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CIA-RDP82-00457R001800250009-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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November 9, 2016
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December 23, 1998
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9
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Publication Date: 
August 19, 1948
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REPORT
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25X1A9a For Release 199 -RDP82-004578001800250 C'" NTRAL IN . ' AGENCY REPORT NO. pun COUNTRY Argentina/USSR SUBJECT Jose Wenceslao A >2sti A -`" " Soviet Union tf NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED LELOW) SUPPLENiz N 25X1A2g REPORT NO. iose Wenceslao Agusti, director of the newspaper Noticias Grafa.casoas recently naffed Argentine Ambassador to Moscow, has o Bred diplo:!iatj c pcs'w in the Argentine Embassy in Moscow to three of his closest collaborators cav.k Noticias Grafi.cas,, The three individuals are Santiago Ganduglia, (fY1u) do ."ImIrnane, ;aird-Tf'nu. Guerra, A,,ustils private secretary. Only the latter t-_.as :.,geed to go to Moscoaw,. 2., Lguoti has been in frequent contact with Igor Budarin, Soviet Charge d . 'sires in Buenos Aires. and has held several. conferences with Federico f;arry tori, former Argentine Ambassador to Moscow. He has also conversed ex- nensivei.v with anti-Soviet Poles in an effort to obtain a well--roundod Fic- t?are of the Soviet Union,, 3. Agusti has allegedly shown himself to be very pessimistic concerning his mission in Moscow and has little hopes of improving Argentine--Soviet tionsa He does not expect to stay in the USSR more than one year, Viz. Agustj accepted the position because of his personal am ition to be an pna r-. 25X1 A6a . bassador and because the post was offered to him as a reward for political services he has rendered the Fsron regime, ( Connnent: Mrs. Pe_ on and. her friends are believed to control. Noticias (raz'icas Indirectly. } `IAL In accordance w!tih the +ext Review Date: 2008 rchivist of the Unites - 4 !L () I r 25X1A2g DATE DISTR. l,.9 Augt.; :, ". 19 Approved For Release 19997!'.'el74-RDP82-00457 R001800250009-0