5V Approved for Release 2018 10101 002596563 Wee ab Situation Report on International ermrim 1 March 1978 Sm l Approved for Release 002596563 - a 3 3 5 c 3 5 c 3 50 Approved for Release 2013f10f01 302596563 SECRET 35 0 SITUATION REPORT CONTENTS 1 March 197'8 NR A Ecuador Joins CONDOR Page 5 NR Fl 55cm 3 5 c Approved for Release 2013f10 01 302596563 Approved for Release 201 BI1DID1 002596563 SECRET 35 0 1 19TH Ecuador Joins CONDOR In mid-January 1978 a joint committee of Ecuadorean military intelligence officers approved Ecuador s participa- tion in CONDOR a counter terrorism organization composed of the intelligence services of Latin American Southern Cone enuntries Ecuador will be designated in official CONDOR documents by the Country code name of CONDOR 7 The overall responsibility for Ecuador's participation and activities in CONDOR lies with the Ecuadorean Joint Command of the Armed Forces however the joint command has assigned various phases of this activity to the army navy and air force For example the army through the Directorate General of Intelligence is responsible for intelligence reporting and the exchange of information among the various CONDOR members The navy is charged with responsibility for telecommunica- tions and the air force will take care of warfare At present an Argentine military officer chief of the CONDOR communications system is super vising the installation of a telecommunications system in the Ecuadorean Ministry of National Defense This com munications system is on loan to Ecuador until it can pur- chase its own equipment The Chilean government is also assisting Ecuador in its efforts to integrate itself as a CONDOR member by offering four scholarships to the Chilean intelligence school in Santiago Chile for Ecuadorean military officers r _ 35 3 35 aims _i 3 50 Approved for Release 2018110f01 302596563 W- 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