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FROM RSO TO SY AND ARA
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PINS, PINT, SHUM, AR
SUBJECT.- SUMMARY OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
1. THIS REPORT GIVES A SUMMARY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE COME TO OUR ATTENTION DURING
THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 18-24, 1977. THESE REPORTS ARE FRAG-
MENTARY AND CANNOT IN ALL CASES BE FURTHER CONFIRMED.
2. MAR. 18: AT 1955 HRS POLICE HQ GENERAL OPERATIONS WARNED
FEDERAL POLICE TO EXPECT ATTACKS AND BOMBINGS DURING FORTH-
COMING WEEKEND.
2 043 HRS - POLICE REPORTED THAT A POLICE OFFICER
WAS KILLED BY A TERRORIST IN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE
AND THAT ALL OFFICERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO REPEL
EXPECTED ATTACKS WITH MAXIMUM ENERGY.
MAR 19: 0200 HRS - A SHOOTOUT OCCURRED BETWEEN LOCAL POLICE AND
THREE PERSONS WHO WERE PRESUMABLY TERRORISTS. TWO OF THE
TERRORISTS WERE KILLED AND ONE ESCAPED. THE
INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF VICTOR HUGO
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LA PRENSA ON MAR. 2 0 REPORTED THAT ON MAR. 19
AT 18 0 0 HRS. A BOMB WAS DETONATED AT A BUILDING LOCATED
ON JUNCAL 1606. A TERRORIST THAT WAS CARRYING THE BOMB
WAS KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION. POLICE SPECULATED THAT THE
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WAS TO BE PLACED IN THE APARTMENT OF A
PROFESSOR OF THE- ENGINEERING FACULTY OF BUENOS AIRES
UNIVERSITY.
AT 1115 HRS. A PACKAGE CONTAINING AN EXPLOSIVE
DEVICE WAS FOUND ON A BRIDGE AT F. ALCORTA IN
THE VICINITY OF PALERMO PARK. THE BOMB WAS
DETONATED BY THE BOMB SQUAD.
AT 112 5 HRS POLICE REPORTED THAT AT
URIBURU 674 AND NEWSPAPERMAN FROM LA OPINION WAS
KILLED. POLICE STATED THAT NO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COULD BE GIVEN CONCERNING
THIS INCIDENT.
AT 122 0 HRS AT RAMOS MEJTA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE
A GROUP OF YOUNG PERSONS, ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC
RIFLES AND PISTOLS AND CLAIMING TO BE MONTO-
NEROS, STOLE THREE CITROEN CARS FROM A LOCAL
GARAGE.
AT 1225 HRS IN THE VICINITY OF PAVILION #2 AT
THE CIUDAD UNIVERSITY, A YOUNG MAN WAS FOUND
FLOATING IN THE RIVER. THE MAN HAD BEEN TIED
AND SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. NO FURTHER INFORMATION
AVAILABLE.
AT 2 021 HRS A BOMB WAS DETONATED AT GODOY CRUZ
AND AV. LIBERTADOR IN A VACANT APARTMENT. THE
EXPLOSION-CAUSED MATERIAL DAMAGE ONLY. (SOUTH
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AFRICAN AMB RESIDES IN THIS BUILDING BUT NOT
.ON THE FLOOR ON WHICH BOMB DETONATED.)
BETWEEN 2200 AND 2400 HRS POLICE AND MILITARY
RESPONDED TO A TERRORIST CONFRONTATION AT
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DORREGO AND ARCE. TERRORISTS ESCAPED INTO
PALERMO RACE TRACK AND HID THEMSELVES IN THE
SPECTATOR STANDS. POLICE AND MILITARY RESPONDED
USING A HELICOPTER WITH SEARCHLIGHTS. FOUR
TERRORISTS WERE KILLED AND ONE ARMY OFFICER AND
ONE POLICE OFFICER WERE WOUNDED. BOTH THE-
BOMBING INCIDENTS AND THE TERRORIST CONFRONTATION
TOOK PLACE IN PROXIMITY TO THE AMB RESIDENCE.
MAR. 21 AT APPROX. 200 0 HRS INCENDIARY BOMBS WERE EXPLODED
AT FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: ESMERALDA AND CORDOBA,
BANCO RIO; RIVADAVIA 5356; GUAYAQUIL 659;
ESMERALDO AND CORRIENTES, BANCO MERCANTIL. BOMBS
CAUSED MATERIAL DAMAGE; THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
PAMPHLET BOMBS WERE SET DURING THE SAME PERIOD
AT CERRITO AND DIAGONAL NORTE (LARGE JEWELRY CO.);
MARCELO T. ALVEAR 512 (LARGE JEWELER); SANTA FE
1700, (BANCO SUPERVIELLE); SANTA FE 1100;
URUGUAY 776, AND MONTEVIDEO AND LAS HERAS
(BANCO RIO). THE PAMPHLET BOMBS WERE ATTRIBUTED
TO ERP TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. THERE WERE ALSO
PACKAGES CONTAINING FAKE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES,
LEFT AT PARAGUAY 970; SUIPACHA 428;
PARAGUAY 780 AND PASCO AND SAN JUAN.
AT 2 055 HRS POLICE INFORMED ALL PERSONNEL THAT
THEY HAD INFORMATION THAT TERRORIST GROUPS'WOULD
TRY TO ATTACK OR PLACE EXPLOSIVES AT BANKS,
CAR AGENCIES AND AT THE HOMES AND ADDRESSES OF
IMPORTANT PERSONS.
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LA PRENSA ALSO REPORTED ON MAR. 21 THAT A BOMB EXPLODED
AT THE IKA RENAULT DONATI HERMANOS CO. LOCATED AT LIBERTA-
DOR 8 96. BOMB CAUSED ONLY MATERIAL DAMAGE.
MAR. 22: POLICE STATED THAT AS THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMED FORCES IN GOVT, THEY HAVE
INFORMATION THAT TERRORIST GROUPS WILL MAKE ISOLATED
ATTACKS ON TARGETS AND THEREFORE ALL POLICE AND INFANTRY
PERSONNEL ARE ORDERED TO BE FULLY ALERT AND REPEL ANY
SUCH ATTACKS.
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AT 2 02 0 HRS AT SARMIENTO AND RECONQUISTA, THE
ENTRANCE OF THE BANCO FEDERAL ARGENTINO, AN
UNKNOWN PERSON LEFT AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THAT
WAS DEACTIVATED BY THE POLICE BOMB SQUAD.
ON MAR. 22 MLGRP NOTIFIED THAT A MR.
ANIBAL BATTISTA. DIRECTOR OF CELLOSE CO. ARGENTINA, WAS
KIDNAPPED ON HIS WAY TO WORK AT 7 A.M. MAR. 21. THE
KIDNAPPING TOOK PLACE IN THE BUENOS AIRES SUBURBS. AN
UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF RANSOM HAS BEEN DEMANDED AND ONE OF
THE VEHICLES USED IN THE KIDNAPPING WAS LOCATED.
THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STOLEN APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR,
PRESUMABLY FOR USE IN THE KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT. REPORTEDLY
MR. BATTISTA HAD ARMED GUARDS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY SIX
WEEKS AGO.)
MAR. 23 AT 1120 HRS. THERE WAS A REPORT OF A BOMB HAVING
BEEN PLANTED AT CASTEX 3655 (BUILDING WHERE COL.
TART LIVES). POLICE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED TO THE
SCENE, SEARCHED THE BUILDING AND ADVISED PERSONS
NOT TO RE-OCCUPY THE BUILDING FOR 12 HRS. (THE
BOMB THREAT WAS NOT DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY AT
COL. TART.)
AT 2 05 0 HRS, POLICE PERSONNEL WERE INVOLVED IN
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A SHOOTING WITH TWO PERSONS WHO STOLE A PEUGEOT
5 04 AND ESCAPED. SAME GROUP SUBSEQUENTLY STOLE
A FIAT 1500 AND ESCAPED.
AT APPROX. 210 0 HRS, EMBASSY SECURITY PATROL
DISCOVERED LEAFLETS WITH MONTONERO SLOGANS AND
INSIGNIAS ON THEM ON THE BLOCK THAT USIS PAO
WOODWARD RESIDES. LEAFLETS STATED THAT THE
MONTONERO RESISTANCE WILL TRIUMPH AND MAR. 24, 1976,
TO MAR. 24, 1977 WAS A YEAR OF HUNGER, TORTURE
AND MURDER. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
LA RAZON REPORTED THAT IN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, THE
CORPSES OF A WOMAN AND MAN APPARENTLY SHOT TO DEATH WERE
FOUND BY POLICE. THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
SUBJECT.
ON MAR. 24, LA PRENSA REPORTED THAT AT 10 A.M. IN BERNAL,
PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES, A RETIRED ARGENTINE ARMY CAPTAIN WAS
INTERCEPTED BY A GROUP OF TERRORISTS WHILE DRIVING HIS VEHICLE,
THEY ATTACKED #8., HE ESCAPED
AFTER SUFFERING INJURIES AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
LA PRENSA ALSO REPORTED THAT AT
2 P.M. AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE HAD BEEN DETONATED IN THE
BUENOS AIRES STOCK EXCHANGE. ONLY MATERIAL DAMAGE REPORTED.
MAR. 24: 0655 HRS, POLICE DISCOVERED A VEHICLE, FIAT 128,
WITH 2 BODIES INSIDE. THE BODIES HAD BEEN BURNED.
0725 HRS AT OLAVARRIA AND AZAR, POLICE REPORTED
A BOMB EXPLOSION. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
073 0 HRS - AT APOLINARIO FIGUEROA AND AV. CORRIENTES,
A BOMB EXPLODED IN A SEGBA ELECTRICAL BOX.
0930 HRS
BOMB EXPLODED IN THE GARAGE OF
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BUILDING AT DORREGO 2699. BOMB HAD BEEN PLACED
IN A' VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT TWO
CARS WERE DESTROYED. (ARGENTINE MILITARY AND
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EMBASSY PERSONNEL LIVE IN THIS BUILDING.)
1000 HRS - FEDERAL POLICE ORDERED ALL PATROL CARS
TO KEEP SPECIAL WATCH ON BUILDINGS OF THE ARMED
FORCES AND SECURITY FORCES AS PRECAUTION AGAINST
ATTEMPTED BOMBINGS.
2 03 0 HRS - EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE LOCATED AT A
RENAULT CAR AGENCY LOCATED AT RIVADAVIA 3500. THE BOMB
DESTROYED THE AGENCY'S WINDOWS AND SOME OF THE CARS.
POLICE FOUND FLYERS OF THE PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DE LOS
TRABAJADORES (WORKERS REVOLUTIONARY PARTY). BOMB WAS
DETONATED AT SUIPACHA 815, LOCATION OF BANCO DE ITALIA Y
RIO DE LA PLATA. ONLY MATERIAL DAMAGE WAS CUASED. A BOMB
WAS EXPLODED AT RIVADAVIA AND PICHINCHA, BANCO DE GALICIA.
INCENDIARY BOMBS DESTROYED THREE CITY BUSES AT EACH OF
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: REPUBLICA DE LA INDIA AND LIBERTADOR
(PROXIMITY OF THE RESIDENCE), AT BARCOLA AND RIOJA AND
AT CALDERON DE LA BARCA AND BEIRO. DURING THE SAME PERIOD
POLICE FOUND SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES, SOME OF WHICH CON-
TAINED BOMBS AND SOME OF WHICH CONTAINED FAKE EXPLOSIVE
DEVICES, AT CORDOBA 18 07; BOEDA 11; RIVADAVIA 3720,
BANCO DE GALICIA; RIVADAVIA 3200; RIVADAVIA AND 24 DE
NOVIEMBRE; CALLAO AND POSADAS, BANCO SUPERVIELLE, AND
AT SAENZ 1475.
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RESTAURANTS IN BUENOS AIRES, A SUSPICIOUS PACK-
AGE WAS FOUND. POLICE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED TO
THE SCENE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PACKAGE CON-
TAINED AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. RESTAURANT WAS
TEMPORARILY CLOSED AND POLICE MADE A FURTHER
SEARCH OF THE PREMISES. (LA CABANA CATERS TO
AN EXCLUSIVE CLIENTELE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF
THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO IN THE PAST
HAVE MET THERE REGULARLY.)
2210 HRS - AT ISABEL LA CATOLICA 1600 A CORPSE
WAS FOUND. SUBJECT HAD BEEN SHOT REPEATEDLY.
NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
222 0 HRS - SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES WERE LOCATED AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: QUINTANA AND JUNIN;
LORIA SUBWAY STATION; PASEO COLON 20 0, AND
PERU AND JULIO ROCA.
2250 HRS - POLICE ORDERED THE ARREST OF A YOUNG
FEMALE, IDENTIFY UNKNOWN, WHO WAS SEEN LEAVING
AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE AT ENTRE RIOS 648. SUSPECTED
BOMBS WERE ALSO LOCATED AT LACARRA 12 00 INSIDE
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A CITY BUS; TALCAHUANO 1600; RIVADAVIA AND
R. PENA AND LARRAVIDA AND PASEO COLON.
MAR. 25.- 0005 HRS AT GRAL PAZ AND AV ALBERDI SEVERAL
HEAVILY ARMED FIRE SHOTS AT A CITY BUS. NO
ONE WAS INJURED AND THE MEN ESCAPED IN A FORD CAR.
DURING SAME PERIOD BOMBS WERE DISCOVERED AT
GRAL PAZ AND SAN MARTIN; AT SARMIENTO AND
MONTEVIDEO; AND AT URQUIZA RR LINE. BOMBS WERE
DEACTIVATED BY THE BOMB SQUAD.
045 0 HRS - A GROUP
OF MEN ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC RIFLES AND MACHINE-
GUNS ROBBED A PEUGEOT 504 AND A FALCON. THEY
LEFT FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS IN BACKUP
CARS. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING
THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSONS.
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AT APPROXIMATELY' 1100 HRS. A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
WAS DISCOVERED AT LA CABANA. THE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED AND
ASCERTAINED THAT PACKAGE CONTAINED EXPLOSIVES.
3. RSO MET WITH SENIOR FEDERAL POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED
IN TERRORIST SUPPRESSION PERATIONS. HE STATED THAT
THE MONTONEROS AND OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE PLANNED
INCREASED TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT
AND THAT THEY. ARE STILL AN OPERATING FORCE. SOURCE STATED
THAT THESE ATTACKS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF PLANTING EX-
PLOSIVE DEVICES AND ATTACKS ON POLICE AND
OTHER TARGETS HE STATED. THE MONTONEROS DO NOT HAVE
THE CAPABILITY FOR LARGE SCALE ATTACKS ON MILITARY INSTAL-
LATIONS AND POLICE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ACTIVITY OF THAT
SORT. SOURCE STATED THAT THE MONTONEROS ARE SUFFERING
HIGH CASUALTIES IN ALL THEIR OPERATIONS AND CONSEQUENTLY
ARE FORCED TO BE CAREFUL IN CHOOSING TARGETS. THE POLICE
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ESTIMATE THAT A MONTONERO ENGAGED IN AN ATTACK OPERATION
AGAINST POLICE OR SECURITY FORCES HAS LESS THAN A 30
PERCENT CHANGE OF SURVIVAL. HOWEVER, INSPITE OF HEAVY
CASUALTIES, THE MONTONEROS ARE STILL ACTIVE.
4. SOURCE STATED THAT THERE IS NO DISCERNIBLE THREAT
TO EMBASSIES OR DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL BUT THAT SUCH PERSONS
SHOULD EXERCISE CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS POSSIBLE
TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY. A TERRORIST GROUP COULD SET OFF
A BOMB AROUND OR IN AN EMBASSY WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING
A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT WHICH WOULD BRING PUBLICITY TO
THEIR MOVEMENT.
5. SOURCE STATED THAT TERRORISTS COULD AT A PROPER
OPPORTUNITY CREATE AN INCIDENT THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE
DIRECTED BY THE ARGENTINE GOVT IN ORDER TO FURTHER BREACH
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND GOA OR TO FOCUS FURTHER
INTERNATIONAL UNSAVORY ATTENTION ON THE GOA.
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9742
SECTION 1 OF 3 BUENOS AIRES 23 06
FROM RSO TO SY AND ARA
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PINS, PINT, SHUM, AR
SUBJECT.- SUMMARY OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
1. THIS REPORT GIVES A SUMMARY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE COME TO OUR ATTENTION DURING
THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 18-24, 1977. THESE REPORTS ARE FRAG-
MENTARY AND CANNOT IN ALL CASES BE FURTHER CONFIRMED.
2. MAR. 18: AT 1955 HRS POLICE HQ GENERAL OPERATIONS WARNED
FEDERAL POLICE TO EXPECT ATTACKS AND BOMBINGS DURING FORTH-
COMING WEEKEND.
2 043 HRS - POLICE REPORTED THAT A POLICE OFFICER
WAS KILLED BY A TERRORIST IN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE
AND THAT ALL OFFICERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO REPEL
EXPECTED ATTACKS WITH MAXIMUM ENERGY.
MAR 19: 0200 HRS - A SHOOTOUT OCCURRED BETWEEN LOCAL POLICE AND
THREE PERSONS WHO WERE PRESUMABLY TERRORISTS. TWO OF THE
TERRORISTS WERE KILLED AND ONE ESCAPED. THE
INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF VICTOR HUGO
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LA PRENSA ON MAR. 2 0 REPORTED THAT ON MAR. 19
AT 18 0 0 HRS. A BOMB WAS DETONATED AT A BUILDING LOCATED
ON JUNCAL 1606. A TERRORIST THAT WAS CARRYING THE BOMB
WAS KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION. POLICE SPECULATED THAT THE
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WAS TO BE PLACED IN THE APARTMENT OF A
PROFESSOR OF THE- ENGINEERING FACULTY OF BUENOS AIRES
UNIVERSITY.
AT 1115 HRS. A PACKAGE CONTAINING AN EXPLOSIVE
DEVICE WAS FOUND ON A BRIDGE AT F. ALCORTA IN
THE VICINITY OF PALERMO PARK. THE BOMB WAS
DETONATED BY THE BOMB SQUAD.
AT 112 5 HRS POLICE REPORTED THAT AT
URIBURU 674 AND NEWSPAPERMAN FROM LA OPINION WAS
KILLED. POLICE STATED THAT NO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COULD BE GIVEN CONCERNING
THIS INCIDENT.
AT 122 0 HRS AT RAMOS MEJTA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE
A GROUP OF YOUNG PERSONS, ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC
RIFLES AND PISTOLS AND CLAIMING TO BE MONTO-
NEROS, STOLE THREE CITROEN CARS FROM A LOCAL
GARAGE.
AT 1225 HRS IN THE VICINITY OF PAVILION #2 AT
THE CIUDAD UNIVERSITY, A YOUNG MAN WAS FOUND
FLOATING IN THE RIVER. THE MAN HAD BEEN TIED
AND SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. NO FURTHER INFORMATION
AVAILABLE.
AT 2 021 HRS A BOMB WAS DETONATED AT GODOY CRUZ
AND AV. LIBERTADOR IN A VACANT APARTMENT. THE
EXPLOSION-CAUSED MATERIAL DAMAGE ONLY. (SOUTH
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AFRICAN AMB RESIDES IN THIS BUILDING BUT NOT
.ON THE FLOOR ON WHICH BOMB DETONATED.)
BETWEEN 2200 AND 2400 HRS POLICE AND MILITARY
RESPONDED TO A TERRORIST CONFRONTATION AT
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DORREGO AND ARCE. TERRORISTS ESCAPED INTO
PALERMO RACE TRACK AND HID THEMSELVES IN THE
SPECTATOR STANDS. POLICE AND MILITARY RESPONDED
USING A HELICOPTER WITH SEARCHLIGHTS. FOUR
TERRORISTS WERE KILLED AND ONE ARMY OFFICER AND
ONE POLICE OFFICER WERE WOUNDED. BOTH THE-
BOMBING INCIDENTS AND THE TERRORIST CONFRONTATION
TOOK PLACE IN PROXIMITY TO THE AMB RESIDENCE.
MAR. 21 AT APPROX. 200 0 HRS INCENDIARY BOMBS WERE EXPLODED
AT FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: ESMERALDA AND CORDOBA,
BANCO RIO; RIVADAVIA 5356; GUAYAQUIL 659;
ESMERALDO AND CORRIENTES, BANCO MERCANTIL. BOMBS
CAUSED MATERIAL DAMAGE; THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
PAMPHLET BOMBS WERE SET DURING THE SAME PERIOD
AT CERRITO AND DIAGONAL NORTE (LARGE JEWELRY CO.);
MARCELO T. ALVEAR 512 (LARGE JEWELER); SANTA FE
1700, (BANCO SUPERVIELLE); SANTA FE 1100;
URUGUAY 776, AND MONTEVIDEO AND LAS HERAS
(BANCO RIO). THE PAMPHLET BOMBS WERE ATTRIBUTED
TO ERP TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. THERE WERE ALSO
PACKAGES CONTAINING FAKE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES,
LEFT AT PARAGUAY 970; SUIPACHA 428;
PARAGUAY 780 AND PASCO AND SAN JUAN.
AT 2 055 HRS POLICE INFORMED ALL PERSONNEL THAT
THEY HAD INFORMATION THAT TERRORIST GROUPS'WOULD
TRY TO ATTACK OR PLACE EXPLOSIVES AT BANKS,
CAR AGENCIES AND AT THE HOMES AND ADDRESSES OF
IMPORTANT PERSONS.
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LA PRENSA ALSO REPORTED ON MAR. 21 THAT A BOMB EXPLODED
AT THE IKA RENAULT DONATI HERMANOS CO. LOCATED AT LIBERTA-
DOR 8 96. BOMB CAUSED ONLY MATERIAL DAMAGE.
MAR. 22: POLICE STATED THAT AS THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMED FORCES IN GOVT, THEY HAVE
INFORMATION THAT TERRORIST GROUPS WILL MAKE ISOLATED
ATTACKS ON TARGETS AND THEREFORE ALL POLICE AND INFANTRY
PERSONNEL ARE ORDERED TO BE FULLY ALERT AND REPEL ANY
SUCH ATTACKS.
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AT 2 02 0 HRS AT SARMIENTO AND RECONQUISTA, THE
ENTRANCE OF THE BANCO FEDERAL ARGENTINO, AN
UNKNOWN PERSON LEFT AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THAT
WAS DEACTIVATED BY THE POLICE BOMB SQUAD.
ON MAR. 22 MLGRP NOTIFIED THAT A MR.
ANIBAL BATTISTA. DIRECTOR OF CELLOSE CO. ARGENTINA, WAS
KIDNAPPED ON HIS WAY TO WORK AT 7 A.M. MAR. 21. THE
KIDNAPPING TOOK PLACE IN THE BUENOS AIRES SUBURBS. AN
UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF RANSOM HAS BEEN DEMANDED AND ONE OF
THE VEHICLES USED IN THE KIDNAPPING WAS LOCATED.
THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STOLEN APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR,
PRESUMABLY FOR USE IN THE KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT. REPORTEDLY
MR. BATTISTA HAD ARMED GUARDS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY SIX
WEEKS AGO.)
MAR. 23 AT 1120 HRS. THERE WAS A REPORT OF A BOMB HAVING
BEEN PLANTED AT CASTEX 3655 (BUILDING WHERE COL.
TART LIVES). POLICE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED TO THE
SCENE, SEARCHED THE BUILDING AND ADVISED PERSONS
NOT TO RE-OCCUPY THE BUILDING FOR 12 HRS. (THE
BOMB THREAT WAS NOT DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY AT
COL. TART.)
AT 2 05 0 HRS, POLICE PERSONNEL WERE INVOLVED IN
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A SHOOTING WITH TWO PERSONS WHO STOLE A PEUGEOT
5 04 AND ESCAPED. SAME GROUP SUBSEQUENTLY STOLE
A FIAT 1500 AND ESCAPED.
AT APPROX. 210 0 HRS, EMBASSY SECURITY PATROL
DISCOVERED LEAFLETS WITH MONTONERO SLOGANS AND
INSIGNIAS ON THEM ON THE BLOCK THAT USIS PAO
WOODWARD RESIDES. LEAFLETS STATED THAT THE
MONTONERO RESISTANCE WILL TRIUMPH AND MAR. 24, 1976,
TO MAR. 24, 1977 WAS A YEAR OF HUNGER, TORTURE
AND MURDER. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
LA RAZON REPORTED THAT IN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, THE
CORPSES OF A WOMAN AND MAN APPARENTLY SHOT TO DEATH WERE
FOUND BY POLICE. THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
SUBJECT.
ON MAR. 24, LA PRENSA REPORTED THAT AT 10 A.M. IN BERNAL,
PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES, A RETIRED ARGENTINE ARMY CAPTAIN WAS
INTERCEPTED BY A GROUP OF TERRORISTS WHILE DRIVING HIS VEHICLE,
THEY ATTACKED #8., HE ESCAPED
AFTER SUFFERING INJURIES AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
LA PRENSA ALSO REPORTED THAT AT
2 P.M. AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE HAD BEEN DETONATED IN THE
BUENOS AIRES STOCK EXCHANGE. ONLY MATERIAL DAMAGE REPORTED.
MAR. 24: 0655 HRS, POLICE DISCOVERED A VEHICLE, FIAT 128,
WITH 2 BODIES INSIDE. THE BODIES HAD BEEN BURNED.
0725 HRS AT OLAVARRIA AND AZAR, POLICE REPORTED
A BOMB EXPLOSION. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
073 0 HRS - AT APOLINARIO FIGUEROA AND AV. CORRIENTES,
A BOMB EXPLODED IN A SEGBA ELECTRICAL BOX.
0930 HRS
BOMB EXPLODED IN THE GARAGE OF
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BUILDING AT DORREGO 2699. BOMB HAD BEEN PLACED
IN A' VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT TWO
CARS WERE DESTROYED. (ARGENTINE MILITARY AND
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EMBASSY PERSONNEL LIVE IN THIS BUILDING.)
1000 HRS - FEDERAL POLICE ORDERED ALL PATROL CARS
TO KEEP SPECIAL WATCH ON BUILDINGS OF THE ARMED
FORCES AND SECURITY FORCES AS PRECAUTION AGAINST
ATTEMPTED BOMBINGS.
2 03 0 HRS - EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE LOCATED AT A
RENAULT CAR AGENCY LOCATED AT RIVADAVIA 3500. THE BOMB
DESTROYED THE AGENCY'S WINDOWS AND SOME OF THE CARS.
POLICE FOUND FLYERS OF THE PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DE LOS
TRABAJADORES (WORKERS REVOLUTIONARY PARTY). BOMB WAS
DETONATED AT SUIPACHA 815, LOCATION OF BANCO DE ITALIA Y
RIO DE LA PLATA. ONLY MATERIAL DAMAGE WAS CUASED. A BOMB
WAS EXPLODED AT RIVADAVIA AND PICHINCHA, BANCO DE GALICIA.
INCENDIARY BOMBS DESTROYED THREE CITY BUSES AT EACH OF
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: REPUBLICA DE LA INDIA AND LIBERTADOR
(PROXIMITY OF THE RESIDENCE), AT BARCOLA AND RIOJA AND
AT CALDERON DE LA BARCA AND BEIRO. DURING THE SAME PERIOD
POLICE FOUND SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES, SOME OF WHICH CON-
TAINED BOMBS AND SOME OF WHICH CONTAINED FAKE EXPLOSIVE
DEVICES, AT CORDOBA 18 07; BOEDA 11; RIVADAVIA 3720,
BANCO DE GALICIA; RIVADAVIA 3200; RIVADAVIA AND 24 DE
NOVIEMBRE; CALLAO AND POSADAS, BANCO SUPERVIELLE, AND
AT SAENZ 1475.
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RESTAURANTS IN BUENOS AIRES, A SUSPICIOUS PACK-
AGE WAS FOUND. POLICE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED TO
THE SCENE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PACKAGE CON-
TAINED AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. RESTAURANT WAS
TEMPORARILY CLOSED AND POLICE MADE A FURTHER
SEARCH OF THE PREMISES. (LA CABANA CATERS TO
AN EXCLUSIVE CLIENTELE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF
THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO IN THE PAST
HAVE MET THERE REGULARLY.)
2210 HRS - AT ISABEL LA CATOLICA 1600 A CORPSE
WAS FOUND. SUBJECT HAD BEEN SHOT REPEATEDLY.
NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
222 0 HRS - SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES WERE LOCATED AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: QUINTANA AND JUNIN;
LORIA SUBWAY STATION; PASEO COLON 20 0, AND
PERU AND JULIO ROCA.
2250 HRS - POLICE ORDERED THE ARREST OF A YOUNG
FEMALE, IDENTIFY UNKNOWN, WHO WAS SEEN LEAVING
AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE AT ENTRE RIOS 648. SUSPECTED
BOMBS WERE ALSO LOCATED AT LACARRA 12 00 INSIDE
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A CITY BUS; TALCAHUANO 1600; RIVADAVIA AND
R. PENA AND LARRAVIDA AND PASEO COLON.
MAR. 25.- 0005 HRS AT GRAL PAZ AND AV ALBERDI SEVERAL
HEAVILY ARMED FIRE SHOTS AT A CITY BUS. NO
ONE WAS INJURED AND THE MEN ESCAPED IN A FORD CAR.
DURING SAME PERIOD BOMBS WERE DISCOVERED AT
GRAL PAZ AND SAN MARTIN; AT SARMIENTO AND
MONTEVIDEO; AND AT URQUIZA RR LINE. BOMBS WERE
DEACTIVATED BY THE BOMB SQUAD.
045 0 HRS - A GROUP
OF MEN ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC RIFLES AND MACHINE-
GUNS ROBBED A PEUGEOT 504 AND A FALCON. THEY
LEFT FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS IN BACKUP
CARS. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING
THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSONS.
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AT APPROXIMATELY' 1100 HRS. A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
WAS DISCOVERED AT LA CABANA. THE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED AND
ASCERTAINED THAT PACKAGE CONTAINED EXPLOSIVES.
3. RSO MET WITH SENIOR FEDERAL POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED
IN TERRORIST SUPPRESSION PERATIONS. HE STATED THAT
THE MONTONEROS AND OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE PLANNED
INCREASED TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT
AND THAT THEY. ARE STILL AN OPERATING FORCE. SOURCE STATED
THAT THESE ATTACKS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF PLANTING EX-
PLOSIVE DEVICES AND ATTACKS ON POLICE AND
OTHER TARGETS HE STATED. THE MONTONEROS DO NOT HAVE
THE CAPABILITY FOR LARGE SCALE ATTACKS ON MILITARY INSTAL-
LATIONS AND POLICE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ACTIVITY OF THAT
SORT. SOURCE STATED THAT THE MONTONEROS ARE SUFFERING
HIGH CASUALTIES IN ALL THEIR OPERATIONS AND CONSEQUENTLY
ARE FORCED TO BE CAREFUL IN CHOOSING TARGETS. THE POLICE
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ESTIMATE THAT A MONTONERO ENGAGED IN AN ATTACK OPERATION
AGAINST POLICE OR SECURITY FORCES HAS LESS THAN A 30
PERCENT CHANGE OF SURVIVAL. HOWEVER, INSPITE OF HEAVY
CASUALTIES, THE MONTONEROS ARE STILL ACTIVE.
4. SOURCE STATED THAT THERE IS NO DISCERNIBLE THREAT
TO EMBASSIES OR DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL BUT THAT SUCH PERSONS
SHOULD EXERCISE CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS POSSIBLE
TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY. A TERRORIST GROUP COULD SET OFF
A BOMB AROUND OR IN AN EMBASSY WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING
A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT WHICH WOULD BRING PUBLICITY TO
THEIR MOVEMENT.
5. SOURCE STATED THAT TERRORISTS COULD AT A PROPER
OPPORTUNITY CREATE AN INCIDENT THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE
DIRECTED BY THE ARGENTINE GOVT IN ORDER TO FURTHER BREACH
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND GOA OR TO FOCUS FURTHER
INTERNATIONAL UNSAVORY ATTENTION ON THE GOA.
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