POSSIBLE CHANGE IN ARGENTINE IMMIGRATION POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400280001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 2, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Argentina
' ENTIAL
DATE DISTR. ' "ar 1949
SUBJECT Possible Change in Argentina Immigration Policy NO. OF PAGES I
PLACE 25X1 A
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DATE OF INF SUPPLEME
25X1 X REPORT NO.
1. A new immigration policy is under consideration by Argentine authorities Which
would place a ban on the irsnigration of nationals of the Baltic countries,
Rumania, and Hungary, as well as of all Slavs.* The new policy, however, will
permit and encourage immigration from western Germany.
2. A possible result of this policy would be the replacement of Pablo Diana as
general director of immigration by an army colonel who is as yet unidentified.**
Branko Benton, Count Gino Monti de Valsassina and Ciril Cudina, who have been
active in flay immigration matters, are reported to be considerably alarmed over
Diana's possible replacement. Benton, who Is employed by the Argentine immigra-
tion department, exerts a great deal of influence over Diana on Groat immigration
matters and is working closely with Father Stjepan Drar-anovich, the Croat priest
who has been actively pushing Groat immigration to Argentina. If the new immigra-
tion policy is put into effect and Diana is ousted, it is believed that Benton
would lose much of his present influence over Argentine immigration with regard
to Slave.
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25X1A Comments As previously reported in - a ban is now being im-~
posed by Argentine authorities on the immigration of fl.av displaced persons to
Argentina.
25X1A * gaunt0 The press has reported that Colonel Enrique P. Gonzalez has
been appointed the general director of immigration in Argentina.
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letter of 16 Octocer 1973 from the
Director of Central lnteil;genre to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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