The CIA reports that, in late <arch 1977, a high-level official of the Ministry of the Interior has claimed that Operation Condor has become ineffective due to a lack of coordination between member countries.

This CIA report claims that a general conference of Condor member countries is scheduled to take place in late February 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Each member country will be represented by a chief of delegation.

The document claims that the assassination of the former Chilean Ambassador to the US, Orlando Letelier, had shown the Condor countries that political assassinations of ‘extremists’ abroad had detrimental effects on Condor countries. It warns that such future activities would result in retaliatory measures by the US against the accused country.

This CIA report affirms that the then Director of the Argentine State Secretariat for Intelligence (SIDE), General Carlos Enrique Laidlaw, had been named the new Chief for Operation Condor at the last meeting of Condor representatives in Buenos Aires. The document also reveals that, in the field of psychological warfare, Operation Condor was making extensive use of the communications media of the member countries.

The CIA reports that all countries belonging to the Condor organisation use a dedicated cyphered communications system. Call signs have been assigned to each member country. The document is heavily redacted and only the call sign for Argentina can be read: 1.

This CIA report discusses a meeting of Condor member countries which took place from 13 to 16 December 1976 in Buenos Aires. The main issue on the agenda was the discussion and planning of coordinated psychological warfare operations against political opponents in various member countries.

The CIA report notes that Operation Condor has faced problems over the accomplishment of responsibilities. Particularly, larger countries are failing to meet the expectation of providing greater human and financial resources than smaller member countries. Thus, the development of the Condor organisation has been stymied. Countries with greater resources are primarily interested in working against their own terrorists.

The CIA reports that the training course for Condor officers in Buenos Aires is currently underway and due to conclude by early December 1976.

This CIA document reports that a mixed Condor team of agents returned to Argentina after a failed operation against three targets in a country whose name was redacted [likely France]. The Condor team is convinced there was a leak of information about their operational plan. 

The cable from Madrid requests the FBI Legal Attaché in Buenos Aires if the information contained in Retel [Chilbom cable dated 28 Sept 1976] can be passed to select Portuguese sources and other responsible US intelligence agencies.