The US State Department writes to the US Embassy in Buenos Aires after a news despatch informing that the bullet-riddled bodies of four Uruguayan nationals, including Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, had been found in an abandoned car. The despatch also alleged the potential cooperation between the Argentine military government and those of Chile and Uruguay in "getting rid of troublesome exiles."

The US Embassy in Buenos Aires briefs the State Department on the arrest of renowned Uruguayan exiles, Zelmar Michelini and Hector Gutiérrez Ruiz, in Argentina.

The United States Mission to the United Nations in New York reports to the State Department that former Uruguayan legislators Zelmar Michelini and Hector Gutierrez Ruiz have been arrested in Argentina. The message highlights the 'symbolic significance' of Michelini within the exile community.

This is a telegram from the US Embassy in Buenos Aires to the State Department regarding the situation of Chilean refugees in Argentina. The Embassy suspects that there is cross-border cooperation between Argentine and Chilean security forces in trying to control guerrilla groups operating jointly.

In this cable, the State Department in Washington writes to the US Embassy in Buenos Aires regarding reports of the alleged torture of Chilean refugees in Argentina and their refoulment to Chile. The State Department asks the Embassy for advice about how it should respond to further inquiries.

In this telegram, the US Embassy in Buenos Aires briefs the State Department in Washington on the Argentine regime's alleged plans to deport Chilean refugees.

In this report, the CIA recognises that the security forces of several South American countries may be working together in actions against political refugees in Argentina. This comes after three key recent incidents: 1) armed men ransacked the offices of the Argentine Catholic Commission on Immigration and stole records on thousands of refugees, 2) renowned Uruguayan exiles, Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz and former Bolivian President were killed in Argentina, and 3) reports of the death of Chilean leftist leader of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Edgardo Enríquez.

In this CIA document, information on Operation Condor is discussed, including a separate agreement established by Uruguayan intelligence to operate covertly in Paris with Argentine and Chilean counterparts against the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta and other leftist subversive groups.

The US Embassy in Montevideo informs the State Department in Washington about five bodies with bullet wounds found at a roadside near Montevideo. The deceased are believed to be members of the Uruguayan movement, Tupamaros, but they are dressed in Argentine-made clothing and apparently between 20 and 30 years old.

The US Embassy in Buenos Aires briefs the State Department in Washington that the leftist People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) had captured six newsmen, including two US nationals, in order to hold a conference with them. The newsmen were released afterwards.