Telex C222/21G [Instructions from the Foreign Ministry on Uruguayans in Argentina. Assistance is to be denied to Erro and Michelini, and other legislative and political cases are to be consulted]

Telex C-222/21G, dated 5 September 1973 (Clear and Ciphered), sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA) to the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina (URUBAIRES), transmitting instructions on how to proceed with Uruguayan citizens in Argentina. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs instructs that no services of the Embassy or Consulates are to be provided to Enrique Erro, as there is an arrest warrant against him. Should he attempt to enter, the public security forces are to be called upon to secure his expulsion.

Telex C227/6P [The Embassy in Argentina is instructed to inform Michelini, if he inquires, that no new documents will be issued]

Telex C-227/6P, dated 6 September 1973 (Clear and Ciphered), sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA) to the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina (URUBAIRES), in response to the query transmitted in Telex C-481. It instructs that, should the interested party (Mr. Michelini) visit the Consular Section of the Embassy, he must be informed that they lack the authorisation to issue new documentation.

Telex C-481/25 [Consular inquiry to the Foreign Ministry on how to notify Michelini that authorisation to issue new documentation has been denied]

Telex C-481/25, dated 6 September 1973 (Clear and Ciphered), sent from the Embassy of Uruguay in the Republic of Argentina (URUBAIRES) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA), transmits a query from the Consular Section of the Embassy regarding whether, in the event of a further request from Mr. Michelini, he should be informed that the request to issue him new documentation has been denied, or that the Consulate has not yet received authorisation to proceed.

Telex C-465/5 [Communication to Uruguayan Foreign Minister Dr Juan Carlos Blanco: Erro and Michelini recognised as provisional asylum-seekers by the Argentine Foreign Ministry]

Telex C-465/5, dated 30 August 1973 (Clear and Ciphered), sent from the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina (URUBAIRES) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA), reporting that after repeated efforts to ascertain the status of Mr Erro and Mr Michelini, the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs verbally confirmed that they are provisional asylees. It states that written confirmation is pending.

Telex C-460/3 [Urgent request for instructions as to how to respond to the passport renewal submitted by Zelmar Michelini at the Consular Section of the Embassy]

Telex C-460/3, dated 28 August 1973 (Clear and Ciphered), sent from the Uruguayan Embassy in Argentina (URUBAIRES) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIPLOMACIA), reporting that on 26 August Mr Zelmar Michelini had visited the Consular Section of the Embassy to request the renewal of his passport (issued on 3 April 1968). The Embassy requests “urgent instructions” to be conveyed to the Consular Section.

Note Verbale H12-1/1973 (2105) [Embassy requests the Argentine Foreign Ministry to confirm the status of Zelmar Michelini and Enrique Erro as political asylum-seekers, and the dates of the resolutions]

Note Verbale H12-1/1973 (2105), dated 21 August 1973, sent from the Uruguayan Embassy in the Republic of Argentina to the Directorate-General of Policy of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, seeking information on the status of Uruguayan citizens Zelmar Michelini and Enrique Erro in order to confirm whether they are political asylees. If so, it further requests the dates of the resolutions granting them political asylum in Argentine territory.

Note A6-1/972 (1310) [Report to the Foreign Minister on connections between the Tupamaros and Argentine and regional terrorist groups, with an attached newspaper clipping from La Nación]

Note A6-1/972 (1310), dated 14 June 1972, sent from the Uruguayan Embassy in the Republic of Argentina to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr José A. Mora Otero, reporting information gathered by the Argentine Government which would demonstrate the existing connections between the Tupamaros movement of Uruguay and Argentine terrorist groups, as well as those from other countries on the continent.

Kidnappings and Crimes against Political Refugees in Buenos Aires

This report on the murders and abductions of Latin American refugees in Argentina between 1974 and July 1976 is being made available to the public for the first time. Rafael Noboa and Enrique Rodriguez Larreta Martínez compiled this information, as these crimes were unfolding. After being released from Uruguayan prisons, Rafael and Enrique had settled in Buenos Aires in 1974, where they continued mobilising against the dictatorship in their country. Enrique was kidnapped on June 30, 1976, and on August 5, Rafael was granted asylum in France.

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