POSSIBLE PRIME MINISTER POST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100120004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 4, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO: IMMEDIATE WHITE HOUSE//SITUATION ROOM FOR MR FAZIO,
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DATE: 4 DECEMBER 1974
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PRESIDENT MARIA ESTELA DE PERON IS
OVERWORKED AND ARGENTINE LEADERS ARE WEIGHING THE POSSIBILITY OF
CREATING THE POST OF PRIME MINISTER TO RELIEVE HER OF ALL BUT
CEREMONIAL DUTIES. NAVY COMMANDER ADMIRAL EMILIO MASSERA,
EC EN RE E WHO REPORTEDLY HAS BECOME A CONFIDANT OF THE PRESIDENT,
IS RUMORED TO BE THE MOST LIKLY CANDIDATE FOR THE POST. MASSERA
HAS NO CLOSE POLITICAL TIES AND WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO POLITICNIAENS
AND TO THE ARMED FORCES.
THERE HAVE BEEN. PREVIOUS RUMORS THAT A PRIME MINISTER OR
COUNCIL OF STATE WOULD BE INSTALLED TO HELP MRS. PERON. SUCH
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PLANS HAVE NOT COME TO FRUITION, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE OBJECTIONS
OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER LOPEZ REGA, WHO WOULD VIEW SUCH A PRO-
SPECT AS A THREAT TO HIS POSITION. LOPEZ REGA EXERCISES STRONG
.INFLUENCE OVER THE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLS THE ACCESS OF MINISTERS
.AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WISH TO SEE HER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME RECENT REPORTS SUGGEST THAT MRS.
PERON AND LOPEZ REGA ARE NOT ON GOOD TERMS. THUS, SHE MIGHT
IGNORE LOPEZ.REGA AND OPT FOR RELIEF BY ACCEPTING SOMEONE WHO
COULD SERVE AS A SCAPEGOAT IF POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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