[SANITIZED]WEEKLY SUMMARY MAY 14, 1976 - 1976/05/14

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Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Weekly Summary et Cl WS 76-020 No. 0020/76 May 14, 1976 3.5(c) Copy N2 1409 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 CONTENTS The WEEKLY. SUMMARY, issued every Friday rnrn.J by Office of Current Intelligence, reports and analyzes i developments of the week through noon on Thursday. It ently includes material coordinated with or prepared by the Office of Economic Research, Inc Office of Strategic 'es rd. the Office of Geographic and Cartographic Research, and the Directorate of Science and Technology, May 14, 1976 /ling Notice Sensitive ri nee Sources and Methods nvolved (WN INTEL) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unr thorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions 3.5(c) 8 Western Hemisphere Argentina Comments and queries on the contents of this publication are welcome. They may be directed to the editor of the Weekly Summary, Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 NR Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 CO2987075 SFe4T ARGENTINA The trust and confidence engendered by the military junta's politically neutral, businesslike approach to governing are beginning to give way to concern over ar- bitrary security practices and over Presi- dent Videla's seemingly unsteady grasp on his authority. Members of major unions and political parties have expressed fear about the im- plications of recent widespread arrests and take-overs of unions the government had pledged not to touch. Their impres- sion that local military commanders are operating without�or perhaps despite�central direction is shared by 3.3(b)(1) journalists. Indications are that the three services are working at cross purposes. The navy, for example, has failed to honor Videla's request for a comprehensive list of prisoners it is holding. Videla has reportedly encountered opposition from navy chief Admiral Massera, a fellow jun- ta member. Videla has been preoccupied with creating the impression of evenhandedness toward business and labor. To soften the impact of the junta's pro-business economic policy, Videla decreed across-the-board wage hikes and arrested a number of businessmen ac- cused of price gouging. He evidently sees his immediate prime task as convincing the country of the junta's good faith, so Page 8 that the way will be cleared for implemen- ting its broad range of policies. Meanwhile, however, Videla's low-key style and lack of aggressiveness have con- tributed to independent behavior by local commanders and to interservice competi- tion. Proponents of harsher security measures take the President's mild manner as an invitation to do things their own way. At some point soon, Videla will be obliged to assert his authority by rein- ing in officers operating counter to his wishes. His failure to do so would cost the junta the favorable image it has managed to create abroad as well as the popular support that gives the government leverage against the terrorists and other domestic problems. 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