CONCERN OF ARGENTINE ARMED FORCES THAT INVESTIGATION OF ASSASSINATION OF ORLANDO LETELIER WILL LEAD TO INVESTIGATION OF 1974 ASSASSINATION IN ARGENTINA OF CHILEAN GENERAL CARLOS PRATS - 1978/08/25

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06701432
• 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, 1978

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SUBJECT: CONCERN OF ARGENTINE ARMED FORCES THAT INVESTIGATION OF
ASSASSINATION OF ORLANDO LETELIER WILL LEAD TO INVESTIGATION
OF 1974 ASSASSINATION IN ARGENTINA OF CHILEAN GENERAL CARLOS
DIST 25 AUGUST 1978
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1. THE ARGENTINE ARMED FORCES ARE CONCERNED THAT THE INVESTIGATION
OF THE ASSASSINATION OF ORLANDO LET EL I ER, FORMER CHI LEAN
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES. HAS UNCOVERED INFORMATION INDICATING
COMPLICITY OF ARGENTINE GOVERMENT OFFICIALS IN THE 1974 ASSASSINATION
IN BUENOS AIRES OF GENERAL CARLOS PRAT S. FORMER CHILFJJi DEFENSE
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FURTHER DeSSEMINATION AND USE OF Ties INFORMAHON SULUKT TO
CONTROLS STATED AT REGD./WIG AND END OF Rff'ORT.
WIFE WERE KILLED WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED IN THEIR CAR. SPECULATION AS TO
THE RESPONSIBILITY CENTERED ON CHILEAN RIGHT-WING TERRORISTS. CUBAN AND
SOVIET JOURNALISTS IN ARGENTINA BLAMED A CHILEAN ASSASSINATION TEAM
ACTING UNDER ORDERS FROM THE CHILEAN JUNTA.) SINCE JUNE 1978, ADMIRAL
EMILIO MASSERA, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARGENTINE NAVY, HAS
RECEIVED AT LEAST FOUR REPORTS ON THE LETELIER INVESTIGATION.
REPORTS DISCUSS THE PROBABLE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, HOW
INVESTIGATION WILL AFFECT THE CURRENT CHILEAN REGIME, AND THE
SURFACING OF INFORMATION ON THE PRATS ASSASSINATION. (
IT IS NOT KNOWN WHO PREPARED THE REPORTS.) 3.3(b)(1)
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TO CONCEAL ANY ULTIMATE ARGENTINE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PRATS CASE SINCE
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTENDS TO RESURFACE THE
ASSASSINATION OF PRATS, ALLEGING THAT ARGENTINES WHO WERE INVOLVED STILL
OCCUPY IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT POSITIONS.
LIIITHE TOUGH ATTITUDE TAKEN BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT AGAINST CHILE AND
AFGENTINA IS LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN STATE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND THAT THE PRESSURE ON CHILE, PRIMARILY REGARDING
THE PRATS, LETELIER AND LEIGHTON CASES, IS ULTIMATELY DESIGNED TO
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FURTHER DISSEBVNATION AND USE OF THS fitiFOIZMATION SUBJECT TO
CONTROLS STATED AT SEGOODIG APCD END OF REMO_
THE ARGENTINE DELEGATE
TO THE ORGANI:ATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) REQUESTED THE UNITED STATES
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INFORM HIM OF ANY STATEMENTS BY A U.S. PERSON ON
THE LATTER'S OR ANY OTHER PERSON'S ACTIVIT:ES IN ARGENTINA ON BEHALF
OF CHILE, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE ASSASSINATION OF GENERAL PRATS
USED THE TERM 3.3(b)(1)
AND HIS WIFE. (
CONDENT:
DELEGATE. IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THIS IS A REFERENCE TO JULIO
CARASALES, ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR TO THE OAS.)
WHILE IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE DELEGATE TRANSMITTED HIS REQUEST
OFFICIALLY OR UNOFFICIALLY, HIS REQUEST REFLECTED THE INTENTION OF THE
ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF CHILEAN
PARTICIPATION IN TERRORIST ACTS IN ARGENTINA.
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GATION OF THE LETILIER CASE. THE MUTED STATES WOULD TRY TO CREATE A
SCANDAL IN ARGENTINA OVER THE PRATS CASE. ( COMMENT: GENERAL 3.3(b)(1)
PRATS HAD BEEN PROMISED THE PROTECTION OF THE ARGENTINE ARMY. ALTHOUGH
IN ALL PROBABILITY JOSE LOPEZ REGA, SECRETARY OF THE PRESIDENCY
AND MINISTER OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE LAST PERON ADMINISTRATION, AND HIS
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FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS DEFORMATION SUSIECT TO
CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINPENG AND END OF REPORT.
GROUP WERE RESPONSIBLE, ARMY ELEMENTS COULD ALSO HAVE HELM INVOLVED.)
3.3(b)(1) COMMENT: LOPEZ REGA, A CLOSE CONFIDENT OF PRESIDENT MARIA ESTELA
MARTINEZ DE PERON, WAS WIDELY SUSPECTED OF DIRECTING COMER-
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