CURRENT MILITARY AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500610007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENf UEINTELLIGENCE A ENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
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25X1 X 1. According to a statement made by General Rafael Luis Bates, approximately
3,000 officers of the Argentine armed forces will be retired from active
service in the very near future. The reason given for their retirement is
that President Peron doubts their allegiance to his government.
26 In connection with the personnel changes and reorganization in the Army,
this move is part of the military purge which Peron ordered after the
attempted revolution of 28 September. Generals Solari.. Urdepilleta, Corti,
25X1X Suari, and others, do not enjoy the complete
confidence of Peron, were og ere ;.e ance of retirement in order to
make way for the promotions of lower-ranking officere.
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Fourteen officers who have been studying in the Escuela de Guerra have
recently been expelled because of the purge. These emulsions were the x emLlt
of a list prepared by Captain (fnu) Cialceta, a nephew of Peron, who has been
reporting on officers taho are not loyal to the Peron regime.
On 20 November a small plastic bomb exploded in the doorway of a building
belonging to the Air Ministry. There was only small damage to the door but
trrindows in a building across the' street were broken. The Oficina de Cont.-ol
del Estado (oc?), Presidential intelligence agency, vbich is investigating
this explosion, believes that it is the work of persons connected with
General Benjamin Menendez, leader of the 28 September revolt. A note was
left with the bomb which warned that President Peron would be the next target.*
the United States Congressmen wIo visited Argentina last
week were misle" by Peron who, with great political tack, told them only the
truths that were absolutely necessary.
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Comm t. a similier type bomb exploded on
IFer at the main entrance of the Presidential residence in Olivos,
Province of Buenos Aires.
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