- - - ·t c · • ' ' 1 Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701403 · - · · •' -- -' '•' -_ -· · - - ·_ _ -t- ' ' ' ' ·c • Intelligence Infonnation Cable WARNIHC NOllCZ SENSl11VE INTELUCENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED ' 1PAGE1 Of If PAGES '-c g tBricn iitw a ' T t' ' - __ ___ - 'D O ' ' - 'l Ll nD _ nCr- -__ - --· ' IN -ROUTINE Dlct S3 - - 3 5 c nm I I I I 3 5 c I ·DIST i S AUGUST lll7b - • RE ORT • - J CLASS ·-WARNING • NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED J 3 5 c · COuNTAYI ARGENT INA 3 3 b 1 SUBJECTI RESPONSIBILITY OF' THE FEDERAL POLICE F'OR ' · -· KILLING THE THIRTY PEOPLE WHOSE BODIES APPEARED ' ' I I 3 3 b 1 I 3 3 b 1 1 I I COHMENTI THE LOCAL PRESS Of 21 AUGUST 1976 REPORTED THAT THIRTY BODIES WERE F'OUND 29 AUGUST j l · '· · __ Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701403 II J007 oa50lm PlltYlous 1-7$ EDITIONS IN ' 019953 3 5 c I WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELUCENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED • PAGE' 2 OF 4 · PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT • elAul lt GtfDllJ -----------------NEAR PILAR NORTH OF' BUENOS AIRES THE PRES QUOTED INF'ORMED SOURCES AS STATING THAT THE KILLiNGS APPEARED TO BE IN REPRISAL F'OR THE URDER ON 19 AUG ST 1976 BY LEF'TIST TERRORISTS or RETIRED GENERAL OMAR A c T l s HEAD OF' THE ORGAN ilNQ COMMITTEE F'OR THE l976 WORLD CUP SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN BUENOS AIRES 2 OPERATING LEVELS or THE ARGENTINE F'EDERAL POLICE WERE RESPONSIBLE F'OR KILLING THE THIRTY INDiVIDUALS BOTH AS REPRISAL F'OR THE KILLING OF' GENERAL ACTIS• AS WELL AS A WARNING TO LEF'TIST EXTREMISTS NOT TO ENGAGE IN F'URTHER ACTS OF' VIOLENCE DURING THE 22 AUGUST PERIOD THE F'EDERAL POLICE HAD EARLIER RECEIVED INF'ORMATION THAT THERE MiGHT WELL BE COORDINATED ATTACKS BY THE PEOPLE'S RE VO LU TI ONARY ARMY ERP ANO THE MONTONEROS TO COMMEMORATE THE 22 AUGUST DATE THE POLICE THEREF'ORE CONSIDERED THAT THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF' THE THIRTY BODIES IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING OF' CENERAL ACTIS WOULD CAUSE THE ERP ANO THE MONTONEROS TO REASSESS THE ADVISABILITY OF' ENGAGING iN F'URTHER TERRORIST ACTIONS IN THE NEAR rUTURE THE THIRTY INDIVIDUALS KILLED HAD BEEN UNDER F'EDERAl POLICE DETENTION Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701403 • ' • • · •' #' -I - J • • I I ' · - • - Ii • ' • • i elease 2018 10 01 C06701403 ····•· · ---· --- ··- · OISOlP Pl VIOU$ EDITIONS I IN I m' 53 3 5 c WARNINC NODCE SENSrnvE INTELLICBNCE SOtJRCES AND METHODS INVOLVED • otud IOCIOllJ II PAGE 3 Of 3 PAGES I fURIHSt DISSEMINATION AND USE Of THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END Of REPORT I I roR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HONTONEROS 3 PRESIDENT JORGE V I D E L A IS ANNOYED THAT THE BODIES WERE LErT SO PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED AND HAS ORDERED THAT THIS NOT OC CUR IN THE rUTURE· TMAT SUCH A TYPE OF' SJTUATION RE LECTS v '1ELA CONSIDERS ADVERSELY ON THE GOOD NAME OF' AftGENTINA BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY YIDELA'S OBJECTION IS NOT THAT THE THIRTY PEOPLE• WHO WERE PURPORTEDLY INVOLVED WJTH THE HONTONEROS WERE KILLED BUT THAT THE BODIES APPEARED PUBLICLY 3 3 b 1 lcOMHENTI 3 3 b 1 I PRESIDENT VIDELA IS Exi'REHELY ANGRY L___ OVER THE APPEARANCE or THE THIRTY BODIES IN PILAR AND SIXTEEN BODIES AT ANOTHER SITE CONSJDERiNG THAT THE SITUATION SERIOUSLY DAMAGES THE COUNTRY'S IMAGE DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD BY SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS A i ACK OF' ORDER AND CONTROL IN ARGENTINA 3 3 b 1 VIDELA IS IN AGREEMENT THAT SUBVERSIVES SHOULD BE KILLED BUT THAT THE ENTIRE HATTER SHOULD BE DEALT WITH DI SCRE ETL Y - - Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701403 3 3 b 1 I I IN Dlir tll S3 I 3 5 c WARNING NODCE SENSI11VE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED e PAGE If OF If PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT cz f f«lllOBI ·-··--·· · - - - -- ---------- POLICE HAD GONE ON A STATE or ALERT 15 AUGUST WHICH WAS ' TD LAST THROUGH 2 AUGUST BECAUSE INDICATORS HAD BEEN RECEIVED THAT LErTIST TERRORIST INCIDENTS MIGHT OCCUR DURING THE 22 AUGUST PERIOD 22 AUGUST 1972 IS THE DATE or THE KILLING or A NuHBER OF EXTREME LErTISTS DURING AN ALLEGED ATTEMPTED BREAK FROM TRELEW PRISON AND THE DATE HAS SINCE BEEN COHHEHORATEO BY RADICAL LEFTIST GROUPS WITH A WAVE or TERRORIST ACTIVITY 3 3 b 1 REPORT CLASS S i INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INYOLYED•1 3 5 c I I I I • I Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701403 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