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INFO OCT-11 ANA-11 AOS-II HA-15 PN-IG NSC-BS !H1
SS-li SIAE-fl DOOE-IN INN-11 NSAE-II PA-11 /K7 V I. TI HERMAN ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE BELIEVES THE NIGHT-
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N 2515HI OCT 79 AY 01AHA DE HASSOT,v PUBLISHER OF NUEVA PROVING IA IN
FN AMEHSASSY TEL AVIV BAHIA BLANCA. Mil IWS. HASSOT WAS WELL-KNOWN TO THE
TO 1ECXTATE WASHOC 4317 EHIASSY, ANOjlF NEHORY SERVES, RECEIVED A HARIA ItOOIS
INFO IISICA WASHOC eUOT OB IAPA AVAIO IN 1973 ON 1974.1
AHEHBASSY BUENOS NINES
7. AS TO THE FUTURE OF ARDENTINE POLITICS, TI HERMAN
mnniiiit section 11 of n tel aviv iisii SAYS HE SEES A SITUATION IN WHICH MODERATE ANO RIGHT WIHI
ELEMENTS IN THE HILITAXT WILL COMPETE FOR PERONIST
STATE FON NEA/ANA VAXY; NA FOB DERIAN SUPPORT, WHICH MAY CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH ISABEL PERM
IISICA FOR AN WILL IE IN A POSITION TO DECIDE WHO RUNS ARGENTINA.
E.O. 12115: RDS 11/25/99 DIETERICH, W.J.) OH-0 I. IN CONVERSATION WITH TI HERMAN ONE IS LEFT WITH A
TAGS: PEPR, PINR, PINT, IS, AR CHILLING IHPRESSION THAT HE IS SIMPLY REPORTING
SUBJECT: CONVERSATION WITH ARGENTINE FRILF TiHumv WAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED AND BELIEVES. HE CHARACTERIZES
1. X - ENTIRE TEXT) THE ARGENTINE MILITANT RIGHT AS CLASSICALLY TOTALITARIAN
AND ANTI-SEMITIC.
2. IN CONVERSATION VITH PRESS ATTACHE DIETERICH, WHO
KNEW HIM IN ARGENTINA DURING A 1971-74 TOUR THERE, 9. TIMERMAN IS HOW EMPLOYEO BY THE IMPORTANT TEL AVIV
TIMERMAN DISCUSSED INTER ALIA HIS INTERROGATION IY DAILY HAAIIV AND SEEMS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT FACT,
POLICE AUTHORITIES IN ARGENTINA, ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE ALTHOUGH HE SAIO HE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IH SPENDING SOME
ARGENTINA MILITARY RIGHT, HIS PERSONAL DILEMMA AS TO TIME AT AN ACADEMIC IHITI TUT IOH IN THE US. HE SPECIFICALLY
WETHER TO WRITE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES, AND THE NEXT I OREO COLUMBIA. THUS FAN HE HAt WRITTEN ONLY ON
FUTURE OF ARGENTINE POLITICS. TIHERNAN WILL BE IN THE LATIN AMES I CAN HATTERS, BUT IT IS TO BE EXPECTED THAT HE
UNITED STATES TO RECEIVE AN AWARO FROM THE AMERICAN WILL BRANCH INTO BROAOER DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL
JEWISH COMMITTEE OH SATURDAY, OCT. 17. AFTER THAT HE POLITICAL NATTERS. HE SAID THAT THE THEME OF A SPEECH
PLANS TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK WERE HE EXPECTS TO SEE HE WILL GIVE IH THE UNITED STATES WILL IE HUMAN RIGHTS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OERIAN. THEN HE WILL GO TO WASH- AS THE IDEOLOGY OF THE EIGHTIES, AND ADDED THAT THE US
INGTON FOR VARIOUS MEETINGS ON THE HILL, AT THE^fefARTMENT.
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3. TI HERMAN SAID TRAT THE MAIN FOCUS OF MISSIONING
, DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT WAS HIS ROLE AS THE ARGENTINE l
'LEADER* OF AN ALLEIED WORLD ZIONIST CONSPIRACY, ANO
THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE EMPHASIS ON ANT LEFTIST OR
TERRORIST CONNECTIONS. HE WAS ONCE TORTURED IN LA
PLATA IN A ROOM WITH AN ORGANIZATION CHART WHICH SHOWED
ZBIGNIEW BIZEZIRSXI AS THE LEADER OF THE CONSPIRACY. ON
ANOTHER OCCASION HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS BEING BEATEN
BECAUSE HE KAO DARED TO USE THE TERM LEFTIST-FASCISTS
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IN A CONVERSATION VITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY OERIAN, TIE
OBJECT I ON APPARENTLY BEING THAT HE HAO SLANDERED FASCISM. E.0.13526
RE WAS ALSO OUESTIOXED CONCERN I HD SUPPOSED CONTACTS Authority V-fC-- NIX.
BETWEEN HEHACHEH BEGIN AND THE HONTC.YERO GUERILLAS
DURING A BEGIN JISIT TO ANGEMYI’IA IN 1975. TI HERMAN MARA vE. F Date U\r\\vi»
BELIEVED THESE C'JEST13NS STEMMED FROM THE FACT THAT
BEGIN'S ROCK 'WAR IN THE HOLY LAMO* HAD BEEN FOUND AMONG
HATER IAL 9 USED BV THE HONTONEROS. TIMERMAN WAS BROUGHT
FROM PRISON TO AH INTERVIEW WITH GEN. HARGUINDE6UY IN
THE CASA ROSAOA PRIOR TO A DERI AM VISIT. THE GENERAL
INFORMED KIM THAT THE ARGENTINA GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE
THAT PATT DERI AN WAS INTERESTED IN HIS CASE BECAUSE SHE
WAS HIS COUSIN.

4. TIMERMAN ALSO REPORTS THAT HE BELIEVES LANUSSE'S EX­
PRESS SECRETARY ECGAROO S4J0N OIEO OF A HEART ATTACK
DURING TORTURE BY ELECTRIC SHOCK. SINCE HE WAS A
RELATIVELY VCUNG HM. THE MILITARY DID ROT SUSPECT THAT
HE HAD A HEART CONDITION.
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5. TI HUMAN IS REL'JCiAHT *B u»!TF i»ei:t HIS EXPER-
IENCES IH ARGEHTIHA BECAUSE he FEARS REPRISALS GY THE
HIllfAlL.AtAiIKT PRlChbS STILL IN ARGENTINA. AS AN
EXAMPLE DF THIS HE MEIITICNEO THAT ROBERT COX, EDITOR OF
THE aUEHOS AIRES HERALD, HAO SENT A MESSAGE *D HIM
THROUGH THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IH BUENOS AIRES ASXIHG HIM
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