Secretary of State briefs US Embassy in Argentina about reported refoulment and assassination of Chilean refugees

The Secretary of State in Washington writes to the US Embassy in Argentina about concerns raised by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regarding the refoulment and assassination of Chilean refugees in Argentina and the mistreatment of UNHCR personnel on the ground.

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.

Bodies of Uruguayans Michelini and Gutierrez Ruiz located and triggered grave concern 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. 

Memorandum on CIA-State Department meeting on action regarding Operation Condor

This is a memorandum relating to a CIA-State Department meeting that occurred on 27 August 1976 in which Assistant Secretary for Latin America, Harry Shlaudeman, participated. According to the document, Shlaudeman said that making representations concerning Operation Condor to Pinochet would be futile. Most of the document is redacted.