 1379
Rﾃつ｣F: BUENOS AIRES 6411
1. ^ INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF
INTERIOR ANNOUNCES ON AUGUST 8 THAT AS A RESULT OF
PERSONS DROPPED FROIt PEN,- EXPELLED, ETC. THE
NUMBER OF PEN PRISONERS HAS BEEN DIMINISHED TO
1,6IS. THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PREPARED BY A
COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION WAS
SHARPLY CRITICIZED EY THE COLLEGE OF LAWYERS OF
THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES. THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL
WELFARE IH THE PROVIHCE OF CORDOBA ENDED THE
EXPULSION OF CHIIOREN MEMBERS OF THE JOHEVAH'S
WITNESS SECT FROM THE SCHOOLS OF THE PROVINCE.
THE EMBASSY RECEIVED A VARIETY OF REPORTS OF
REAPPEARANCES. THE FOWG SLOWS DOWN. END
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY.
2. ^ THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ANNOUNCED ON
AUGUST ﾃつｻ THAT THE NUMBER OF PEN PRISONESS IS NOW
r5J6ﾃつｫS OF JULY 31, DOWN FROM 1,713 LISTED ON
TuSeTt? ONCE AGAIN IT IS NOT POSSIBLE?FOR US AT
LEAST?COMPLETELY TO RECONCILE THE TWO SETS OF
' FIGURES ISSUED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. THAT
MINISTRY'S TABULATION FOR PRISONERS AS OF JULY 31
STATES THAT 51 PERSONS MERE DROPPED fROK THE PEN
DURING THE MONTH, TWO WERE EXPELLED, 23 WERE GIVEN
THE RIGHT OF OPTION TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, AND II
VERE PUT UNDER "SUPERVISED LIBERTY"?FOB A TOTAL
OF 118 PEOPLE WHO APPEAR TO NAVE DIMINISHED THE
PEN ROLLS. FIVE PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO THE ANNOUNCE-
MENT WERE ADDED TO THE PEN LIST. SUBTRACTING THE
PERSONS WHOSE CONDITION WAS AFFECTED FROM THE JUNE
28 FIGURE OF 1,723 AND ADDING THE FIVE NEW PERSONS
PUT UNDER PEN, THE NEW POPULATION UNDER PEN MIGHT
BE ASSUMED TO BE 1,620.
ONCE AGAIN, HOWEVER, VE ARE NOT CERTAIN HOW
MANY PEOPLE GIVEN SUPERVISED LIBERTY MIGHT IN FACT
STILL BE LISHEO UNDER THE PEN ROLLS, JUST AS WE
ARE UNCERTAIN WAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 51 PEOPLE
-DROPPED FROM PEN" ACTUALLY GAINED THEIR LIBERTY
AS OPPOSED TO PASSING INTO THE 'CHARGED" CATEGORY
FOR TRAIAL It A CIVILIAN COURT OR, POSSIBLY, A
MILITARY "CONSEJC DE GUﾃつ｣RRA\
THE MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT ADDED THAT AS OF
JULY 31, 191 PEOPLE HAD PASSED INTO THE "SUPERVISED
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I IBERTY- CATEGORY?OUR CALCULATIONS WOULD HAKE THE
FIGURE 2B1. THEN PEOPLE, THE MINISTRY SAID, WERE
UNDER HOUSE ARREST?OUR FIGURES WOULD READ 12.
SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE HAD BEEN ?OPTIONEO- ?
FROtl OUR CALCULATIONS WE WOULD READ 736. THE
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SAID THAT 193 PEOPLE HAD BEEN
EXFtLUO FROM THE COUNTRY ? UPDATING ANO ADD I KG
THEIR FIGURES WE MAKE IT 194. UNTIL IflNlSTRY
OFFICIALS ANSWER, US REGARDING OUR FIRST SERIES OF
QUESTIONS BASED UPON HARGUINDIGUrs JUNE 23 DECLARA-
TIONS (BUENOS AIRES S4S0), THESE SHALL MYSTERIES
WILL REMAIN. NEVERTHELESS A CONCLUSION HAS TO BE
THE PEN LIST ITSELF IS BEING DIMINISHED AT A
FAIRLY FAST CLIP.
3. "W CASES ON THE RECENT MINISTRY LIST OF
PARTICULAR INTEREST .....
OF THE SI PEOPLE DROPPED FROIt PEN, ONE WAS A "US
INTEREST CASE" a I TO JULIO GERVASONI), AND NINE
OTHER PRISONERS WERE LISTED ON EliSASSY CARDS;
JUAN CARLOS ASTUBIllO, flAR IA AIUCEMA COLAIIO DE
PAEZ, HECTOR RAMON OUCH, tlABEL IRENE FERNANDEZ,
ALBERTO LEVI, ANAHAIA SILVIA RODRIGUEZ TAPATTA,
HECTOR NAZ.ARENO TAPPATTA, OEL 10 HER ALIO SFACIA,
AND VIVIAN* VIRGINIA VENTURUZZI.
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(VERGARA MENTIONED THAT WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES TO ASH TO RETURN AS A
STUDENT, ONE OF THE TEACHERS, ASSOCIATED WITH THE
STATE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ?SIDE ? TOLD KIM THAT
ﾃつｦ10U ARE LUCKY HOT TO BE DISAPPEARED. * VERGARA IS
LOOKING FOR WORK AS A GEOLOGIST.)
OF THE 23 PEOPLE AUTHORIZED 70 LEAVE THE
ccmrrriY under right of option, nine were oi interest
TO THE US (MARCOS ROBERTO SROCHI M0SC0VICH, CAYETAND
OESENA, ALFREDO OSCAR FERNANDEZ, JOSE JULIAN
MEOELA, HECTOR OSVALDO MORALES, MIGUEL ANTONIO
PEREZ, NESTOR HUGO PRADERIO, OSCAR ARTURO SOMASCO,
AND JUAN CARLOS SOSAI AND FIVE PEOPLE FIGURED IN
EMBASSY LISTS: LUSI GABRIEL OCANA EL IAS, EDUAROO
ARGENTINA PROJECT (S200000044)
US. DEPT. OF STATE, A/RPS/TPS
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FERE1, GLADYS SEPULVEflA, JOSE TAHARIT, ANO JORGE
HUHBERTO WIN. OF THE PERSONS OPTIONED./
RECEIVED US RIGHT OF OPTION CERTIFICATES AND
ﾃつｻStE~"IoUHEs FOR THE US- 1A COLLEAGUE AT TﾃつｻE SWEDISH
EMBASSY TOLD US THAT OF THE 23 PEOPLE OPTIONED,
TEN WERE OESTINED FOR SWENDEN.) OF 41 PERSONS
GIVEN CONTROLLED FREEDOM THREE WERE OF PARTICULAR
US INTEREST tHECTOR LUIS ABACI, GUSTAVO EHH10UE
SERRA AND HUGO EMO TANGENTIl AND SIX OTHERS WERE
LISTED IN EMBASSY FILES: ANTONIO SfRAFIN CAMPOS,
SAUL RUBEN CASTRO, RODOLFO ANTONIO GRAF, ALICIA
ANGELICA PRAT HEOALGO, CARICS AORIAH RETAHOSA, AND
MIGUEL ANGEl VICARIO. THE HAKES OF THE FIVE
PERSOHS PUT UNDER PEH DURING THE MONTH OF JUL* AND
TWO TWO PEOPLE EXPELLED WERE NOT PUBLISHED.
4. IUI NEW YORK CI IT EAR REPORT ATTACKED.....
THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PREPARED BV MEMBERS OF THE
NEW VORK ClU BAR ASSOCIATION WHO VISITED ARGENTINA -
IN APRIL, BREW CRIUCtSM FROM THE "COLEGIO BE
ABOGAOOS DE BUENOS AIRES1' LAST WEEK. IN A LETTER
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK BAR ASSOCIATION,
THE- -COLEGIO" CONTENDED THAT THE SOURCES CITED IN
THE REPORT WERE UNRELIABLE SMALL GROUPS WHOSE
MAJOR CONCERN WAS CAUSING AS MUCH DISSENSION AS
POSSIBLE. THE LETTER ACCUSED THE HEW YORK LAWYERS
OF IGNORING THE REASONS WHY THE GOA HAD TO TAKE
SUCH DRASTIC ACTIONS TO BEGIN WITK. ﾃつｫHE COLEGIO
REASONED THAT IN ORDER TO OUELL THE TERRORIST
ELEMENT IN ARGENTINA THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO USE
flEANS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE, BUT WHICH
WERE JUSTIFIABLE CONSIDERING TKE SITUATIONS IN
FURTHER OEFENSE OF THE GOA, THE -COLEGIO" STATED
THAT IMPORTANT RIGHTS, SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO HABEAS
CORPUS, WERE ALIVE AND Wll IN ARGENTINA.
THE LETTER ALSO ADDRESSED ITSELF TO THE
REPORT'S OBSERVATIONS ON THE LACK OF ACTION ON THE
PART OF ARGENTINA'S LAWYERS. ACCORDING TO THE
"COLEGIO," LAWYERS HERE ARE NOT AFRAID OF REPRISALS
FROM THE GOA, AND THEREFORE FELT FREE TO (NFORH
THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT WAS GUILTY OF OVERSTEPPING
THE LIMITS OF THE CONSTITUTION. THE "COLEGIO-
AFFIRMED THAT THERE WERE MANY LAWYERS WILLING AND
ABLE TO DEFEND UNPOPULAR CASES, ANO, FINALLY, THAT
THOSE LAWYERS THE NEW YORK GROUP LISTED AS "DIS-
APPEARED" WERE PROBABLY TERRORISTS THEMSELVES,
AND NOT VICTIMS OF GOVERN-if NTAL RETRIBUTION.
S. (U) CORDOBA "WITNESSES" KIDS BACH IN
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THE BUENOS AIRES PRESS OF AUGUST 6-6 REPORTED THAT
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PARENTS HAD PRAISED IN AN OPEN
LETTER A RESOLUTION OF THE CORDOBA PROVINCIAL
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL WELFARE ENDING THE EXPULSION OF
JEHOVAH'S VITNESS CHILDREN FROn PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS
BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT SALUTE THE FLAG OR SING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM, AS A RESULT OF.RELIGIOUS PROHIBI-
TION. TWO PARENTS SIGNED THE LETTER AND EXPRESSED
THE HOPE THAT OTHER PROVINCES WOULD FOLLOW SUIT
ANO "REESTABLISH THE CHILDREN'S RIGHTS."
t. % FOWC SLOWSOWN? .....
A JUNIOR MEMBER OF TRE_FDREIGN OFFICE WORKING
GROUP ON HUMAN RIGHTS 7 ".
HAS TOLD US THAT^THFnr ijiy |hit bf any More Fqwg_
?gE^Lji^sjNjBSissjjuuuj^.jiBjaiiugfliuijiiasis, ?
VENT ON TO SAY THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE
'' THE EMBASSY WOULD BE ASKED THE NAME OF ANY
'DISTINGUISHED PERSON IN THE US' REQUESTING INFORMA-
TION ABOUT A SPECIFIC CASE. IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST
ONE MONTH SINCE THE EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED A PERIODIC
RESPONSE TO ITS INOUIRIES. AT THIS POINT ?WITH
THE FOWG HEAVILY INVOLVED IN PREPARING FOR THE
EARLY SEPTEMBER VISIT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMIS-
SION FDR HUMAN RIGHTS, WE HAD AS SOOIt LET THIS
SITUATION RIDE. AT SOME POINT WE WILL, HOWEVER,
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FOWG AND REQUEST THAT IT 8E
COURSE THE GOA SIMPLE DECLARES, OPENLY THAT "IF
TOU DON'T HAVE INFORMATION BY NOW THERE'S NONE TO
BE HAD.* ALTHOUGH THE FOWG HAS NEVER PROVIDED US
jyiTH INFORMATION WHIClHTTflo^o'HlATrTHIHD'T?-1T
has nIVer. Jill LJUHPle. UlSonito the hystfry of a
JU5Jﾃつ｣P^REDPERS0N--IT HAS BEEN A USEFUL BODY FOR
FOCUSING THE ATTENTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE ON
HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS AND OFFERING THIS EMBASSY
ANO OTHER EMBASSIES A CREDIBLE AGENCY FOR ESTABLISH-
ING THE OFFICIAL GOA LINE ON INOUIRIES WE RECEIVE.
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AflEMBASSY SAN 11 AOC-
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SECTION 3 OF 4 BUENOS AIRES 6620
A JOURNALIST WHO REPRESENTS A UNITED STATES PUBLICA-
TION HAS TOLD US OF REPORTS SHE HAS HEARD THAT THE
FAMILY OF ERP MEMBER LUIS LOPEZ COKENDABOR HEARD
INDIRECTLY ITHBOUGH LOPEZ COKENDADQR'S GIRLFRIEND ?
WHO LIVES HERE IN ARGENTINA, WHO MS TOLD THIS
ALUGEBLY BY A FRIEND Of VUSS1 THAT THE YOUMO HAN
IS ALIVE AND LIVING IN PARIS AMONG A GROUP OF
ARGENTINE EXILES. ANOTHER REPORT IS THAT THE SON
OF A LA PLATA DOCTOR RECENTLY TELEPHONED HIS
FATHER FROM PARIS ASKING FOR HONEY. THAT YOUNG
HAN HAD ALSO BEEN LISTED AMONG THE DISAPPEARED.
ACCORDING TO ARGENTINE TELEVISION PERSONALITY
MARCOS ZUCKER, HIS SON, A DISAPPEARED HONTONERO,
HAS ALSO TURNED UP IN PARIS. 2UCHER MENTIONED
THIS TO A LA PRENSA REPORTER AND ALLUDED TO THE
SITUATION CURING HIS TELEVISION SHOW.
!. tUi. CAPUTD FREEO--GRAHDE PROBABLY WIJ L, RF----------
LATE HEMS; RIOBO UPU10 WAS ACQUITTED AND FREED
LATE THE WEEK OF AUGUST 6-10, AND IT IS ASSUMED
JOSE EMILID GRANDE WILL SHORTLY BE ALSO. THE
CAPUTO-GSANDE CASES WERE HAJOR PRESS EVENTS.
THE TWO JOURNALISTS WERE ARRESTED AFTER AN
ARTICLE ON MONTONERO HARIO FIRMENICH APPEARED IN
THEIR NEWSPAPERS. THE ARTICLES IN QUESTION REPORTED
STATEMENTS FIRMENICH MADE IN NICARAGUA CONCERNING
THE POSSIBILITY OF A HONTONERO OFFENSIVE IN ARGENTINA.
EVEN THOUGH SIMILAR ARTICLES WERE CARRIED BY
NEWSPAPERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, ONLY RIOBO
CAPUfO, EDITOR OF EL LITORAt OF SANTA FE, AND JOSE
EMILfO GRANDE, EDITOR OF LA OP INI OR Of RAFAELA,
WERE ARRESTED. IRENALD ACTIS, DIRECTOR OF LA
OPINTON HAD BEEN DETAINED ON JULY 30, BUT WAS
RELEASED THE NEaT DAY WHEN GRANDE CLAIMED RESPONSI-
BILITY FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE ARTICLE.) IN
THEIR APPEALS COURT DECISIOH THREE JUDGES AFFIRMED
THAT CAPUTO "HAD LIMITED HIS ACTION TO PUBLISHING
INFORMATION WITHOUT COMMENT... PURELY FOR INFORMA-
TION'S SAKE.I
!. (U> MORE ON THE OISPPEARED CHILDREN: THE
ZAFFARONI CASE ----------
ENCOURAGED BY THE APPEARANCE OF ANOIOLE AND EVA LUCIA
GRISONAS IREFTEL) URUGUAYAN JULIO ROBERTO ZAFFARONI
AND HIS WIFE WERE REPORTED BY THE PRESS TO HAVE
ARRIVED LAST TUESDAY IN SANTIAGO IN SEARCH OF
1HEIA DISAPPEARED GRANDDAUGHTER MARIANA ZAFFARONI
ISLAS, MARIANA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DISAPPEARED
WHEN MR PARENTS WIRE DETAINED BY A GROUP OF
PEGPlE BELIEVED TO BE SECURITY OFFICIALS FROM
THEIR VICENTE LOPEZ SUBURBAN RESIDENCE OUT FRDH
BUENOS AIRES ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1576. THE ELDER MR.
ZAFFARONI SAYS THAT HE HAS NO FURTHER NEWS OF HIS
SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
9. (U) COMMEMORATIVE MASS SCHEDULED
HONSIGNOB JORGE NOVAK, BISHgP OF OullJIEjL^NNOUKCiP /\>*7
POT OF AUGUST 12 FOR THE INTENT_____________
_F_AML!ﾃつ｣S OF THE DETAINED AND THE DISAPPEARED. CO-
*i^k? irm um; |u ii|t qiqceses -commiss'ion
EOR JUSTICE AHO PEACE'. UNLIKE THE GREAT MAJORITY
OF HIS CLERICAL COLLEAGUES, H0N5IGN0R NOVAK TOOK
AN EARLY INTEREST IN HUMAN RIGHTS HATTERS AND
CONTINUES AS A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE MOVEMENT.
IB. (Ut IA * AC I ON PUBLISHES ON AUGUST 9 A NEWS
ITEM FROM THE UNITED STATES STATING THAT THE
AMERICAN LEGION WILL TAKE. UP AT ITS AUGUST 20-22
ANNUAL COHCENTION IN HOUSTON A PROPOSAL OF ITS
MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER SUGGESTING THAT THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES PUT AN END TO DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST ARGENTINA. THE MASSACHUSETTS GROUP'S
SUGGESTION, ACCORDING TO LA NACION, UNDERLINES THE
STRATEGIC IHPORTANCE OF SOUTH AMERICA AND ESPECIALLY
THE SOUTHERN CONE. ITS PARTICULAR TARGETS ARE THE
HUMPHREY-KENNEDY AMENDMENT AND EXIHBANK REGULATION
WHICH AFFECTS ARGENTINA.
11. (U> THE LAWYER DEFENDING RETIRED GENERAL
MIGUEL ANGEL INIGUEZ HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOVERN-
MENT ASK FOR THE EXTRADITION OF TERRORIST LEADER
MARIO FIRMENICH FROH NICARAGUA. INIGUEZ IS A
FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE WHO ORDERED FIRMENICH'S
RELEASE HOURS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY OF
1974 FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
12. IUI MORE PREPARATIONS FOR THE IACHR .....
MINISTER OF INTERIOR HARGUIHDEGUY TOLD THE PRESS
AUGUST 9 THAT HE HAD TALKED THAT OAY WITH PRESIDENT .
VIDELA ABOUT THE APPROACHING VISIT OF THE INTER-
AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HE WENT
OK THE ADD THAT AN INTER-mNlSTERt AL COMMISSION
WILL IN THE FUTURE MEET TWICE A WEEK (RATHER THAH
ONCEI TO PLAN THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE
COMMISSION'S VISIT. HARGUIIIDEGUY ALSO TOUCHED
UPON JOINT PLANNING BY THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS AND INTERIOR TO RECEIVE SOUTH EAST ASIAN
REFUGEES.
13. (UI PARAGUAYANS MISSING SINCE 76-77 SOUGHT .....
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD ANNOUNCED ON AUGUST 3 THAT
FOUR RADICAL-LIBERAL PARTY DEPUTIES FROM fkRUAMt
ﾃつｦjemmy WRDU 111 IHl MM I I III MlHKim-^TWmn.
DENOUNCING THE DISAPPEARANCE BFTWEEN SEPTEHBER
_ im AND ttmnmv t....*
it AffiniTiug ?r PARAGUAYANS LISTED WERE JOSEF INA
KEIN, AGOSTIN GOIBORU, ESTER BALlESTRINO DE CAREAGA,
IGNACIO SAHANIECO, AND FEDERICO JORGE TATTER--ALL
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LISTED IN EMBASSY FILES. HRS. CAREAGA, WHO DIS-
APPEARED IN DECEMBER OF 1377 DURING THE SAME
INCIDENTS WHICH MARKED THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TWO
FRENCH NUNS, IS PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN Of THE
CASES.
14. lUI THREE FORMER MAYORS OF THE SHALL SUBURBAN
CITY OF LANU3 PLUS A VARIETY OF FORMER PUBLIC
OFFICIALS AND HUI1AN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE SECEWTiy
MADE A FORMAL APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR NEWS Of
SOME 100 PEOPLE DISAPPEARED FRON THAT AREA DURING
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
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15. DECREE PUBLISHED REGARDING DISAPPfAREBS'
LI ST CONFISCATION-
IHC-Ell DECREE AUTHORIZING CONFISCATION OF THE Jf
LIST OF DISAPPEARED^ WHIP UHHl PtRHfflfilT f 0 ^
ASSEMBLY FOR HUKAII RIGHTS, THE LEAGUE FOR HUMAN***'
^BIGHTS AND THE ECU11EHICAL SOVEHENT FOR HUMAN
. RIGHTS WAS PUBLISHED Pit AUGUST 7 IU LA PRENSA..
THE HEART OF THE MATTER: "AN ANALYSIS 10F THE
OOCUMENTI PETALS CONTENTS BESTINED TO CREATE A
STATE OF INSECURITY IN PUBLIC OPINION, MAKING
CLAIMS REGARDING CERTAIN PRESUMPTIONS THAT ATTEMPT
TO IMPUTE UNACCEPTABLE PROCEDURES TO THE PUBLIC
FORCES. tALSOl THAT CRAKE INPRECISIOIIS, INEXACTI-
TUDES AND INDIRECT ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE PUBLIC
FORCE WITHOUT IND1VIDUAIIIIHG RESPONSIBILITY
WITHOUT A DOUBT CONTRIBUTE TO MAINTAIN, AGGRAVATE,
OR EXPAND THE CAUSES WHICH NECESSITATED DECLARATION
Of THE STATE OF SlffE."
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OPTION CERTIFICATES FROM NORWAY, SWITZERLAND AND
AUSTRALIA.) PORTA WAS A r,Eri6EB Of AH OSGAMtlATIOH
CALLED 'WORKERS- POWER.'
17. IU) SUBVERSIVE SENTENCED .....
THE BUENOS AIRES PRESS CARRIED STORIES DURING THE
PAST WEEK OF THE SENTENCING OF UNO HECTOR VILCHf,
A 23 YEAR OLD ARGENTINE ARRESTED DECEMBER 4, 1374,
TO FIVE TEARS IN PRISON AND PERMANENT LOSS OF
CIVIL RIGHTS. VILCME WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF
POSSESSION OF ARMS AND EXTREMIST LITERATURE, AND
ALSO CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL ASSOCIATION. EMBASSY Hft
FILES DO NOT CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION ON VRCHE.
18. ftll JAIL CONDITIONS DENOUNCED.....
rOj_THE SECOND TIME IN TWO MONTHS RELATIVES OF
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IN TTE JAILS HAS BEEN REJECTED BY NEWSPAPERS IN
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL EVEN THOUGH THE ORGANIZATION
HAS OFFERED TO PAY FOR SPACE. IN A LETTER TO THE-
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EDUARDO JUAN DEANIEl PORTA WAS GIVEN AN INDEFINITE
PRISON SENTHECE AS THE PRESON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MURDER OF CORPORAL JORGE ANTONIO 0ULACIOS IN
AUGUST OF 1S76. THE TEXT Of THE MILITARY COURT'S
JUDGMENT STATES THAT THE CONDEMNED PERSON, ALTHOUGH
HE WAS NOT THE MATERIAL AUTHOR OF THE CRIME, WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS PLANNING AND APPROVAL?AN
ATTACK HADE UPON A MILITARY VEHICLE WHICH THE
CORPORAL WAS DRIVING. PORTA WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF
HAVING ORDERED THE INDISCRIMINATEASSASSINAFION OF
MEMBERS OFIHE ARMED FORCES, AND Of AUTHORING YET
ANOIHER MURDER IN WHICH A TERRORIST CALLED ANA
HARia HOHADAO PARTICIPATED. EMBASSY RECORDS SHOW
THAT MOHADAD IS ALSO AT THE OlSPOSAL Of THE CORDOBA
MILITARY COURT, BUT NO NEWS HAS SEEN GIVEN ABOUT
HER SENTENCING. IHOHADAD, ALSO ACCORDING TO
EMBASSY RECORDS, HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED RI6HT OF
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1. ^ INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF
INTERIOR ANNOUNCES ON AUGUST 8 THAT AS A RESULT OF
PERSONS DROPPED FROIt PEN,- EXPELLED, ETC. THE
NUMBER OF PEN PRISONERS HAS BEEN DIMINISHED TO
1,6IS. THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PREPARED BY A
COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION WAS
SHARPLY CRITICIZED EY THE COLLEGE OF LAWYERS OF
THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES. THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL
WELFARE IH THE PROVIHCE OF CORDOBA ENDED THE
EXPULSION OF CHIIOREN MEMBERS OF THE JOHEVAH'S
WITNESS SECT FROM THE SCHOOLS OF THE PROVINCE.
THE EMBASSY RECEIVED A VARIETY OF REPORTS OF
REAPPEARANCES. THE FOWG SLOWS DOWN. END
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY.
2. ^ THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ANNOUNCED ON
AUGUST ﾃつｻ THAT THE NUMBER OF PEN PRISONESS IS NOW
r5J6ﾃつｫS OF JULY 31, DOWN FROM 1,713 LISTED ON
TuSeTt? ONCE AGAIN IT IS NOT POSSIBLE?FOR US AT
LEAST?COMPLETELY TO RECONCILE THE TWO SETS OF
' FIGURES ISSUED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. THAT
MINISTRY'S TABULATION FOR PRISONERS AS OF JULY 31
STATES THAT 51 PERSONS MERE DROPPED fROK THE PEN
DURING THE MONTH, TWO WERE EXPELLED, 23 WERE GIVEN
THE RIGHT OF OPTION TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, AND II
VERE PUT UNDER "SUPERVISED LIBERTY"?FOB A TOTAL
OF 118 PEOPLE WHO APPEAR TO NAVE DIMINISHED THE
PEN ROLLS. FIVE PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO THE ANNOUNCE-
MENT WERE ADDED TO THE PEN LIST. SUBTRACTING THE
PERSONS WHOSE CONDITION WAS AFFECTED FROM THE JUNE
28 FIGURE OF 1,723 AND ADDING THE FIVE NEW PERSONS
PUT UNDER PEN, THE NEW POPULATION UNDER PEN MIGHT
BE ASSUMED TO BE 1,620.
ONCE AGAIN, HOWEVER, VE ARE NOT CERTAIN HOW
MANY PEOPLE GIVEN SUPERVISED LIBERTY MIGHT IN FACT
STILL BE LISHEO UNDER THE PEN ROLLS, JUST AS WE
ARE UNCERTAIN WAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 51 PEOPLE
-DROPPED FROM PEN" ACTUALLY GAINED THEIR LIBERTY
AS OPPOSED TO PASSING INTO THE 'CHARGED" CATEGORY
FOR TRAIAL It A CIVILIAN COURT OR, POSSIBLY, A
MILITARY "CONSEJC DE GUﾃつ｣RRA\
THE MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT ADDED THAT AS OF
JULY 31, 191 PEOPLE HAD PASSED INTO THE "SUPERVISED
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I IBERTY- CATEGORY?OUR CALCULATIONS WOULD HAKE THE
FIGURE 2B1. THEN PEOPLE, THE MINISTRY SAID, WERE
UNDER HOUSE ARREST?OUR FIGURES WOULD READ 12.
SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE HAD BEEN ?OPTIONEO- ?
FROtl OUR CALCULATIONS WE WOULD READ 736. THE
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SAID THAT 193 PEOPLE HAD BEEN
EXFtLUO FROM THE COUNTRY ? UPDATING ANO ADD I KG
THEIR FIGURES WE MAKE IT 194. UNTIL IflNlSTRY
OFFICIALS ANSWER, US REGARDING OUR FIRST SERIES OF
QUESTIONS BASED UPON HARGUINDIGUrs JUNE 23 DECLARA-
TIONS (BUENOS AIRES S4S0), THESE SHALL MYSTERIES
WILL REMAIN. NEVERTHELESS A CONCLUSION HAS TO BE
THE PEN LIST ITSELF IS BEING DIMINISHED AT A
FAIRLY FAST CLIP.
3. "W CASES ON THE RECENT MINISTRY LIST OF
PARTICULAR INTEREST .....
OF THE SI PEOPLE DROPPED FROIt PEN, ONE WAS A "US
INTEREST CASE" a I TO JULIO GERVASONI), AND NINE
OTHER PRISONERS WERE LISTED ON EliSASSY CARDS;
JUAN CARLOS ASTUBIllO, flAR IA AIUCEMA COLAIIO DE
PAEZ, HECTOR RAMON OUCH, tlABEL IRENE FERNANDEZ,
ALBERTO LEVI, ANAHAIA SILVIA RODRIGUEZ TAPATTA,
HECTOR NAZ.ARENO TAPPATTA, OEL 10 HER ALIO SFACIA,
AND VIVIAN* VIRGINIA VENTURUZZI.
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(VERGARA MENTIONED THAT WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES TO ASH TO RETURN AS A
STUDENT, ONE OF THE TEACHERS, ASSOCIATED WITH THE
STATE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ?SIDE ? TOLD KIM THAT
ﾃつｦ10U ARE LUCKY HOT TO BE DISAPPEARED. * VERGARA IS
LOOKING FOR WORK AS A GEOLOGIST.)
OF THE 23 PEOPLE AUTHORIZED 70 LEAVE THE
ccmrrriY under right of option, nine were oi interest
TO THE US (MARCOS ROBERTO SROCHI M0SC0VICH, CAYETAND
OESENA, ALFREDO OSCAR FERNANDEZ, JOSE JULIAN
MEOELA, HECTOR OSVALDO MORALES, MIGUEL ANTONIO
PEREZ, NESTOR HUGO PRADERIO, OSCAR ARTURO SOMASCO,
AND JUAN CARLOS SOSAI AND FIVE PEOPLE FIGURED IN
EMBASSY LISTS: LUSI GABRIEL OCANA EL IAS, EDUAROO
ARGENTINA PROJECT (S200000044)
US. DEPT. OF STATE, A/RPS/TPS
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FERE1, GLADYS SEPULVEflA, JOSE TAHARIT, ANO JORGE
HUHBERTO WIN. OF THE PERSONS OPTIONED./
RECEIVED US RIGHT OF OPTION CERTIFICATES AND
ﾃつｻStE~"IoUHEs FOR THE US- 1A COLLEAGUE AT TﾃつｻE SWEDISH
EMBASSY TOLD US THAT OF THE 23 PEOPLE OPTIONED,
TEN WERE OESTINED FOR SWENDEN.) OF 41 PERSONS
GIVEN CONTROLLED FREEDOM THREE WERE OF PARTICULAR
US INTEREST tHECTOR LUIS ABACI, GUSTAVO EHH10UE
SERRA AND HUGO EMO TANGENTIl AND SIX OTHERS WERE
LISTED IN EMBASSY FILES: ANTONIO SfRAFIN CAMPOS,
SAUL RUBEN CASTRO, RODOLFO ANTONIO GRAF, ALICIA
ANGELICA PRAT HEOALGO, CARICS AORIAH RETAHOSA, AND
MIGUEL ANGEl VICARIO. THE HAKES OF THE FIVE
PERSOHS PUT UNDER PEH DURING THE MONTH OF JUL* AND
TWO TWO PEOPLE EXPELLED WERE NOT PUBLISHED.
4. IUI NEW YORK CI IT EAR REPORT ATTACKED.....
THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PREPARED BV MEMBERS OF THE
NEW VORK ClU BAR ASSOCIATION WHO VISITED ARGENTINA -
IN APRIL, BREW CRIUCtSM FROM THE "COLEGIO BE
ABOGAOOS DE BUENOS AIRES1' LAST WEEK. IN A LETTER
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK BAR ASSOCIATION,
THE- -COLEGIO" CONTENDED THAT THE SOURCES CITED IN
THE REPORT WERE UNRELIABLE SMALL GROUPS WHOSE
MAJOR CONCERN WAS CAUSING AS MUCH DISSENSION AS
POSSIBLE. THE LETTER ACCUSED THE HEW YORK LAWYERS
OF IGNORING THE REASONS WHY THE GOA HAD TO TAKE
SUCH DRASTIC ACTIONS TO BEGIN WITK. ﾃつｫHE COLEGIO
REASONED THAT IN ORDER TO OUELL THE TERRORIST
ELEMENT IN ARGENTINA THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO USE
flEANS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE, BUT WHICH
WERE JUSTIFIABLE CONSIDERING TKE SITUATIONS IN
FURTHER OEFENSE OF THE GOA, THE -COLEGIO" STATED
THAT IMPORTANT RIGHTS, SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO HABEAS
CORPUS, WERE ALIVE AND Wll IN ARGENTINA.
THE LETTER ALSO ADDRESSED ITSELF TO THE
REPORT'S OBSERVATIONS ON THE LACK OF ACTION ON THE
PART OF ARGENTINA'S LAWYERS. ACCORDING TO THE
"COLEGIO," LAWYERS HERE ARE NOT AFRAID OF REPRISALS
FROM THE GOA, AND THEREFORE FELT FREE TO (NFORH
THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT WAS GUILTY OF OVERSTEPPING
THE LIMITS OF THE CONSTITUTION. THE "COLEGIO-
AFFIRMED THAT THERE WERE MANY LAWYERS WILLING AND
ABLE TO DEFEND UNPOPULAR CASES, ANO, FINALLY, THAT
THOSE LAWYERS THE NEW YORK GROUP LISTED AS "DIS-
APPEARED" WERE PROBABLY TERRORISTS THEMSELVES,
AND NOT VICTIMS OF GOVERN-if NTAL RETRIBUTION.
S. (U) CORDOBA "WITNESSES" KIDS BACH IN
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THE BUENOS AIRES PRESS OF AUGUST 6-6 REPORTED THAT
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PARENTS HAD PRAISED IN AN OPEN
LETTER A RESOLUTION OF THE CORDOBA PROVINCIAL
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL WELFARE ENDING THE EXPULSION OF
JEHOVAH'S VITNESS CHILDREN FROn PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS
BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT SALUTE THE FLAG OR SING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM, AS A RESULT OF.RELIGIOUS PROHIBI-
TION. TWO PARENTS SIGNED THE LETTER AND EXPRESSED
THE HOPE THAT OTHER PROVINCES WOULD FOLLOW SUIT
ANO "REESTABLISH THE CHILDREN'S RIGHTS."
t. % FOWC SLOWSOWN? .....
A JUNIOR MEMBER OF TRE_FDREIGN OFFICE WORKING
GROUP ON HUMAN RIGHTS 7 ".
HAS TOLD US THAT^THFnr ijiy |hit bf any More Fqwg_
?gE^Lji^sjNjBSissjjuuuj^.jiBjaiiugfliuijiiasis, ?
VENT ON TO SAY THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE
'' THE EMBASSY WOULD BE ASKED THE NAME OF ANY
'DISTINGUISHED PERSON IN THE US' REQUESTING INFORMA-
TION ABOUT A SPECIFIC CASE. IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST
ONE MONTH SINCE THE EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED A PERIODIC
RESPONSE TO ITS INOUIRIES. AT THIS POINT ?WITH
THE FOWG HEAVILY INVOLVED IN PREPARING FOR THE
EARLY SEPTEMBER VISIT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMIS-
SION FDR HUMAN RIGHTS, WE HAD AS SOOIt LET THIS
SITUATION RIDE. AT SOME POINT WE WILL, HOWEVER,
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FOWG AND REQUEST THAT IT 8E
COURSE THE GOA SIMPLE DECLARES, OPENLY THAT "IF
TOU DON'T HAVE INFORMATION BY NOW THERE'S NONE TO
BE HAD.* ALTHOUGH THE FOWG HAS NEVER PROVIDED US
jyiTH INFORMATION WHIClHTTflo^o'HlATrTHIHD'T?-1T
has nIVer. Jill LJUHPle. UlSonito the hystfry of a
JU5Jﾃつ｣P^REDPERS0N--IT HAS BEEN A USEFUL BODY FOR
FOCUSING THE ATTENTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE ON
HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS AND OFFERING THIS EMBASSY
ANO OTHER EMBASSIES A CREDIBLE AGENCY FOR ESTABLISH-
ING THE OFFICIAL GOA LINE ON INOUIRIES WE RECEIVE.
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A JOURNALIST WHO REPRESENTS A UNITED STATES PUBLICA-
TION HAS TOLD US OF REPORTS SHE HAS HEARD THAT THE
FAMILY OF ERP MEMBER LUIS LOPEZ COKENDABOR HEARD
INDIRECTLY ITHBOUGH LOPEZ COKENDADQR'S GIRLFRIEND ?
WHO LIVES HERE IN ARGENTINA, WHO MS TOLD THIS
ALUGEBLY BY A FRIEND Of VUSS1 THAT THE YOUMO HAN
IS ALIVE AND LIVING IN PARIS AMONG A GROUP OF
ARGENTINE EXILES. ANOTHER REPORT IS THAT THE SON
OF A LA PLATA DOCTOR RECENTLY TELEPHONED HIS
FATHER FROM PARIS ASKING FOR HONEY. THAT YOUNG
HAN HAD ALSO BEEN LISTED AMONG THE DISAPPEARED.
ACCORDING TO ARGENTINE TELEVISION PERSONALITY
MARCOS ZUCKER, HIS SON, A DISAPPEARED HONTONERO,
HAS ALSO TURNED UP IN PARIS. 2UCHER MENTIONED
THIS TO A LA PRENSA REPORTER AND ALLUDED TO THE
SITUATION CURING HIS TELEVISION SHOW.
!. tUi. CAPUTD FREEO--GRAHDE PROBABLY WIJ L, RF----------
LATE HEMS; RIOBO UPU10 WAS ACQUITTED AND FREED
LATE THE WEEK OF AUGUST 6-10, AND IT IS ASSUMED
JOSE EMILID GRANDE WILL SHORTLY BE ALSO. THE
CAPUTO-GSANDE CASES WERE HAJOR PRESS EVENTS.
THE TWO JOURNALISTS WERE ARRESTED AFTER AN
ARTICLE ON MONTONERO HARIO FIRMENICH APPEARED IN
THEIR NEWSPAPERS. THE ARTICLES IN QUESTION REPORTED
STATEMENTS FIRMENICH MADE IN NICARAGUA CONCERNING
THE POSSIBILITY OF A HONTONERO OFFENSIVE IN ARGENTINA.
EVEN THOUGH SIMILAR ARTICLES WERE CARRIED BY
NEWSPAPERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, ONLY RIOBO
CAPUfO, EDITOR OF EL LITORAt OF SANTA FE, AND JOSE
EMILfO GRANDE, EDITOR OF LA OP INI OR Of RAFAELA,
WERE ARRESTED. IRENALD ACTIS, DIRECTOR OF LA
OPINTON HAD BEEN DETAINED ON JULY 30, BUT WAS
RELEASED THE NEaT DAY WHEN GRANDE CLAIMED RESPONSI-
BILITY FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE ARTICLE.) IN
THEIR APPEALS COURT DECISIOH THREE JUDGES AFFIRMED
THAT CAPUTO "HAD LIMITED HIS ACTION TO PUBLISHING
INFORMATION WITHOUT COMMENT... PURELY FOR INFORMA-
TION'S SAKE.I
!. (U> MORE ON THE OISPPEARED CHILDREN: THE
ZAFFARONI CASE ----------
ENCOURAGED BY THE APPEARANCE OF ANOIOLE AND EVA LUCIA
GRISONAS IREFTEL) URUGUAYAN JULIO ROBERTO ZAFFARONI
AND HIS WIFE WERE REPORTED BY THE PRESS TO HAVE
ARRIVED LAST TUESDAY IN SANTIAGO IN SEARCH OF
1HEIA DISAPPEARED GRANDDAUGHTER MARIANA ZAFFARONI
ISLAS, MARIANA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DISAPPEARED
WHEN MR PARENTS WIRE DETAINED BY A GROUP OF
PEGPlE BELIEVED TO BE SECURITY OFFICIALS FROM
THEIR VICENTE LOPEZ SUBURBAN RESIDENCE OUT FRDH
BUENOS AIRES ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1576. THE ELDER MR.
ZAFFARONI SAYS THAT HE HAS NO FURTHER NEWS OF HIS
SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
9. (U) COMMEMORATIVE MASS SCHEDULED
HONSIGNOB JORGE NOVAK, BISHgP OF OullJIEjL^NNOUKCiP /\>*7
POT OF AUGUST 12 FOR THE INTENT_____________
_F_AML!ﾃつ｣S OF THE DETAINED AND THE DISAPPEARED. CO-
*i^k? irm um; |u ii|t qiqceses -commiss'ion
EOR JUSTICE AHO PEACE'. UNLIKE THE GREAT MAJORITY
OF HIS CLERICAL COLLEAGUES, H0N5IGN0R NOVAK TOOK
AN EARLY INTEREST IN HUMAN RIGHTS HATTERS AND
CONTINUES AS A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE MOVEMENT.
IB. (Ut IA * AC I ON PUBLISHES ON AUGUST 9 A NEWS
ITEM FROM THE UNITED STATES STATING THAT THE
AMERICAN LEGION WILL TAKE. UP AT ITS AUGUST 20-22
ANNUAL COHCENTION IN HOUSTON A PROPOSAL OF ITS
MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER SUGGESTING THAT THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES PUT AN END TO DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST ARGENTINA. THE MASSACHUSETTS GROUP'S
SUGGESTION, ACCORDING TO LA NACION, UNDERLINES THE
STRATEGIC IHPORTANCE OF SOUTH AMERICA AND ESPECIALLY
THE SOUTHERN CONE. ITS PARTICULAR TARGETS ARE THE
HUMPHREY-KENNEDY AMENDMENT AND EXIHBANK REGULATION
WHICH AFFECTS ARGENTINA.
11. (U> THE LAWYER DEFENDING RETIRED GENERAL
MIGUEL ANGEL INIGUEZ HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOVERN-
MENT ASK FOR THE EXTRADITION OF TERRORIST LEADER
MARIO FIRMENICH FROH NICARAGUA. INIGUEZ IS A
FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE WHO ORDERED FIRMENICH'S
RELEASE HOURS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY OF
1974 FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
12. IUI MORE PREPARATIONS FOR THE IACHR .....
MINISTER OF INTERIOR HARGUIHDEGUY TOLD THE PRESS
AUGUST 9 THAT HE HAD TALKED THAT OAY WITH PRESIDENT .
VIDELA ABOUT THE APPROACHING VISIT OF THE INTER-
AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HE WENT
OK THE ADD THAT AN INTER-mNlSTERt AL COMMISSION
WILL IN THE FUTURE MEET TWICE A WEEK (RATHER THAH
ONCEI TO PLAN THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE
COMMISSION'S VISIT. HARGUIIIDEGUY ALSO TOUCHED
UPON JOINT PLANNING BY THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS AND INTERIOR TO RECEIVE SOUTH EAST ASIAN
REFUGEES.
13. (UI PARAGUAYANS MISSING SINCE 76-77 SOUGHT .....
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD ANNOUNCED ON AUGUST 3 THAT
FOUR RADICAL-LIBERAL PARTY DEPUTIES FROM fkRUAMt
ﾃつｦjemmy WRDU 111 IHl MM I I III MlHKim-^TWmn.
DENOUNCING THE DISAPPEARANCE BFTWEEN SEPTEHBER
_ im AND ttmnmv t
it AffiniTiug ?r PARAGUAYANS LISTED WERE JOSEF INA
KEIN, AGOSTIN GOIBORU, ESTER BALlESTRINO DE CAREAGA,
IGNACIO SAHANIECO, AND FEDERICO JORGE TATTER--ALL
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APPEARED IN DECEMBER OF 1377 DURING THE SAME
INCIDENTS WHICH MARKED THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TWO
FRENCH NUNS, IS PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN Of THE
CASES.
14. lUI THREE FORMER MAYORS OF THE SHALL SUBURBAN
CITY OF LANU3 PLUS A VARIETY OF FORMER PUBLIC
OFFICIALS AND HUI1AN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE SECEWTiy
MADE A FORMAL APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR NEWS Of
SOME 100 PEOPLE DISAPPEARED FRON THAT AREA DURING
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
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LI ST CONFISCATION-
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ASSEMBLY FOR HUKAII RIGHTS, THE LEAGUE FOR HUMAN***'
^BIGHTS AND THE ECU11EHICAL SOVEHENT FOR HUMAN
. RIGHTS WAS PUBLISHED Pit AUGUST 7 IU LA PRENSA..
THE HEART OF THE MATTER: "AN ANALYSIS 10F THE
OOCUMENTI PETALS CONTENTS BESTINED TO CREATE A
STATE OF INSECURITY IN PUBLIC OPINION, MAKING
CLAIMS REGARDING CERTAIN PRESUMPTIONS THAT ATTEMPT
TO IMPUTE UNACCEPTABLE PROCEDURES TO THE PUBLIC
FORCES. tALSOl THAT CRAKE INPRECISIOIIS, INEXACTI-
TUDES AND INDIRECT ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE PUBLIC
FORCE WITHOUT IND1VIDUAIIIIHG RESPONSIBILITY
WITHOUT A DOUBT CONTRIBUTE TO MAINTAIN, AGGRAVATE,
OR EXPAND THE CAUSES WHICH NECESSITATED DECLARATION
Of THE STATE OF SlffE."
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OPTION CERTIFICATES FROM NORWAY, SWITZERLAND AND
AUSTRALIA.) PORTA WAS A r,Eri6EB Of AH OSGAMtlATIOH
CALLED 'WORKERS- POWER.'
17. IU) SUBVERSIVE SENTENCED .....
THE BUENOS AIRES PRESS CARRIED STORIES DURING THE
PAST WEEK OF THE SENTENCING OF UNO HECTOR VILCHf,
A 23 YEAR OLD ARGENTINE ARRESTED DECEMBER 4, 1374,
TO FIVE TEARS IN PRISON AND PERMANENT LOSS OF
CIVIL RIGHTS. VILCME WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF
POSSESSION OF ARMS AND EXTREMIST LITERATURE, AND
ALSO CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL ASSOCIATION. EMBASSY Hft
FILES DO NOT CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION ON VRCHE.
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16, IU) MILITARY COURT SENTENCE PUBLICIZED .....
EDUARDO JUAN DEANIEl PORTA WAS GIVEN AN INDEFINITE
PRISON SENTHECE AS THE PRESON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MURDER OF CORPORAL JORGE ANTONIO 0ULACIOS IN
AUGUST OF 1S76. THE TEXT Of THE MILITARY COURT'S
JUDGMENT STATES THAT THE CONDEMNED PERSON, ALTHOUGH
HE WAS NOT THE MATERIAL AUTHOR OF THE CRIME, WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS PLANNING AND APPROVAL?AN
ATTACK HADE UPON A MILITARY VEHICLE WHICH THE
CORPORAL WAS DRIVING. PORTA WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF
HAVING ORDERED THE INDISCRIMINATEASSASSINAFION OF
MEMBERS OFIHE ARMED FORCES, AND Of AUTHORING YET
ANOIHER MURDER IN WHICH A TERRORIST CALLED ANA
HARia HOHADAO PARTICIPATED. EMBASSY RECORDS SHOW
THAT MOHADAD IS ALSO AT THE OlSPOSAL Of THE CORDOBA
MILITARY COURT, BUT NO NEWS HAS SEEN GIVEN ABOUT
HER SENTENCING. IHOHADAD, ALSO ACCORDING TO
EMBASSY RECORDS, HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED RI6HT OF