WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 24 FEBRUARY 1976[SANITIZED] - 1976/02/24

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627620
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 24, 1976

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Weekly Situation Report
on
International Terrorism
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WEEKLY SITUATION SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
Articles:
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ERP May Again Be Concentrating on U.S. Targets in
Argentina (Page 2)
Argentine ERP May Be Losing Faith in Revolutionary
Coordinating Junta (Page 10)
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ERP May Again Pe Concentrating on U.S. Targets in Argentina
The People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) may be planning
to step up its terrorist campaign against American targets
in Argentina. It was learned in early February that the ERP
leadership has been considering intensifying operations
against the United States, particularly against U.S. mission
personnel and buildings in Buenos Aires. To further this
end, the ERP formed a special unit in late 1974 which is
specifically tasked with developing information on U.S.
officials and other Americans in Argentina.
It was further reported that the ERP plans to enlist
the cooperation of the Montoneros in conducting operations
against American targets, as well as against the Argentine
armed forcesy/ j the Montoneros
would probably be willing to cooperate with the ERP in
joint operations and thought that these operations might be
timed to create chaos in the aftermath of a military coup.
The Montoneros believe such a coup will take place shortly.
The morale of the ERP rank and file has been low during
the past few months, chiefly because of the lack of a.con-
spicuous success during a.considerable time. Recent reports
indicate that the ERP lost a'full company in Buenos Aires
and has been badly hurt in Tucuman province by the govern-
ment's counter-subversion campaign. Nine ERP military
chiefs are reportedly in jail, and some ERP leaders feel
that the government has infiltrated the organization. Other
leaders have stated that the Argentine Anti-Cemmunist Alliance
(AAA) may have hurt the ERP by instilling sufficient fear
among the people to discourage them from joining or coo erat-
in2 with the pRP. Despite all these losses,
Ithe ERP currently has 2,000 arm e militants
with another 2,000 in reserve. 3.3(b)(1)
While openations against U.S. diplomatic targets by
the ERP and the Montoneros would certainly upgrade the
danger to U.S. personnel, no solid information has been
received that both organizations have actually agreed to
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cooperate. The ERP has been badly hurt in Buenos Aires
province. It suffered extensive losses in the attack on
Monte Chingolo in late December, and lost considerable
amounts of weapons when the police raided its arms caches.
Therefore it is not known whether the ERP possesses the
capabilities to conduct a major operation in Buenos Aires,
where most American diplomatic targets are located.
Secondly, it is becoming increasingly evident that U.S.
diplomatic personnel have been under close surveillance by
various Argentine terrorist groups for the last several
years, and indeed seem to be a natural target for leftist
terrorist groups. Whether the above reporting reflects this
condition or points to a new concentrated effort on the part
of the terrorists cannot be determined at this time. The
danger to Americans in Argentine is constant and will exist
as long as the leftist terrorist groups are active in that
country.
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Argentine ERP May Be Losing Faith in Revolutionary
Coordinating Junta
In mid-February a provincial leader of the Argentine
Army (ERP) remarked,
that the ERP is discouraged with
the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (JCR). (The JCR, a
loose union of various Latin American extremist groups
dominated by the ERP, was described in detail in the issue
of 22 December 1975.) in the ERP's
opinion the JCR has not been a success. while it has made
some progress in Chile, it has failed in Bolivia and Uruguay.
Some ERP leaders feel that ERP representatives in Europe
have been softened by too much of3.5()
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I. Terrorist Threats and Plans:
Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target:
Place:
Date:
Foreign Embassies
Argentina,
Buenos Aires
Unknown
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Target: PAN AMERICAN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Place: Argentina,
Buenos Aires
Date: Unknown
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The Montoncros may attack
foreign embassies in Buenos
Aires if Roberto Quieto,
deputy commander of the Mon-
toncros and recently arrested
by Argentine authorities, is
killed.
Montonero leaders feel they
must carry out a spectacular
operation in order to
strengthen their image. The
leaders feel that since Quieto
did not put up any resistance
when..he.was arrested, the rank
and file view the Montonero
leaders as weak.
The Pan American World
Airways director has been
threatened with death by
an anonymous caller who
said he was a member of
the"Montonero guerrilla
organization Ala 22 (Wing
22), according to an FBI
report. Ala 22 is an un-
familiar designation, and
Argentine authorities doubt
that the threat originated
** Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
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with the Montoncros. Pan
Am is negotiating wage in-
creases, and this threat
may be related to those
negotiations.
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