TIMERMAN CASE: POSSIBLE MOVEMENT - 1978/03/19

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626870
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: March 19, 1978

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CLASSIFICATION
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TIMERMAN CASE: POSSIBLE MOVEMENT
SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL BUENOS AIRES:
REF: STATE 049434; BUENOS AIRES 0638
1. NAVY OFFICIALS CONFIDENTIALLY INFORMED EMBOFFS
1970
TODAY (3/16) THAT NAVY WILL PROPOSE AT MARCH 27
SECRETARIES GENERAL THAT
MEETING OF ARMED FORCES SIDHEMpaCKKIEWOONEDC
JACOBO TIMERMAN BE TRANSFERRED TO HOUSE ARREST.
NAVY OFFICIALS STATED THAT THEY THOUGHT THE
GROUNDWORK HAD BEEN LAID FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
PROPOSAL BY THE OTHER SERVICES.
2. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE NAVY IS CONSIDERING
PROVIDING GUARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF TIMERMAN.
THEY EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN REGARDING TIMERMAN'S
BEING AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET FOR BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT
WING FORCES TO EMBARRASS THE GOVERNMENT.
3. MRS. TIMERMAN AND TIMERMAN'S RABBI, MARSHALL
MEYER, WERE SCEDULED TO MEET WITH SENIOR NAVAL
OFFICIALS TODAY TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITY OF HIS BEING
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1970
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AMBASSADOR AJA ESPIL TOLD MCNEIL TODAY THAT HE HAD BEEN
TOLD IN PHONE CONVERSATION WITH BUENOS AIRES THAT
TIMERMAN MIGHT BE FREED NEXT WEEK BRINGING TO AN END
SINGLE MOST TOUCHY INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASE.
MCNEIL T:JAVKED AJA ESPIL. AND NOTED THAT THIS WOULD
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