[SANITIZED]NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY MONDAY MARCH 29, 1976 - 1976/03/29

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02996432
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: March 29, 1976

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The
National Intelligence
Daily
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MONDAY MARCH 29, 1976 VOLUME 3, NUMBER 74
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ARGENTINA: General Jorge Videla this
afternoon will be sworn in as president and an
eight-man cabinet installed, culminating a
smooth transition to military rule that appears
to come as a relief to the Argentine public. For
the moment, most citizens seem willing to
grant the new aoyernment a honeymoon
period
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Argentina: Swearing In
Argentine General Jorge Videla will be
sworn in as president this afternoon,
culminating an extraordinarily smooth
transition to military rule.
The eight-man cabinet that will also be
sworn in contains two officers from each
of the three services and two civilians.
As expected, prominent industrialist
and economist Jose Martinez de la Hoz
will become minister of economy.
Another civilian will take over the educa-
tion portfolio. The foreign ministry will be
in the hands of the military under Rear
Admiral Cesar Guzzetti.
Guzzetti is relatively young and inex-
perienced in foreign affairs, suggesting
that junta leaders intend to play a promi-
nent role in foreign policy.
A tough army general and former
federal police chief, Eduardo
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Harguindeguy, will head the key interior
ministry. He will be charged with the
overall campaign against left-wing
guerrillas and rightist vigilante squads.
The guerrillas have so far issued no
public statement concerning the military
takeover; only a few minor terrorist at-
tacks have occurred since the coup.
Guerrilla leaders probably are studying
the military's security procedures and will
hold off major actions until security
precautions are relaxed.
Military authorities continue to issue
decrees, most dealing with maintaining
public order and getting the country back
to work. One decree has banned strikes,
work stoppages, and slowdowns.
Public reaction to the coup can best be
characterized as one of relief. For the mo-
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Argentina. . .
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ment, at least, most Argentines appear
willing to grant the new government a
honeymoon period. A respected Buenos
Aires daily has noted an atmosphere of
"enormous expectation" for the material
and moral rehabilitation of the country.
The Videla government's first test may
not be long in coming. The Peronist labor
movement, although badly fragmented
and leaderless, will be difficult to steer
toward further belt-tightening. This is
likely to be necessary, however, as the new
economy minister is expected to announce
severe austerity measures soon
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