SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE US STAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS (10-16 JUNE 1977) - 1977/06/10

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627951
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: June 10, 1977

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE US STAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS
(10-16 June 1977)
This compilation is prepared wee,;(1y by the Office of Regional
and Political Analysis. Inquiries may be directed to(
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LATIN AMERICA
--Human rights matters have dominated the OAS General Assembly
in Grenada. At the opening session on 14 June Argentine
Foreign Minister Montes said that human rights should be
addressed in the context of terrorist assaults on the rights
of ordinary citizens, and Chilean Foreign Minister Carvajal
declared that terrorism is the most dangerous threat to human
rights in the hemisphere. Carvajal's speech also included a
bitter attack on the US for allegedly promoting human rights
in a divisive and discriminatory fashion. Argentina and
chile would, of course, like to see more attention focused
on the underlying socio-political dynamics that have in
their view made some governmental violations of human rights
inevitable. There are, in the meantime, indications of
heightened internal debate in both countries on how to cope
with US policy initiatives. In Argentina, the government
has announced that it is preparing a list of people who
allegedly are missing, but President Vide-la's reported plan
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to end illegal detentions may he running into opposition
from hardline military officers. In Chile, there are reports
that sentiment for gestures to improve that country 's
international image is grcroing in military circles and among
civilian officials in the government.
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