SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE US STAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS (16-22 DECEMBER 1977)[SANITIZED] - 1977/12/22

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: CHILE-I
• Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Keywords: PINOCHET
• Keywords: VICARIATE OF SOLIDARITY
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00201413
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: December 22, 1977

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LATIN AMERICA
Argentine authorities now appear to be backing off from a
claim that the recent disappearance of some 15 persons associated
with the group known as the "Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" was
� the work of Montonero terrorists. The Plaza de Mayo demonstrators,
who had been pressing the government to account for their
missing relatives, were viewed as being opposed to the govern-
ment and even as inadvertent allies of antigovernment forces.
The scope of the abduction operation and the number of witnesses
indicate that the disappearance was not a terrorist act. Navy
Secretary General Admiral Fracassi, meanwhile, has given
Ambassador Castro some insight into the government's deliberations
over human rights cases. Fracassi said that the Foreign
Ministry has passed to the armed forces a list of 15 cases
believed to be of interest to the US, with a view to determining
what ameliorative action could be taken on political grounds.
Although there is disagreement within the armed forces over
what should be dona, it is possible that amnesty could be
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