SPECIAL MISSION OF SUJER MATRAJT TO ISRAEL ON BEHALF OF PERON GOVERNMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700150001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 23, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Argentina/Israel
DATE DISTR. 6 MAY 1949
ULJECT Special Uit3siorr of Sujer Matrajt to Israel on NO. OF PAGES
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ACQUIRED
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REPORT NO.
d ujer Matvajts who claims to be the leader of the Jewish section of the
Peronista Party., left :3uenos Aires on 23 March 19119 via Pan American
Airways en route to Israel to carry out an official mission to nnegort~aate
a large wheat deal between the Israeli and Argentine (ov'ornment?. e is
traveling via Rio de Janeiro and Rome. His trip will last two : on th-w and
will also take him to the United States.
2 ~ *&tra jt is traveling with his wife on Argentine diplomatic passport
No,, 2170/949.. He is carrying two letters, handwritten on official
presidential stationery and signed by President Peron, One .s a letter
to all. Argentine diplomatic-missions abroad instructing them to regard
xiatra jt as an Argentine Ambassador Extraordinary. The other is a pe
tonal. letter from President Peron to President Chaim 'Weizmann of Israel.,
3o Matrajt has stated that the Argentine government offered him officio ex-
change for his trip but that as a gesture of goodwill he refused and
Ought the necessary dollars in the black market,
..i, He has also stated that he is a millionaire and owner of Matrajt He r anos.
S.A0 , Calle Canning 339.w Buenos Aires, which derls in wearing al,:: a .r?a L
fiatra jt resides at Calle L, M. Campos 1390. He is tab yearns olds, about
6 feet 1 inch tall.,, weighs between l8Ow190 pounds, and has dark .nliev'e
complexion, dark eyes., black hair with a slight wave parted on left side.P
straight nose;, small rnustaache, and wears glasses,
regrad to
This document is hereby the
CONFIDENTIAL in accords from the
letter of 4 16 C Octob
f ntelligence to the
Director o
Archivi e United States.
Review Date: 2008
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