LATIN AMERICAN TRENDS: STAFF NOTES FEBRUARY 5, 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/02/05

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03192943
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 24
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 5, 1975

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LATIN AMERICAN TRENDS
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Western Hemisphere Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
CONTENTS
February 5, 1975
Argentina: Resurgence of Left�
Wing Terrorism
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Argentina:, Resurgence Resurgence of Left-Wing Terrorism
Following a period of reduced activity, the
extremist People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) appears
prepared to raise its profile.
The ERP last week threatened to conduct a cam-
paign of "indiscriminate execution" against govern-
ment officials and Peronist leaders if police author-
ities did not show publicly that 19 captured guer-
rillas were still active. The 72-hour deadline set
by the ERP ultimatum passed without full government
compliance, and a major terrorist action could be
attempted to make good on the threat. Although the
ERP has been weakened by the government's counter-
insurgency drive, it still has the force to carry
out random acts of terrorism.
The summer lull was shattered by a new round of
killings last week and security forces are braced
for another onslaught soon. A high-ranking Labor
Ministry official and his bodyguard were slain in
Buenos Aires following a series of assassinations
that claimed the lives of several policemen and busi-
nessmen during the month. The January edition of the
clandestine ERP mouthpiece El Combatiente declared
that a campaign of retaliation was being launched in
retribution for each "companero" killed by security
forces. Government officials, military men, police,
and businessmen were designated as targets. Actually,
these have been the usual ERP victims for some time.
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Meanwhile, federal police continue to have suc-
cess in some aspects of their war on terrorism. They
dealt a strong blow recently when they raided a print-
ing plant and several propaganda dissemination sites
used by the terrorists. 3.3(b)(1)
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the police believe that the print-
ing network was used to produce and distribute all
copies of the two principal terrorist publications--
Estrella Roja and El Combatiente. If this mechanism
has been effectively dismantled, the morale of the
ERP could suffer.
Other setbacks have included the arrest of litany
ERP activists and sympathizers, including some key
leaders. In many cases the captures have led to new
information that has enabled police to conduct addi-
tional raids.
The recent terrorist offensive is probably cal-
culated to show that the ERP is not on the run as
the government claims. Moreover, the terrorists may
be attempting to take advantage of the uneasy atmos-
phere created by reports circulating widely in
Argentina that presidential adviser Lopez Rega's
extraordinary power is generating tensions within
the Peronist government. Military, labor,and opposi-
tion party distaste for the imperious presidential
secretary became the subject of much public specula-
tion shortly after the President moved toher summer
retreat and apparently left Lopez Rega to conduct
government business.
Should infighting within the Peronist ranks in-
tensify or should Mrs. Peron be faced with a govern-
mental crisis, the terrorists would be encouraged to
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