FD-36 Rev 2-14-74 • • I l l I FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - ARGENTIN ON MARCH 15 1976 RAYMOND M JUAN DOMINGO PERON WHICH WAS OVERTHROWN IN 1955 BY A MILITARY COUP D'ETAT ANTONIO HAS BEEN RESIDING ABROAD EVER SINCE THE IMF'ol J' tJT ifolre NRTUHll#'-' 1955 COUP AND IS AN JMJ M FINANCIER ANTONIO WHO IS ORIGINALLYf ws 1 OF LEBANESE EXTRACTION ltr'f Ft RM'lil' al1J L' 1 0$ THAT HE HAS BEEN I FfeE l J N f IN RECENTJbONTACT WITH IlVIPORTANT MEMBERS OF THE ARGENTINE ARMY '· REGARDING THEIR PLANS TO OUST INCUMBENT ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MARIA ESTELA MARTINEZ DE PERON ANTONIO CLAIMED THAT HE HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH ARGENTINE ARMY LEADERS TO ARRANGE TO REFINANCE ARGENTINA'S FOREIGN DEBT THROUGH ARAB SOURCES AVAILABLE TO 11 J EJ J i-IRIJf fE f'JJITOAI 10 wu - fl ov1DE E1' f J l Su1ra Doe VtJ SN1' Rll ' ev•D Al G °' J- sifow11tUr m§ •• IJJ M1-1r COIZRCJPr1cN OF Pl £ il JeNT mflk '1 llEZ 'e • ANTONIO ANTONIO AH l U NliED A PERSONAL MEETU G ¥ OR THE SOU CE b n t-J-fr- Tf Su 't -aw Hl I u J WITH GENERAL «Lcs'91 ei D IN BUENO AIRES ON MARCH 1q 976 ry AT THE HOME OF JORGE ANToNIO' S SON GENERAL 0 Ll- ft- E J- RWS jn 1 M Per _____ _ - I FD-36 Rev 2-14-74 • FBI Date • I I I I I I I I Transmit the following in --------- T - -y-pe-in-p-la-in-te-xt_o_r c-o-de_J __ S_E-l _f 4h E-T _ _ i Via _________ -------- ------------ ' Precedence I ------------------------------------------------ PAGE TWO BUE 109 2 STATED THAT THE ARGENTINE ARMED FORCES WOULD OUST PRESIDENT Berwe-EJJ Mo PERON Q' N WEDNESDAY MARCH 17 1976 1 $Jl THURSDAY MARCH 18 1976 AND THAT THE MILITARY WOULD HOLD ABSOLUTE CONTROL FOR THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE COUP AMONG THE MANY POINTS COVERED ' BY GENERAL DALLA 'EA DURING THE MARCH 14 9116 MEET1 N fr11WIWM illHEtc SOURCE WERE THE FOLLOWING P9 1' 1 THE ARGENTINE MILITARY DESIRE CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNI TED STA TES 12 1 1 Crl1 eP f JJl-L me nt IVJt r ul 6tH eP • OOp GJ e 'fi l 'cF -me C evP zy · 3 AFTER THE FIRST TEN DAYs dF'-rn E UboUP THE ARGENTINE --·-·- MILITARY INTEND TO INCORPORATE CIVILIANS INTO THE GOVERNMENT FILLING THE POSTS OF MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS MINISTER I Jii xR Xif THE ARGENTINE MILITARY BELIEVES THAT THE INCUMBENT j OF ECONOMY AND MINISTER OF FINANCE WITH CIVILIAN TECHNICIANS Ptetl ATG PERONIST GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN OVER CONTROL OF TOO MANY INDUSTRIES - - - •'' AND REDUCED THE INCENTIVE FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA TO AN UNACCEPTABLE DEGREE IN THIS CONNECTION THE ARGENTINE MILITARY INTEND TO ESTABLISH IMMED ATR CONTACT WITH THE INTER- _ Pot n1M To l•u ¥t fl111Jf NATIONAL 'TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAP Hf'CORPORATION IN ORDER TO TAKE RH ENTINE Tl LEPHONE COMP l NY WHICH S A DISASTROUS I J · I · i I •·L J '· Approved ----- --- - -- ----- ------ Special Agent in Charge Sent -------M Per - t r-_T __ t t FD-36 Rev 2-14-74 FBI • Date Transmit the following in ------ -- ----rs __ -t L T ---1 Type in plaintext or code t l E PAGE THREE RET BUE 109 _ 2 ' · STATE BOTH FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY-WISE JORGE ANTONIO ADVISED ' THAT HE INTENDS TO RETURN TO ARGENTINA ON MARCH 20 1976 AND J THAT HE ANTICIPATE BTAINING A POSITION IN THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT JORGE ANTONIO FREELY ADMITS THAT HIS ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IN l RETURNING TO ARGENTINA IS TO EVENTUALLY BE ELECTED PRESIDENT IN A CivtLIAN GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL FOLLOW THE MILITARY COUP iEi'k5fx D'ETAT ml 1' 0151 SSIFIEB B¥ 69el JEGBS Q IN QRFHTI'PE COORDINATED LOCALLY MOLINA WAS CONTACTED BY THE LEGAL ATTACHE AT THE SPECIFIC REQUEST OF AMBASSADOR HILL mo1-tN1t R tve o n 1 6u No S 1 11f J 1a h' ' E-N f J r-rf C4mPArut5 D 8'1 'T6N Em4L 'i'R111uw1 uuv C 1A 1 kl-4 ' 'l '-' P - -v C f§ •• r r Approved ------------- Special Agent in Charge Sent ------ ML er S RET