DIRICTONAT1 OP OPIIIATIONS 0�1111111MMIlmmwm.��14* Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 Intelligence Information Cable WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND AIETIIODS INVOLVED ROUTINE IN 110692 PAGE 1 OF 6 PAGES Eizglsrolret:::z21.�07:=1::�D^ct:rzsc.',=0:=1:=7 ----1""""1" FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FIN-ALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE 3.5(c) _SECRET"' REPORT CLASS i�E�C1f1--T AND METHODS INVOLVED- CITE wm�� DMT 26 NOVEMBER 1976 ..WADkJTM( PJnTTrP . RrNATTTVr INFMLLIGENCE SOURCES COUNTRY ARGENTINA SUBJECT STATUS REPORT OP THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY 3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE PEOPLE'S REVOLU- TIONARY ARMY (ERP), THE ERP HAS DECIDED TO DECENTRALIZE AUTHORITY AND 3.3(b)(1) DELEGATE GREATER RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AS A RESULT 5 4OF ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST THE ERP BY ARGENTINE SECURITY FORCES. 3 2 100AffletWort FOLLOWING4 3 2 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 rsm 34 1 3 Use PT,710W1 Melons . gaier (elsetitleitiow) Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE IN1aLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN 110692 PAGE 2 OF 6 PACES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. 3.5(c) THE DEATH OF ERP COMMANDER ROBERTO SANTUCHO, LEADERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZA- TION WAS ASSUMED BY A TRIUMVIRATE. DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES SUFFERED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S COUNTERSUBVERSIVE CAMPAIGN, THE ERP HAS NOT BEEN DESTROYED AND IS ATTEMPTING TO REASSERT ITSELF BOTH POLITICALLY AND MILITARILY. END SUMMARY. 5 4 3 2 1 � SE I, N EARLY NO VE, Mb ER 1 976 REPORT ON THE STATUS OF 1TE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY ARMY CERP), IFOLLOWING ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT, '2. AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS AGAINST THE ERR BY THE SECURITY FORCES, THE ERR DEC IDED TO DECENT MALI BE AUTHORITY AND PASS GREATER RESPONSIBILITY TO THa REGIONAL OPGANUATIONS, THE "GUE VARI ST YOUTH," FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS THE ERPIS YOUTH GP Qt.) Pi r LONGER IS DIRECTED BY THE NA T I CN AL LEADERSHIP OF T1,E ERP BUT Is RESPONSIVE TO APPROPRIATE REGIONAL OFFICIALS, � 3, AS OF' EARLY NOVEMBER 1976 THE MAIN LEADERS or THE ERP ARE ARNALDO JUANCREMER, ALIAS "LUIS MATTANI," CHIEF OF LOGISTICS AND INTERNATIONAL MATTERS1. UO ALrREDO OROPEL. ALIAS ',NEGRO JORGE I" Neel ostler' diatom omen* 3.3(b)(1) 5 4 3 2 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 17,re 3413 UN"'I" Iltdition� � SECREI. lelatialtion) 5 4 3 2 1 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 VelIET tWhon Filled In) WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN 110692 PAGE 3 OF 6 PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. 3.5(c) COORDINATOR OF THE REGIONAL ORGANI2ATI ONSI ENR !CUE HAROLD� GORR ARAN MERL 0, ALIAS "CAPTAIN RI CA RD 0,� CH IE F OF MILITARY OPER AT IONS; CARL OS HECTOR GERmA N. ALIAS "MAURO GOMEZ ,"" LEADER OF THE ERR REMNANTS IN TuCu mA Ns C AR Lo SCR 2000 A. AL! AS " DA NI EL MARTI N" OR "EL VA SC 0 �� A REGIONAL OFF ICER WHO WAS FORMERLY IN CHARGE OF THE ERR REPRESENTATI ON WITHIN THE REVOLUTIONARY COORDINATING JUNTA (JCR), ( COmmENTI IN LATE OCTOBER 1976. CAP TJRD ERR MEMBERS TOLD THE AUTHORITIES THAT FOLLOIING THE DEATH ON 19 JULY 1976 OF MAR IO R 0BEP TO SANTUCH 0, THE ERR COMMANDER. THE LEADERSHIP Or THE ERR WAS TAKEN OVER NOT BY ONE INDIVIDUAL But By A TRIUMVIRATE. THE CAPTIVES WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE NAMES OF THOSE wHO COMPRISE THE TRIUMVIRATE BUT CIO STATE THAT G OR RI AR AN MERLO; WHO WAS RUMORED TO REPLACE S AN ?UCH�, � � S NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE HE IS TOO A LITHO RI TA TI yr. OTHER INFO Rm AT ION. ,HOwEvER � WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THE ARGENT INE SUGGESTS THAT GORR:ARAN mERLO may IN FACT BE THE MOST DOMINANT Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) 5 4 3 2 1 rollsm 3413 VIIdiglicira Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 SEd(Whin Filled in) WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED 3.3(b)(1) 5 4 3 2 IN 110692 TDFIR PAGE 4 OF 6 PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. LEADER OF THE ER P I THE POSSIBILITY THAT "LUIS mATTINI" IS THE TOP OF Fl CI AL II 4, THE ERR HAS ENGAGED IN RELATIVELY FEW TERRORIST ACTIONS IN RECENT WEEKS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF TRAINED CADRES AS A RESULT OF COUNTERSAVERSIVE OPER:TIONS. ON A FAIRLY Llml TED SCALE. THE ERR HAS KILLED AND THREATENED BUSINESS EXECUTIVES. MAINLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FIRING OR 'SUSPENDING wORKERSI CARRIED Out Acts or SABOTAGE I KILLED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY FORCES. N PART ! TO OBTAIN wEAPUNSi AND STOLEN FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR DISTRIBUTION AriLiNo THE PEOPLE, POLITICALLY. THE ERR, AND ITS POLITICAL ARM. THE REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY (PRI' I. EVENTUALLY HOPE TO BE IN A POSITION TO LEAD THE , 1 OPPOSITION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY WI THIN ! ! ! TM E LA SO R SE CT OR 51 INTERNATIONALLY, THE ERP CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN THi JCR, A COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT OF TERRORIST GROUPS OF THE SOUTHERN CONE COUNTRIES WITH CONNECT IONS IN EUROPE, THE ORGAN Al ION FOR THE LIBERATION OF ARGENTINA (okuMfiesHon) (Mama doontroia) 3.5(c) 3.3(b)(1) 5 4 3 2 1 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 "vim 01/101 1 10-111 04 I Us. Prot IMO IldMons Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00513830 �SECRIT1Whion Filled In) WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN 110692 FA01 5 OF 6 FA0111 . slioffr FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. (011111/4/1011H011 3.5(c) 5 4 3 2 1 COLA), WHICH WAS TO BE COMPRISED OF VARIOUS ARGENT INE SUBVER SI Vc GROLPS, INCLUDING THE ERR, HAS NOT PROGRESSED BEYOND Tri TALKING STAGES. PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE ERP AND THE MONT ON ER OS OVER WHICH GR OUP SHOULD LEAD OLA, 16 DESPITE THE HEAVY LOSSES SUFFERED SY THE ERR ;IN THE COUNTER SUBvER SI VE CAMPAIGN. THE EP HAS NOT BEEN DESTROYED AND IS ATTEMPTING TO PEOGANZE AND REASSERT ITSELF BOTH POLITICALLY AND MI LI TAR! LY, CnCOMMEN Ts ON 3 NOVEMBER 1976 THE ERP MANAGED TO TAKE CONTROL OF A TELEVISION TRANSMITTING STATION IN FLORENC 10 VARELA NEAR THE CA0 IT AL AND BROADCAST A 1 SPEECH WHICH LASHED OUT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND PROCLAIMED THAT THE ERP, MONTONEROS. RED BRIGADES AND OTHER ARGENT INE GUERRILLA ORGAN! 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