WEEKLY REVIEW FEBRUARY 21, 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/02/21

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02898417
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April 3, 2019
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February 21, 1975
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Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Weekly Review 3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 To February 21, 1975 Copy Ne 650 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR � The WEEKLY REVIEW, issued every Friday morning by the � Office of Current Intelligence, reports and analyzes significant developments of the week through noon on Thursday. It � frequently Includes material coordinated with or prepared by the Office of Economic Research, the Office of Strategic Research, and the Directorate of Science and Technology. Topics requiring more comprehensive treatment and therefore published separately as Special Reports are listed in the contents. Warning Notice Sensitive Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved Additional Warnirg NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions 14 Argentina: Anti-guerrilla Campaign NR pproved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 I Army General Anaya announces start of guerrilla operatim . ARGENTINA: ANTI-GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN The army has begun a massi, anti-guerrilla operation in the northern part of the country, but the only information on its progress is coming from communiques issued by military spokesmen. As usual, these reports consist only of the num- ber of arms caches destroyed and suspected guer- rillas detained. Soma 5,000 army troops and fedora! police are combing the jungles and mountains of Tucuman Province in search of about 400 mem- bers of the Marxist Peoples' Revolutionary Army. At leapt one skirmish occurred last week when guerrillas ambushed a patrol. One army officer and three ;nsurgents reportedly were killed in this clash. Army spokesmen are stressing that civilians in the area are cooperating with the troops by providing information, and one officer stated that several "foreigners" had been arrested. There has been no official announcement on how long the 3.5(c) campaign will last, 1)111 one general crinmented that the army would stay in the struggle "as long as it considered necessary." Interior Minister Rocarnora stated last wool< that tlw counter-in- surgency operation might mova into other prov- inc:es. 1 he extremists have responded to the (dm- by stepping up terrorist actions ill Buenos Aires. Last weelwnd, at least eight persons were killed it) a new wave of attacks. Also, in a move to attract international attention and embarrass the government, the guerrillas declared a 1,500- square-mikt area of -Fucuman Province a "liber- ated area" and have called for international protection in accordance with the Geneva Con- vention. It is doubtful that the army's operation will turn up much. Humors that it was to occur have been circulating for several weeks, so that the guerrillas have had plenty of time to prepare. Also, the army has not had a great deal of counter-insurgency training or experience. Unless small-unit commando tactics are used, the secu- rity forces arc likely to have little luck in corner- ing any real guerrillas. 3.5(c) TOP�&EeFtET Page 14 WEEKLY REVIEW Feb 21, 75 pproved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 3.5(c) NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 Approved for Release: 2018/10/26 002898417 NR