Note 287/76 [Uruguayan diplomatic response to Amnesty International’s reports, together with a document setting out the official arguments in response to the accusations]

Note 287/76, dated 17 March 1976, from the Embassy of Uruguay in the United States, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Juan Carlos Blanco. Attached is a Memorandum evaluating the campaign by Amnesty International and suggesting actions to counteract its effects.

Note 511/79-1271 [request for a list of Uruguayans residing in Brazil who are carrying out campaigns against the dictatorship]

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.

Note 4/79 – 0105 [report from the Ambassador in Brazil on the entry of Uruguayans from Europe using fake passports. The abduction of Celiberti and Rodríguez in Porto Alegre is mentioned]

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.

Note 4/78-1154 [disappearance of Universindo Rodríguez and Lilian Celiberti: confidential report from the Consulate in Porto Alegre]

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.

Note 4/78-0011 [request from Brazil for reciprocity in the application of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention following the 1978 detention of journalist Flavio Tavarez in Uruguay]

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.

Note A-580/79 [Julio Zaffaroni and his wife reported the disappearance of their relatives in Buenos Aires (1976) to the Uruguayan Embassy in Chile. They travelled to Chile to search for their granddaughter]

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.

Note A-547/79 [press coverage of the kidnapping of the children Anatole and Eva Lucía Julien Grisonas and their appearance in Valparaíso]

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.

Verbal Note D-497/76 [request for a Uruguayan Air Force aircraft to fly over and land in Chile]

Verbal Note D-497/76, dated 12 August 1976, from the Embassy of Uruguay in Chile, to the Special Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, requesting overflight and landing permission for a Uruguayan Air Force plane. Attached is an application form detailing the date and flight details.

Note No. X-351/76 [note from Argentina regarding the deaths of Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, sent from the Embassy in Chile to Uruguay in May 1976]

Note No. X-351/76, dated 27 May 1976, from the Embassy of Uruguay in Chile to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Juan Carlos Blanco. The Embassy transcribes a communication sent by the Embassy of Argentina in Chile regarding the death of former Uruguayan legislators, Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruíz.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Chile / Series: Related Correspondence / Year 1976 / Box 76 / Folder 1 / 1 page.

Telex s/n [transcript of a news cable regarding a communiqué from the Joint Forces denouncing aggression by Uruguayan extremists in Argentina]

Telex, unnumbered, (Year 1975), transcribing a news wire from Prensa Latina about Uruguayan extremists based in Argentina.

Location: Department of Historical–Diplomatic Archives – Section: Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Chile / Series: Telegrams / Year 1975 / Box 17 / Folder 17 / 1 page.

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