[SANITIZED]COMMENTS ON OPERATION CONDOR[SANITIZED] - 1977/04/18

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;;; Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 OVECIOLITI Of OMMIC04 C - � � Intelligence Information Cable viARNING NOTICE SOMME INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS iNv0LvED � ROUTINE U*I 249827 PAGE I Of S PAGES STATE/DIR NSC/S SDO D/DCl/NIO SS (COCHRAN ONLY) JCS/MC (DIA) NSA FBI WH SITRM D/CRG asassiad srCer.... PA...4r 4-0. te.4.4 I 0 mu Cani..7 Si In. aftemazatt ��� 0~41Xlie� -.4 a�����������- 0��� ;Mb *AI.. MIMS' DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS LNFORPRATION SUAIECT 10 CONTROLS STATED AT sEGsreoNG AND END OF REPORT. TICS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELUGENCE. WAT"THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED CliE DIST 18 APRIL 1977 REPORT ClASSSECRET--WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED coUNnm LATIN NERICA sumo COMMENTS TIMIpc-.1_tt....ci,f ,....;t : .,,-. :. G�; '� 70 : QA Pk!e...;r2:1! c'E _47.-(:.�'isi: : t.'� . ,OT ... G iv ...N TOhi: : Z./ i 1. 'CI I I,'" - ...(-: , :�:-I. �(_. ' D. "Ex LUShit ON OPERATION CONDOR %; el !)...1f.,!_i (VI TO STATE: NO DISTRIBUTION EXCEPT TO MR. SAUNDLRS TO DIA: EXCLUSIVE FOR LT. GENERAL WILSON TO NSA: EXCLUSIVE FOR IT. GENERAL ALLEN 5 4 4 3 TO FBI: FOR NR. LEAVITT 3 2 2 1 rai...4 pe011104 1 Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.3(b)(1) 3.5(c) 3.3(b)(1) ' -Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C0670 i 369- SECRET (When .Fiited In) WARNING .NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN 249827 PAGE 2 OF S PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO wipmconfrign CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPCRT THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE CONDOR ORGANIZATION MET IN BUENOS AIRES 13-16 DECEMBER 1976 TO REVIEW PAST ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSS FUTURE PLANS. THE PRINCIPAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS THI DISCUSSION AND PLANNING OF COORDINATED PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERA- TIONS DIRECTED AGAINST LEFTIST AND RADICAL GROUPS IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER COUNTRIES. OPERATION CONDOR IS 1 COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT AMONG SECURITY SERVICES OF CHILE, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY, AND BRAZIL TO COUNTER TERRORISM AND SUBVERSION.) 2. ON 12 APRIL 1977, 3.5(c) 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) TO OPERATION CONDOR.- AS WELL AS ---1 SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY OPERATIONS BEING RUN IN EITHER THE UNITED STATES OR EUROPE BY CONDOR COUNTRIES. CAUTIONED, HOWEVER, THAT SECURITY HAD BEEN STRENGTHENED AT THE OPERATIONS CENTER IN BUENOS AIRES AND COMPARTMENTATION INCREASED AFTER 5 4 COND9R REPRESENTATIVES FOUND OUT IN SEPTEMBER 1976 THAT THE FRENCH 3 2 :5ECATI- (etiluthastion) plum. cos.. ,$) 5 4 3 2 Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 Lair " � � eiewInel . .4�' SECRET (When Riled in) WARNLNC NOTICE SENSITIVE DTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND SIETIIODS INVOLVED IN 249S27 PAGE 30f 5 PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUMECT TO commuswEIDAT BEGINNING AND END OF REPOT. THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT TO EiRERc.DUCHT, INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAS AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE AND SOm:E OBJECTIVE OF OPERATION CONDOR; THUS, HE COULD NOT BE SURE ABOUT OPERATIONS ELSEIJIERE, ALTHOUGH HE EMPHASIZED THAT DISCUSSION OF OPERATIONS IN EITHER THE U.S. OR EUROPE WAS NOT SURFACED AT THE MEETING HELD 13-16 DECE4BE1.. SAID THAT REACTION TO THIS PARTICULAR BREACH OP SECURITY WAS �EXTREMELY HARSH IN ARGENTINA WHICH RESULTED IN THE -IR INC OF THE TIMS DIRECTOR OF THE ARGENTINE STATE SECRETARIAT FOR INTELLIGENCE csinE; AND REPLACING HIM WITH GENERAL CARLOS ENRInUE LAIDLAW, THE CURRENT DIRECTOR. HE ADDED THAT THE FOREGOING INCIDENT MADE CONDOR REPRESEN- TATIVES REALIZE THAT THE OTHER INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE PRnRABLY :WARE OF THEIR ORGANIZATION AND, THEREFORE, EVERYTHING iS HANDLED ACCORDINM.Y, I.E., WITH A MAXIMUM OF CAUTION. COANENT: CYNERAL 0770 PALADINO WAS THE FORMER D!RECToR OF SIDE. 3. CONCERNING CURRENT CONDOR OPERATIONS, BELIEVED THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON SUBVERSIVES AND TERRORISTS WAS BEING CONDUCTED MOSTLY BILATERALLY BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE SERViCES OF MEMBER COUNTRIES. IN THE COVERT ACTION FIELD, THAT BOTH 5 ARGENTINA AND CHILE WERE MAKING EXTENSIVE USE OF THE COMVIUNICATIONS 4 3 2 1 totinsinea.0�I faun* awsteetel Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 ngm 4413 cmarxr SKIM; traton Mato arkp w4RNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE sOURCE-4 AND si rri tom voLvEo IN 249827 PAGE 4 O S PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO ! I " S_STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPokT THIS bOCUAtXT IS MOT TO ht MEDIA FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES. HE ADDED THAT THE THRUST OF THESE PROPAGANDA EFFORTS WAS TWOFOLD: TO REFUTE CRITICISM LEVELLED AT TEE RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS BY THE FOREIGN COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA AND INTE:RNA- TIONAL FORA AND TO INSTILL A NEW SENSE OF XATIONAL PRIDE IN TilE 3.5(c) POPULATION. THAT CHILE HAD RsZEKTLY COMPLETED TWO FILMS 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) ON "CHILE AFTER ALLENDE" WHICH I WAS A:.;iNG CONDOR REPRESENTATIVES TO SHOW ON TELEVISION IS THEIR COUNTRIES. TO DATE. ONLY URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA HAVE AGREED TO SHOW THEM. ACCORDING TO PARAGUAY HAD ONLY MADE USE OF THE PRESS. THE DAILY NEWSPAPER "PATRIA" IN WHICH PROPAGANDA WAS PERIODICALLY INSERTED. HE SAID THAT A REQUEST TO ITSW TELEVISION FOR THIS PURPOSE WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY HIS SUPERIORS AS WAS A REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY. THAT THE LATTER WOULD PROBABLY NEVER CONE TO PASS 1,ECAUSI FUNDS SIMPLY WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUCH AN UNDERTAKING. 3.3(b)(1) 4. LASTLY, THAT THE MEETING THAT WAS TO BE HELD 3.3(b)(1) IN ASUNCION IN MARCH 1977 ON "PSYCHOLOGICAL wARFARE TECHNIQUES AGAINST TERRORISTS AND LEFTIST EXTREMISTS" WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY OF ARGENTINA AND PARAGUAY TO PARTICIPATE. THAT 3 3.3(b)(1) 5 4 BoTH COUNTRIES' INTELLIGENCE SERVICES HAD BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN 4 3 3 a 2 aim Fenno% onspri4 emit: Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 .1.01M�IIMINERD Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C06701369 rIP1.3413:ulg:r UCActi tsvmen hi3110 ani WARNING- NOTICE SEWITVE INTELUCEACE SOURCES AM) METHODS .VOLVED IN 249827 PAGE S OF 5 PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF TS iNFORMATION SUBJECT TO onsarcomuyean CONTROLS STATED AT :flINNING AND END OF REPORT THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT TO SE REPRODUCED SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE THIRD CONGRESS OF THE LATIN-AMERICAN ANTI-COMMUNIST CONFEDERATION HELD 28-30 MARCH, AS WELL AS IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE 20 APRIL STATE VISIT OF ARGENTINE PRESIDENT JORGE VIDELA TO PARAGUAY. A NEN DATE FOR THE NEXT CONDOR MEETING HAD NOT BEFN SET. TO s.L DISSEN: SENT CINCSO (GENERAL MCAULIFFE ONLY). 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