Of' ft f' Approved for Release 2018 10 02 C03238346 THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON D C 20505 OLC RECORD COPY Office of Legislative Counsel 3 5 c 2 6 JUL 1918 Mr Louis W Hunter International Division Room 4824 United States General Accounting Office Washington D C 20548 Dear Mr Hunter I am forwarding a classified report on the Junta de Coordinacion Revolucionaria JCR This report was requested by Mr Louis Zanardi of your International Division l am hopeful that this report will be useful to you Sincerely sJ Frederick P Hitz Legislative Counsel Enclosure Unclassified When Separated from Enclosure Distribution Orig adse 1 - PCS Loe I 1 - OLC SubJ 7e c t l ___-_O LC Chrono ---_JI c2s July 1978 3 5 c 3 5 c Exgmpt froc 9enatdl cied 5lfication ocl edule ol E O llESZ e en- p' ion ccrtegory SB l 3 5 c J @ J l uio n ' lticfTJly declc siHed on Date pproved for Release 2018 10 02 C03238346 lt p - 1 hie 10 i cte-r i - Approved for Release 2018 10 02 C03238346 JCR The Junta de Coordinacion Revolucionaria JCR was established in 1974 at the behest of the ERP of Argentina Its original membership comprised the ERP the MIR of Chile the ELN of Bolivia and the MLN Tupamaros of Uruguay The goal of the JCR was to create a joint international committee which would coordinate and support the various activities of Latin American national liberation and terrorist groups From the original groups the JCR rapidly expanded its contacts to other Latin American and later to purely European groups A number of Latin American groups were counted as members of the JCR with voting rights others were members without voting rights The JCR leadership was made up of the leaders of the member-organizations One point of special note The JCR was originally conceived of as an umbrella organization for coordinating regional operations The various national groups would handle their own policies and run their own operations and personnel within their own countries but would work through the JCR when other countries were involved As such the JCR did not have the power to force its will on its members When government forces began to succeed in their fight against the terrorists in Latin America JCR leaders decided to flee to Europe There they tried to establish power bases and began planning their return to Latin America However they had problems in financing their activities and the groups soon began to fragment due to diverse personality and policy problems The result was a shift from planning and support of guerrilla actions to propaganda activity in the international press They also began to contact international groups to solicit support such as from the UN Commission on Human Rights 3 3 b 1 The JCR in La tin bu_n_ d In Europe the JCR appears limited to conducting legal propaganda activities There has been no hard proof that the JCR as an organization has been involved in international terrorist incidents either in Latin America or in Europe I L- A m_e_r_1_c_a 1 s-c_u_r_r_e_n_t_l_y_ i_n_o_u_r_v_1_e_w_ _m_o_r_1 3 5 c s pproved for Release 2018 10 02 C03238346 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu