US intelligence on Uruguayan legislators, Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz
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The US Ambassador in Montevideo shares further information with the State Department regarding the activities of Uruguayan legislators and opponents of the military regime, Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz. The Argentine authorities suspected that Michelini was involved with the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (JCR) in Argentina in orchestrating the propaganda campaign against Uruguay.
Information on Operation Condor and Teams sent to France
This CIA Intelligence Information Cable discusses two meetings of Condor member countries: one in Santiago, between May 31 and June 2, 1976, and the other in Buenos Aires on July 2, 1976. One of the subjects discussed in the Buenos Aires meeting was the mounting of operations in France against terrorist organisations. Teams would be sent as part of Operation Condor to operate in France to liquidate top-level terrorist leaders.
Meeting of Intelligence Services in Argentina and Arrangements for Future Cooperation among them
This CIA Intelligence Information Cable reports on a meeting of Operation Condor member countries held from 31st May to 2nd June 1976 in Argentina. The security services of member countries met to discuss intelligence exchange on subversion and anti-terrorist operations. The basic theme of the meeting was long-range cooperation among the intelligence services of the Condor participating countries.
Appearance of Unidentified Bodies in Uruguay
This cable from the US Embassy in Montevideo to the State Department reports the discovery of 10 bodies in Uruguay. It also notes that the government was investigating a list of 10 individuals whom the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) had identified as missing prisoners or persons who had disappeared in Uruguay. The document alleges that the bodies found belonged to "international terrorists captured and liquidated by the Argentine Navy."
Documents of the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (JCR) related to its activities in Europe and Latin America
This CIA report discusses documents of the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (JCR) found on Amílcar Santucho [ERP member detained in Paraguay in May 1975], which concern the JCR plans and activities in Europe and Latin America. It notes that JCR representatives met with human rights organisations in Geneva regarding the situation of political refugees. A second document found on Santucho indicates the whereabouts of certain JCR members.