BELIEF[SANITIZED]THAT THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR KIDNAPPING THE TWO CUBANS ON 9 AUGUST; BELIEF [SANITIZED] - 1976/08/25

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06701368
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 25, 1976

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2. EMILIOARAGONES. AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTINA
FROM CUBA, TOLD THE HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA THAT
IF THE CUBAN EMBASSY CAN OBTAIN EVIDENCE THAT THE ARGENTINE
GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP THE TWO CUBANS
ON 9 AUGUST 19761 ARAGONEB WILL DEMAND THAT THE ARGENTINE
GOVERNMENT ALLOW HIM TO TALK TO THEM. ARAGONES DISMISSED
THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE TWO CUBANS HAD VOLUNTARILY
DESERTED, STATING THAT THEY WERE GOOD COMMUNISTS AND
THAT IF THEY SIGNED ANY LITTER REQUESTING ASYLUM OR
DENOUNCING CUBA, THEY DID IT UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE.
4. CUBAN COMMERCIAL OFFICERS IN BUENOS AIRES
BELIEVE THE ARGENTINE
GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR KIDNAPPING THE TWO CUBANS.
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SINCE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TWO CUBANS, SPECIAL
SECURITY MEASURES HAVE SEEN IMPLEMENTED AT THE CUBAN
EMBASSY. THOSE WHICH RELATE TO THE CUBAN COMMERCIAL OFFICE
INCLUDE KEEPING THE RECEPTION DOOR CLOSED UNTIL IT IS
KNOWN WHO WISHES TO ENTER' RECEIVING VISITORS IN THE �
OUTER OFFICE ONLY1 AND SEARCHING PURSES AND PACKAGES OF
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SECURITY MEASURES
INCLUDE NOT LEAVING THE EMBASSY UNESCORTED;
NOT LEAVING A PLACE OF RESIDENCE UNTIL AN OFFICIAL ESCORT
CAR HAS ARRIVED, LIMITING OUTINGS WITHIN THE CAPITAL AND
TRIPS TO THE INTERIOR OF ARGENTINA TO ONLY THOSE CONSIDERED
ESSENTIAL1 CHECKIN3 THE STREETS FOR SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES
PRIOR TO LEAVING THE EMBASSY,
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FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUSIE-CT TO
CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT_
THE TWO CUBANS WERE PICKED UP AND LATER KILLED BY
THE ARGENTINE STATE INTELLIGENCE SECRETARIAT (SICE) FOR
THEIR INVOLVEMENT wITH THE ARGENTINE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY
ARMY (ERP). GOVERNMENT SECURITY ELEwENTS 6ERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE
FOR SENDING A LETTER AND IDENTITY DOcuiqu's OF -44 TwO CUBANS
TO A LOCAL PRESS OFFICE TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION TimIAT THE
TMO CUBANS HAD DEFECTED.)
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