Warning from State Department about escalation of disappearances in Argentina

The State Department in Washington warns the US Embassy in Buenos Aires that there are growing public concerns in the US among Congress, universities, and the media regarding the disappearances and violence in Argentina. According to the State Department, the recent murder of Uruguayan parliamentarians Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz indicate that the situation, there, is spiralling out of control.

Location of bodies of Uruguayans Michelini and Gutierrez Ruiz raises concerns among Uruguayan exiles in Argentina

This telegram from the US Embassy in Buenos Aires to the State Department reports that the appearance of the bodies of Uruguayan legislators Zelmar Michelini and Hector Gutierrez Ruiz in Argentina has raised safety concerns among Uruguayan exiles in Argentina. These high-profile assassinations have led to increased criticism of the Argentine military regime in the press.

Expected Condor operations in Europe

This report mentions the plans for Condor to expand its activities to Europe. A training course is due to take place in early December 1976 in Buenos Aires. Two Uruguayans are expected to travel to Paris to perform unspecified activities. After allegedly finding out that the French knew about Operation Condor, Argentine and/or Chilean security officers informed the French security forces that Condor's operations in Europe would exclude France.