1 5 c PAGE 1 DENIED DENIED IN IN FULL FULL DOCUMENT DATED DAiED DOCUHENT CITE --------eq --F7- JUttfI JUNll t3s '9J _ 'b A- 1'C en 7 f -1 I-Y Z6 I i I AG 2 OF S AGES I ‘i 1 ‘ 5@ REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL MEMBER COUK-FRIES OF THE CONDOR ORCANIZATIDN MET IN BUENOS AIRES 13 46 DECEMBER 1976 TO REVIEW PAST ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSS FUTURE PLANS I THE PRINCIPAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS THi DISCUSSION AND PLANNING OF COORDINATED PSYCHOLOGICAL h’ARFALE OPERATIONS DIRECTED AGAINSi LEFTIST AND RADICAL GROUPS IN THE VARIOUS ER COUNTRIES OFEWJION CONDOR IS A COOPEFWTIVE ARRANGEME IT Al ONG SECURITY SERVICES OF CHILE ARGEKTINA BOLIVIA PARAGUAY URUGUAY AND 1 BRAZIL TO COUNTER TERRORISH AND SUBVERSION 44-i 2 ON 12 APRIL 1977 _ 1 5 I a TO OPERATION CONDOR-AS WELL AS THE j SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY OPERATIONS 8EING f RUN IN EITHER THE UNITED STATES OR EUROPE BY CONDOR COUNTRIES CAUTIONED HOWEVER THAT SECURITY HAD BEEN STRENGTHENED AT THE OPERATIONS CENTER IN BUENOS AIRES AND COMPARTMENTATION INCREASED AFTER CONDPR REPRESENTATIVES FOUXD OUT IN SEPTEHBER 1976 THAT THE FRENCH I ‘-J “ - - - __--- _- - _ ’ _ i 5 4 3 2 I -i1 I -zF I r ’ 1 ’ 1 ‘ j j ------ -----_ -__ _ -- _ # ‘ -tee-w -- - _ - _ 5 H PAGE 3cf s AGEs INTELLIG E NCE SERVICE WAS AWAR E OF THE EX ISTENCE AND SOME OBJECTIVES OF OPERATION CONDOR THUS HE COULD NOT BE SURE ABOUT OPEMTIONS ELSEkHERE ALTHOUGH HE E4IPHkSIZED Th AT DISCUSSION OF OPERATIONS IN EITHER THE U S OR EUROPE NAS NOT SURFACED AT THE 4EETI rG HELD 13-16 DECE'4BEi i m SAID THAT REACTION TO THIS PARTICULAR BREACH OF SECURITY WAS EXTRE MELY HARSH IN ARGENTINA hwcii SULTED IN THE FIRING lS c$1 OF'THE THY DIRECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE STATE SECRETARIAT FOR MTELLIGENCE @ID AND REPLACING HIH WITH GENERAL CARLOS ENRIoUE L A I D L A W THE CURXENT HE ADDED THAT THE FOREGOING INCIDENT MADE CCEiDoR REPRESEX- DIRECTOR TATIVES REALIZE THAT OTHER INTELLIGENCE THE SERVIC E S APE PROB ABLY WARE OF THEIR ORGANIZATION MD THEREFORE EVERY-l-KING IS KANDLED ACCORDIMGLY I E WITH A MAXIMUM OF CAUTIok' ' CO$MENT GENERAL OTTO P A L A D I N 0' HAS THE FOR DIRECTOR OF SIDE a- 4 _ id _ _I__ I 3i CONCERNING CURR 4T CONDOR OPERATIONS II' BELIEVED THE EXCHANGE OFjINFOtiTION ON SUBVERSIVES AND TERRORISTS HAS 'I BEING CONDuCTED MOSTLY BILATERALLY BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF MKMBER COWRIES IN THE COVERT ACTION FIELD -THAT BoTH s ARGEMINA A iD CHILE WKRK’UAKING EXTENSIVE USE OF THE Coi MUNICATIoSS 3 1- I ‘ -T’ - i -_ - - - _ 6 4 3 P 1 I I -i i i I TAO-Z 4 of S xs 6 MEDIA FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES HE ADDED THAT THE THRUST OF THESE TO REFUTE CRITICISM LEVELLED AT TEE PROPAGANDA EFFORTS WAS TWOFOLD 1 5 cl RESPECTIVE COVER24ENTS BY THE FOREIGN COMMLTNICATIONS MEDIA AND INTCRNATIONAL FORA AND TO INSTILL A NEW SENSE OF NATIONAL PRIDE IN THE POP U LA TION -THAT CHILE HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED TWO FINS ON CHILE AFTER ALLEHDE WHICH IT WAS ASKING CONDOR REPRESENTATIVES SEon ON TELEVISION IN THEIR COUNTRIES TO DME ONLY URUGUAY uD ACCORDING TO PARAGUAY HAD ARGENTINA HAVE AGREED TO SHOW THEM ONLY 4 DE USE OF THE PRESS THE DAILY NEWSPAPER PATRIA IN WHICH PROPAGANDA HAS PERIODICALLY INSERTED HE SAID THAT A REQUEST TO I'% -2 TELEVISION FOR THIS PURPOSE'WAS UNDER CONSIDERi TION BY HIS SUPERIORS AS WAS A REQUEST FOR THE E TABLISHHENT OF A NATIONAL NEWS AGENCyi THAT T HE LATTER W OULD PROBABLY NEVER COME 0 PASS BECAUSE FUNDS SIMPLY WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUCH AN UNDERTAKING 4 LASTLY THAT THE MEETING THAT WAS TO BE HELD t I 1 IN ASUNCION IN MARCH 1977 ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE TECHNIQUES AGASh'ST TERRORISTS AND LEFTIST EXTRENISTS WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY OF ARCEMINA AriD PARAGUAY TO PARTICIPATE -THAT 5 BOTH COUNTRIES' INTELLIGENCE SERVICES HAD BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IS 1 5 4 3 2 1 1 f- ’ I z-i - - ‘ r - __-_ -- - __ 3413 - 1 -9 ‘ y fira 1” I I ’ 1 I PAGE 5 OP SPAG 5 1 1 j I I I I SECURITY ARRtNCEHEkTS FOR THE THIRD COSCRESS OF THE LATIN-AMERICAS ANTI-COKWh'IST CONFEDERATION HELD 28-30 MARCH AS WELL AS IN THE PREPARATION FOq THE 20 APRIL STATE VISIT OF ARCEMINE PRESTDEhT JORGE VIDELA TOPARAGUAY i' THE NEXT CONDOR MEETING HAD NOT BEFN SET t I THAT A NEW DATE FOR 1 5 c '5 I I L I I i I I L i L’ i i ‘ I _ i 5 4 5 4 3 I 1 I _ _