CONTEMPLATED CHANGES OF ECUADORAN MILITARY ATTACHES

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002200100005-5
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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November 9, 2016
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December 21, 1998
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5
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Publication Date: 
December 7, 1948
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IR
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i~ Approved For Reeasea ~ 'IM98 UTAIM)P8 - 457R002200100005-5 CE t;AL TILL .EkNjE.1GENCV REPORT N10. 1NF0FM1rVKHWr s` OT CD (N10. ',D ) U NT RY : euador 3t1E-JEC' Contemplated Changes of Ecuadoran Military At,ta.ches 25X1A6a G UtREO DACE OF If 25X1A2g EOISTR. 31 Dee 1948 NO. OF PAGES 1 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO.. It has been ascertained that the Ecuadoran Ministry of national Defense is 3!:onte*mn1ating the following changes in the assiginents of its military attaches: 1 the 't 1it.ary Mtache to Argentina will be recalled as of 1 January 1945. The -?in.stry does not contemplate reassi .ping a successor. The reason given will be one of economic necessity. However, the actual reason is believed to be the ?inisterFa apprehension over Argentine influence on any personnel assigned to duty in that country. 2. The post of dlitary ..ttache to Chile will be reopened. It is contemplated that Lt. Colonel Alberto Mittman, who is presently litary . Attache to Peru, 41ll be transferred there. This change is being effected. since it is believed "that he is too friendly and sympathetic to the present military regime in Peru, end because his presence is not desired in Ecuador. Yin propensity for revolution and opposition to the incumbent government in Ecuador are well known. The ure?ent Military Attache in Colombia is being relieved on the basis of incompetency. The post will be offered to Lt. Colonel Cesar Alfaro, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. Alfaro is considered to be one of the most active leaders of the op?sition to the Plaza administration, and for this reason the President and the Minister of national Defense are anxious to get him out cf the country in order to nullify his revolutionary activities. Document No. Classy GYi4Ll~ta n e7 r tl n n _ DDA c ?~ s Autn: L ~...: Date: BENNT4AL Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002200100005-5 NO CSI IBC in Clas