'l ti '17 rtnient of State PAGE 01 ACTION ARA-15 BUENOS 07963 · INCOMING TELEGRAM CA ¢ 2614082 R 0383 OCT-OJ AOS-00 HA-05 S5D-00 NSCE-00 55-15 SP-02 PM-06 INRE- 0 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 ICAE-00 PA-01 OOOE-00 NEA-06 H-01 ANAE-00 062 W 2614262 46 ------------------087179 0 26J251Z SEP 79 FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES INFO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2548 BUENOS AIRES 7963 - E 0 TAGS SUBJ REF 12065 XGOS-2 SHUM AR U TIMERMAN BUENOS AIRES 9-26-85 CHAPLIN MAXWELL OR-M EXPELLED 7962 1 JACOBO TIMERMAN WAS EXPELLED FROM ARGENTINA THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 25 BY THE MILITARY JUNTA IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DECREE WHICH ALSO STRIPPEO HIM OF HIS ARGENTINE NATIONALITY HE OEPiRTEO AT 1915 HOURS ON AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS FLIGHT 116 TO ROME WITH A TRAVEL DOCUMENT BEARING AN ISRAELI VISA TIMERMAN WAS DRIVEN TO THE DOWNTOWN BUENOS AIRES AIRPORT AEROPAROUE AND WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EZEIZA BY HELICOPTER WITH AN ADDITIONAL ESCORT HELICOPTER WHICH LANDED BESIDE THE AEROLINEAS 7 47 WHICH TIMERMAN IMMEDIATELY BOARDED HE WAS REPORTEDI Y ACCOMPANIED TO THE PLANE BY THE ISRAELI CHARGE WIRE SERVICES REPORTED THAT TIMERMAN TELEPHONED HIS WIFE IN NEW YORK DURING THE FLIGHT' 5 STOPOVER IN RIO DE JANIERO AND THAT SHE WOULD BE JOINING HIM SHORTLY IN ISRAEL 2 CURING HIS INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADOR CASTRO-WHICH WAS ALMOST SIMULTANEOUS WITH TIMERMAN' S BOARDING AIRCRAFT--GENERAL VIOLA STRESSED THAT THE EXPULSION DECISION AD CREATED BITTER DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MILITARY AND HAO 'CAUSED DEEP WOUNDS WHICH WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO HEAL ' VIOLA SHOWED STRAIN AND ANXIETY FROM THE TENSE DISCUSSIONS PRECEDING THE JUNTA DECISION AND COMPLAINED THAT THE TIMING OF THE COURT'S OECIS ON COULD HARDLY HAVE BEEN WORSE HE IMPLIED THAT THE HARDLINERS HAD RESISTED THE DECISION BITTERLY ANO THAT IT WOULD HAVE A POLITICAL IMPACT IN MANY OTHER AREAS HE SAID THEY HAD EXPECTED A POSSIBLE ADVERSE DECISION EITHER WELL BEFORE THE IAHRC VISIT OR A MONTH AFTER BUT THAT THE DECISION DURING THE VISIT TOGETHER WITH THE REVIVAL OF THE CAMPORA ASYLUM ISSUE HAD SERIOUSLY OVERLOADED THE MILITARY' S CIRCUITS HE VOLUNTEERED THAT THE CAMPORA DECISION WOULD BE EV N MORE DIFFICULT -AND HE DID NOT KNOW HOW THAT WOULD TURN OUT 3 tUl GOA CERTAINLY COMPLIED WITH ITS PROMISE TO PROVIDE TIMERMAN BEST PROTECTION HIS MANNER OF TRAVEL TO THE AIRPORT IS USUALLY RESERVED FOR VISITING CHIEFS OF STATE THE SUPREME COURT PUBLISHED ITS DECISION IN THE TIMERMAN CASE ON SEPTEMBER 25 DECISION WILL BE SUBJECT OF SEPARATE REPORT DETAILS OF OTHER SUBJECTS DISCUSSED BY SEPTELS CASTRO ARGENTINA PROJECT S200000044 U S DEPT OF STATE A RPS JPS Margaret P Grafeld Director c J Release Excise Deny Exemption s · Declassify In Part In Full · Classify as_ Extend as _ Downgrade to _ Date _ _ _ _ Declassify on ____ Reason _ _ ' J