Circular 60AD, dated 29 December 1977, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA) to the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina (URUBAIRES), transcribing Communiqué No. 1,379 from the Joint Forces Press Office. The communiqué reports on the indictment of Argentine citizens, who were members of the Montoneros group in Uruguay.

Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Subversion / Year 1977 / Confidential Documents Box 2 / Folder H3-1 / 2 pages.

Circular 1AD, dated 2 January 1978, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA) to the Permanent Mission of the Republic to the United Nations – Geneva (URUGI), transcribing Communiqué No. 1,380 from the Joint Forces Press Office. It reports on the operation which led to the death of the Argentine Barry–Mata couple, members of the Montoneros group.

Location: Administrative Archive – Section: Directorate of Special Affairs – Department of Human Rights / Series: Press Releases – DINARP Box 11B / Folder A / 1 page.

Note 4/78-0011, dated 5 January 1978, from the Ambassador of Uruguay in Brazil – General (Ret.) Eduardo Zubía, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adolfo Folle Martínez. Attached is Confidential Circular Note No. 94 DCN/700 (846) from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting the reciprocal application of Article 36 of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. This request arose from the detention of the Brazilian journalist Flavio Tavarez in Uruguay.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Brazil / Series: Confidential Notes Sent / Year 1979 / Box 14 / Folder 3 / 2 pages.

The report records that, between 16th and 20th December 1977, the guerrilla group Montoneros held a meeting in Santos city situated in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. During this meeting, they discussed the operations to be carried out during the World Cup in Argentina. The Montoneros organisation is going to ramp up its operations during the World Cup, aiming to hijack the radio and television transmissions to spread messages against the Argentine government. The report is not signed.

Note H3-2/978 (723), dated 21 April 1978, from the Embassy of Uruguay in the Republic of Argentina to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Alejandro Rovira, forwarding a copy of Official Note No. 317-978 from the Consulate General. The note reports on the inquiries carried out by the District Consulate in Buenos Aires concerning the disappearance of the Zaffaroni–Islas family.

Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Subversion – Information on Individuals / Year 1978 / Confidential Documents Box 3 / Folder H3-2 / 5 pages.

Circular 50/78, dated 27 November 1978, from the Directorate for Foreign Policy Affairs, addressed to the Heads of Mission. Attached are Press Releases Nos. 1,398, 1,399, and 1,400 from the Joint Forces Press Office.
Press Release No. 1,400 reports on the detention of Universindo Rodríguez Díaz and Lilián Celiberti Rosas (together with her young children) while attempting to enter the country.

Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Laws, Decrees, Resolutions, Circulars / Year 1978 / Box 1 / Folder A1-2-1 / 2 pages.

Note 4/78-1154, dated 1 December 1978, from the Ambassador of Uruguay in Brazil – Gen. (Ret.) Eduardo Zubía, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adolfo Folle Martínez. Attached is Confidential Report No. 1050/978 from the Consulate General of Uruguay in Porto Alegre, concerning the disappearance of citizens Universindo Rodríguez and Lilián Celiberti.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Brazil / Series: Confidential Notes Sent / Year 1979 / Box 14 / Folder 3 / 6 pages.

Circular 53/78, dated 5 December 1978, from the Directorate for Foreign Policy Affairs, addressed to Heads of Mission, attaching Press Release No. 1,401 from the Joint Forces’ Press Office.

The press release reports on an operation carried out in the city of Porto Alegre against the Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo (Party for the Victory of the People; PVP).
Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Laws, Decrees, Resolutions, Circulars / Year 1978 / Box 1 / Folder A1-2-1 / 4 pages.

Note H3-1/978 (2699), dated 18 December 1978, from the Embassy of Uruguay in the Republic of Argentina to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adolfo Folle Martínez, enclosing copies of Official Notes No. 1360-978, 1366-978, and 1374-978 from the Consulate General. These notes provide information about Uruguayan citizens living in the Republic of Argentina and the percentage of subversive agents among them.

Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Subversion / Year 1978 / Confidential Documents Box 3 / Folder H3-1 / 13 pages.

Note 4/79-0105, dated 1 February 1979, from the Ambassador of Uruguay in Brazil – Gen. (Ret.) Eduardo Zubía, to the Air, Military, and Naval Attachés assigned to the Embassy. The Ambassador reports on a meeting held by the Consul General of the Republic in Brazil, Hamlet Goncalvez, with Police Delegate, Dr. Fuques, who provided information on the arrival of Uruguayans from Europe with fake passports, as well as links to the ETA terrorist movement.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Brazil / Series: Confidential Notes Sent / Year 1979 / Box 13 / Folder 5 / 4 pages.

Telex C106/21, dated 15 March 1979 (Clear and Ciphered), from the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina (URUBAIRES) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA), requesting instructions on how to proceed with search requests for citizens on the list of wanted individuals.

Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Information on Individuals / Year 1979 / Confidential Documents Box 3 / Folder H3-2 / 2 pages.

Memo N° 87/6/VII/979, dated 6 July 1979, submitted by the Navy Attaché of the Uruguayan Embassy in the Republic of Argentina to the Uruguayan Ambassador of said Diplomatic Mission, sending the military passport of Navy Lieutenant (CG) Jorge Tróccoli to process the visa extension due to his stay in Argentina. It moreover reports the forwarding of the certificate of stay issued by the Naval Mechanics School (ESMA), where the Navy Lieutenant is currently serving.

Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Year 1979 / Box 7 / Folder G 7-5-1 “Officials of the Uruguayan Armed Forces granted scholarships in the Republic of Argentina.”

Telex A 120, dated 1 August 1979, sent from the Uruguayan Embassy in Chile (URUSANTI) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACY) informing the dissemination of an allegation regarding the abduction and subsequent re-appearance in the city of Valparaíso of the children Anatole and “Lucía” Victoria Julien Grisonas.

Location: Department of the Historical and Diplomatic Archive – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Chile / Series: Telex / Year 1979 / Box 19 / Folder 9.

Note A-547/79, dated 2 August 1979, from the Embassy of Uruguay in Chile, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adolfo Folle Martínez. It reports on the press coverage when the organisation “Clamor” announced the kidnapping of the children Anatole and Eva Lucía Julien Grisonas and their subsequent appearance in the city of Valparaíso.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Chile / Series: Related Correspondence / Year 1979 / Box 7 / Folder 8 / 1 page. 

Note A-580/79, dated 10 August 1979, from the Embassy of Uruguay in Chile, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adolfo Folle Martínez. The Embassy reports a visit by Julio Zaffaroni and his wife, who came to file a complaint against the disappearance of their son and his family in Buenos Aires in 1976. They also stated that they had travelled to Chile to search for their granddaughter, Mariana Zaffaroni, after learning of statements by Anatole Julien Grisonas, a child who recently appeared in Valparaíso.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Chile / Series: Related Correspondence / Year 1979 / Box 7 / Envelope 8 / 2 pages.

Diplomatic Circular No.18, dated 14 August 1979, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Republic of Argentina, addressed to accredited diplomatic missions in Argentina - Buenos Aires, reiterating the request made in Circular No. 27, dated 12 July 1976.
The circular requests an updated inventory of weapons and ammunition held by each mission, along with a list of all personnel assigned to security-related roles.
A Pass Protocol is attached for the attention of the Military, Naval, and Air Attachés.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Diplomatic Circulars / Year 1979 / Box 1 / Folder A10-2 / 7 pages.

Telex C384/14, dated 12 September 1979 (Clear and Ciphered), from the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina (URUBAIRES) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA), reporting on a press note that mentions the arrival of a group of Uruguayan citizens seeking to meet with the Executive Secretary of the OAS’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Dr. Vargas Carreño. The purpose of the meeting is reportedly to denounce the disappearance of Uruguayan citizens in the Republic of Argentina.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Human Rights / Year 1979 / Confidential Documents Box 2 / Folder H1-26 / 2 pages.

Telex UY827, dated 10 October 1979 (Clear and Ciphered), from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA) to the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina (URUBAIRES), transmitting Circular CT24/26 G. The Ministry requests that the Embassy provide a list of Uruguayans living in Argentina with “records of engaging in activities against our country.”

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Argentina / Series: Laws, Decrees, Resolutions, Circulars / Year 1979 / Confidential Documents Box 3 / Folder H9 / 2 pages.

Note 511/79-1271, dated 16 October 1979, from the Ambassador of Uruguay in Brazil – Gen. (Ret.) Eduardo Zubía, to the Consuls General of the Republic in Brazil. The Ambassador forwards Circular C24/26G, requesting the Consuls to provide a list of Uruguayans residing in their jurisdictions who are involved in activities against Uruguay.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Brazil / Series: Confidential Notes Sent / Year 1979 / Box 13 / Folder 6 / 3 pages.

This report explains the attempts by numerous Argentine and Brazilian agents to arrest two Argentine women in the Brazilian city of Uruguaiana bordering Argentina. Although the names are crossed out, it is possible to tell from the dates and mentioned places that the cases refer to Cristina Fiori (whose name has not been crossed out towards the end of the document) and Margarita Mengol. Fiori was detained in an operation by several Uruguayan civil police agents and one Argentine police officer on 17th November. While Mengol was arrested on 27th November, before being able to travel to Spain, where she was a national. The report states that the police delegate in Uruguiana confirmed that there was proof that the operation on 17th November was apparently “illegal”. There is no signature.

This document is composed of three parts. The first of which is a note from the Permanent Mission of Uruguay before the Organization of American States (O.A.S.) dated April 1981.The note is sending the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Montevideo a copy of an article written by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in relation to Case No.4529. The second part is a note dated December 1980 containing the observations of the claimant of Case No.4529 (Celiberti and family). The note transmits a copy of the sworn declaration delivered by the former soldier Hugo García Rivas in Brazil in May 1980. The third part of the note contains the declarations delivered by the soldier Garcías Rivas in São Paulo, Brazil before the NGO Secretariado Internacional de Juristas por Amnistía en Uruguay (International Secretariat of Jurists for Amnesty in Uruguay). In these declarations, García Rivas offered a detailed account of the operation involving the capture of Liliana Celiberti, Universindo Rodríguez, and Lilian’s daughters. After recounting how the operation led to the capture of the Uruguayans in Porto Alegre, García Rivas touched on other topics, including the case of Hugo Pascaretta who was assassinated while being tortured. The document is signed off without a printed name by a representative of the Uruguayan Permanent Mission.