ATTEMPT BY PERONIST MONTONERO MOVEMENT TO ARRANGE MEETING WITH SECRETARY VANCE DURING HIS VISIT TO MEXICO - 1978/04/27

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01135644
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RIPPUB
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U
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2
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April 3, 2019
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April 12, 2019
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April 27, 1978
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0 ' Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO1135644 Current Class: S2T Current Handl ing : /a Document Number: 1978MEXIC006979 ET PAGE 01 MEXICO 06979 272057Z ACTION ARA-14 Page: 1 EB Channel: n/a INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SS-15 SP-02 INR-10 HA-05 NSC-05 CIAE-00 /052 W P 272037Z APR 78 FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9859 AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY S E CA E T MEXICO 06979 074884 272237Z /64 S EO 11652: GDS TAGS: OVIP, MX, PINS, AR (VANCE, CYRUS) SUBJECT: ATTEMPT BY PERONIST MONTONERO MOVEMENT TO ARRANGE MEETING WITH SECRETARY VANCE DURING HIS VISIT TO MEXICO 1. EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DR. RICARDO A. OBREGON CANO REQUESTING THAT HE AND AN ASSOCIATE, DR. JOSE CARLOS ESCUDERO, BE PERMITTED TO MEET WITH SECRETARY VANCE DURING THE SECRETARY'S UPCOMING VISIT TO MEXICO. DR. OBREGON WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, BEGIN QUOTE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN ARGENTINA, THE DETERIORATING ECONOMIC SITUATION, AND THE SIGNS OF DISINTEGRXTION OF THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA IN ARGEN- TINA END QUOTE. EMBASSY IS NOT SUGGESTING REQUEST BE GRANTED, BUT COULD USE DEPT. GUIDANCE AS TO TERMS OF RESPONSE. 2. OBREGON IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE PERONIST MON- TONERO MOVEMENT COMMUNITY OF MEXICO. HE HAS BEEN A PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL LEGISLATOR, A MINISTER OF EDU- CATION AND JUSTICE IN THE ARGENTINE STATE GOVERNMENT OF CORDOBA, AND GOVERNOR OF CORDOBA. HE HAS APPARENTLY' S E21T FtrtlET PAGE 02 MEXICO 06979 272057Z LIVED IN MEXICO FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS. DR. ESCUDERO IS ANOTHER MEMBER OF HE ARGENTINIAN COMMUNITY OF MEXICO. Current Class: RET Page: 1 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO1135644 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C01135644 Current Class: �ECfET Current Handling: n/ a Document Number: 1978MEXIC006979 3. F--- ITHE CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO APPROACHED THE GOM7-1 ON BEHALF OF THE PERONIST MONTONERO MOVEMENT IN JAN. 1978, IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENLIST MEXICAN PRESIDENT JOSE LOPEZ PORTILLO TO ACT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE MON- TONEROS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE U.S. THE GOM REJECTED THIS REQUEST. THE MOVEMENT HAS NOT MADE ANY PRIOR ATTEMPT TO CONTACT EMBASSY OFFICIALS DIRECTLY BUT OBREGON'S LETTER APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SOME OFFICIAL CONTACT. 4. THE MONTONEROS ARE PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN MEXICO BY THE GOM AND OPERATE WITHIN TOLERABLE LIMITS, BUT THEY PROJECT A VERY LOW PROFILE AND OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR MEXICAN HOSTS WOULD NOT TAKE KINDLY TO ANY INCIDENT WHICH COULD PROVE EMBARRASSING TO THE GOM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF RECENT MEXICAN ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA. THERE ARE NO REPORTS THAT ANY TERRORIST ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED THROUGH THE MONTONEROS RESIDENT IN MEXICO. THE EMBASSY DOES NOT CONSIDER THE MONTONEROS TO BE A PHYSICAL THREAT TO THE SECRETARY BUT WE HAVE TAKEN THE PRECAUTION OF ALERTING RSO. LUCEY NNN Current Class: Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO1135644 Page: 2 Channel: n/a 3.3(b)(1) 3.5(c) Page: 2