CURRENT ARGENTINE POLITICAL SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300530009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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NTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Argentina
SUBJECT current Argentine political Situat3
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It has been reported that within the iM$dlate Past approximately 1V000
Mn have bewtrought to Buenos Aires from the interior of Argentina
and have been given arms.
2Q These men have been installed in the Hotel de Inm}?grantos in 1 enois Airosv
where they are under the direct orders of the Confederation General de
Trabajadores (General Confederation of Worker CGT)a They am ' ?
are being held in readiness to assist the local police in the event and popular demonstrations are held the government
They are each w paid tso oibbeeY
used to help smash any revolutionary tempt,
pesos a day.
The people in Buenos Aires are extremely nervous Reportedly the government
believes that the people are nearing the point where they may attempt to
carry out protest demonstrations against the government,,
dam DuXing the afternoon of 25 July an incident t .place which illustrates
the nervous tension of the people of Buenos Aires, An unexplained explosion. took place in a building at Calls Santa Fe and Calls Ayacucho.
Some prankster on the sidewalk shouted: "It e s the revolution", The
p&saeraby imwdiately broke and ran. Some were head to voice their
disapproval.
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