[SANITIZED]NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1975 - 1975/09/10

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02990722
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 10, 1975

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National Intelligence
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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1975
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 212
ARGENTINA: President Peron has taken the
first step in vvhat may become a major offen-
sive against Argentine terrorists.
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WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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Montoneros Are Formally Outlawed in Argentina
Responding to an unprecedented up-
surge in left-wing violence and kid-
napings, President Maria Estela Peron
has formally outlawed the Montonero
guerrilla organization as the first step in
what may become a major offensive
against all Argentine terrorists.
The Montoneros supported the return
of Juan Peron from exile in 1973, but
declared "war" against his widow in
September 1974. The government had
avoided taking official action against
them for fear of antagonizing those
Peronists who have been alienated by the
conservative policies of the present ad-
ministration. The Montoneros have
played an effective political role through
agitation within the Peronist labor move-
ment and even fielded candidates under
the banner of the Authentic Party in a re-
cent provincial election.
The government has now given security
forces considerable latitude in conducting
counterinsurgency operations. Until now,
sympathetic newspapers and radio
stations could force the release of Mon-
toneros held without charge by publi-
cizing their names. Such actions in behalf
of outlawed groups are now forbidden.
Additional measures are likely to
be announced soon. The new army com-
mander, General Jorge Videla, has told
newsmen that the army's anti-guerrilla
operations in Tucuman Province, largely
against the People's Revolutionary Army,
could be extended throughout the country
"if the circumstances warranted." He
added that a federal organization may be
Colombia Assassination
The assassination on Monday of
Colombia's inspector general of the arm-
ed forces, General Rincon, was apparent-
ly the work of a pro-Havana guerrilla
group, the National Liberation Army.
Rincon previously had headed the army
brigade most involved in operating
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formed to coordinate the actions of all
security forces.
The Montoneros and the People's
Revolutionary Army would like to goad
the armed forces leaders into ousting the
government, which they regard as insuf-
ficiently radical. They expect that such a
move would produce popular revulsion
against the military and assure an even-
tual left-wing victory. In pursuit of this
long-range goal, the guerrillas have
been focusing their terrorist attacks on
all branches of the armed forces.
Argentine society is being battered by
the twin assaults of economic deteriora-
tion and mounting violence, which feed on
each other and could over time bring
about the political solarization the ex-
tremists seek.
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