ARGENTINE AID SOUGHT BY ALLEGED CHILEAN REVOLUTIONARY GROUP

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002700660005-9
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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November 9, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 18, 1999
Sequence Number: 
5
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Publication Date: 
May 3, 1949
Content Type: 
REPORT
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C1ASSiITICATION ,;......,AF .,_d.. Sanitized - A06 d [AFR tIA4 ~V6X)kDP82- '9f 1 0 CO NO. COUNTRY Chile/Argentina :evolutionary Group Argentine Aid Sought by Alleged Chilean 25X1X6 25X1A2 UArE DISTR. 26. AY 1949 NO. OF PAGES I 25X1A2 PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INR NO. Oy ENCLS. (LISTED NELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. a.)ee;tor Lima Quintana, Argentine Cultural Attache in Chile, sta'',sd that three unidentified Chileans had recently entered into contact with parsons in .:a-fluential Argentine circles in an attempt to obtain Argentine aid for a e' olutionary movement in Chile. These 'Chileans, whose names were not re< ;311Sled by Lima Quintana, stated that the revolutionary movement, would be aided by retired Chilean General Carlos Ibanez del Campo. The Argentine contacts of the conspirators allegedly approached the Information. `tsction of the Argentina Presidential Office,, and these authorities asked the opinion of Lida Quintana, who was present in Buenos Aires at tide tic. Lima Quintana said that his advice was to stall, or put, off the Chileans' until more could be learned. When Lima Quintana returned to Santiago on 27 April, he immediately enterad into contact with confidants of General Ibanez, who denied tkn-t the General had sent emissaries to Buenos Aires to seek aid in a revolutionary attempt,, Li Quintana stated that, faced by this negative reply,, he iniiediately sent a message to Buenos Aires advising the government that these e&.ssariea night till be afgents provocateurs. C?';~;r: ENT"IAL in accord i-%r of 16 ?ctob RATE A MOT Archivist Director of Ce CLASSIFICATION C R NAVY 1`r IWSRB Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP82-00457R002700660005-9