ALUMINUM PLANT SCANDAL INVOLVING ARGENTINE OFFICIALS
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CIA-RDP82-00457R002200040004-3
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C
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1
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November 9, 2016
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December 18, 1998
Sequence Number:
4
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Publication Date:
December 2, 1948
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IR
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C ASSIFICATIC?
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SUBJECT Aluminum Plant Scandal Involving ArgentinE NO. OF PAGES 1
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INF
Officials
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SUPPLEMENT T
REPORT NO.
An Itrilian industrialist recently sot t'orl i vk fo l9wing points in a :Letter'
to an employee of IAPI (Argentine Instit4?.te for the Promotion of Trade):
25X1 X6 a. The . irgentino government is a "laughing stock" in Europe as it can always
be relied on to purchase whatever uarplus goods are not desired by other
countries. .uropeane attribute th'.s action to eft and corruption within
the Argentina: government.
b. An aluminum -)].ant disco afltled by the Germans during the war was shipped to
Italy. where It was to have been re-established and used for the benefit
of the Germaaa war effort. However, its transfer proved a. failure as a
result of ceetain technical Tairecalculations. It was subsequently sold to
thr, It^lian government, but tl'a plant remained a complete failure.
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c. Orlando Naroglio and an unid,i'ritified argentine, described as the "3efe
do custodia prosid3ncial" Corn~en Probably Police Inspector
1e inio Antonio :,'assio, chief of the President's bodyguard unit), arranged
fo;- the purchase and shipmf;nt of the plant to Argentina and maneuvered the
transaction in .,ueh a manr3r as to secure foi, thomzolve,e a substantial per-
sonal profit.
2. Na.roglio was arre'3ted after his complicity in the aluninum plant transaction
25X1 X6 became know'. .10 present there is no indication that ' ag*,uel Zliranda was involved
In this transaction.
:. Lapped Puma rt:'s face . )
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Another source, who has re-orted substantially the same story as that outlined in
the proceding i,aragrrphs, adds that Juan Duarte, Pirs b"i"s brother and Peron's
private secre tiry, is also involved in the scandal. Conmgn . It has been
ru?norrid that ieron and D .rte recently had a violent quarrel 4Kft-qr,: uhf-ch Peron
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C a S
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DSix D
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Approved For Release 1999/09/08: CIA-RDp$a QQt t7vRQ9222Q40
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Date:
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This document is hereby regraded to
T{AL in accord .ncs with the
October 1973 from t"la