CIA continues to monitor Condor despite challenges
This memorandum mentions that the CIA was continuing to monitor Condor but it was becoming increasingly difficult since member countries were tightening security.
This memorandum mentions that the CIA was continuing to monitor Condor but it was becoming increasingly difficult since member countries were tightening security.
The US State Department instructs the US Embassies in South America on Operation Condor, following US government concerns regarding planned assassinations within and outside of member countries' territories.
This is a CIA memorandum from a meeting which discussed the 'disturbing developments' in Condor's 'operational attitudes' to include attacks against guerrilla leaders.
This brief sent to the US Ambassador to Paraguay provides an overview of the development of Operation Condor until August 1978. The document mentions that Peru and Ecuador had recently joined. It also highlights that cooperation between the respective member countries had existed prior to the formal establishment of Operation Condor in May 1976 during the meeting in Santiago, Chile. Alongside regular meetings and intelligence sharing, the document mentions that member countries had been involved in conducting training including psychological warfare.
This is a CIA report which mentions that Argentine security forces had captured Patricio Biedman, leader of the Chilean Leftist Revolutionary Movement (MIR) and Mario Espinosa, the MIR's delegate to the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (JCR).
This Weekly Summary published by the CIA focuses on cooperation among the military regimes of South America. Although Operation Condor is not mentioned, it traces the original impetus for increased cooperation back to the Chilean coup in 1973.
This CIA document records that Ecuador has joined Operation Condor with the name Condor 7. The Ecuadorian Army is responsible for intelligence reporting and sharing through the Directorate General of Intelligence; the Navy is responsible for telecommunications; and the air force is responsible for psychological warfare.
In this document, the CIA reports that Brazil had refused to partake in Condor operations against key political opponents in Europe. For now, Brazil will limit its contribution to the provision of equipment for the communications network, Condortel.
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.
CIA on Operation Condor including a separate agreement by Uruguayan intelligence to operate covertly in Paris with Argentine and Chilean counterparts against the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta and other leftist subversive groups.