SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE US STAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS (12-18 AUGUST 1977) - 1977/08/12

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06627964
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 12, 1977

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS RELAXED TO THE US STAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS
(12-18 August 1977)
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Chilean President Pinochet announced the abolition of the
notorious National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) on August
12. Most of DINA's personnel are to be absorbed by a newly-
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created National Information Center. The Center, however, is
supposed to be strictly an intelligence organization, and it
will have no authority to engage in police activities. DINA's
arrest and detention functions are to devolve upon the Carabineros
and Investigaciones�highly regarded professional law enforce-
ment units. Extra-legal activities will, of course, still be
possible under the new arrangement, but the security service
reorganization does seem to represent a genuine attempt to
curtail human rights abuses. Announcement of DINA's demise
during the visit of Assistant Secretary of State Todman was
obviously designed to maximize the move's expected impact on
relations between Chile and the US. The Chilean regime has
heretofore tried to avoid the impression that its domestic
policies are being affected by the US stand on human rights.
The Argentine government reportedly has tightened control over
its anti-subversive operations, and new guidelines have been
issued regarding the handling of suspects and the expediting
of their cases before military or civilian courts. At the
same time, however, there has apparently been an increasing
resort to violence on the part of ultra-conservative military
elements for internal political purposes--e.g., embarrassing
President Videla--not necessarily related to the campaign
against terrorism.
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