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NOT TO RENT I OH COA IN ANY ARTICLES.
INFO KT-11 ARB-11 ADS-II HA-BS PN-CG .HSC-Di SP-I2
SS-1S CIAE-I3 0C0E-3I I MR-13 NSAE-OI PA-11 /067 W 6. TIMERMAN ALSO MENTIONED 'HAT HE BELIEVES THE RIGHT-
................................... 161431 2I1423Z /23 WING AND VERY ANTI-SEMITIC NEWSPAPER CAB IL 30 IS FINANCES
I 2S1S1SZ OCT 79 ■Y 01 ANA OE NASSOT, PUBLISHER OF NUEVA PROVIIICIA IN
FN AMEMBASSY 'EL AVIV 1AHIA BLANCA. INI: HRS. NASSOT WAS WELL-KNOWN TO THE
TO SEC3TATE WASHDC 4307 EMBASSY, AND IF MEMORY SERVES, RECEIVED A MARIA .ICONS
INFO USICA WASHDC CABOT OR IAPA AWARD IN 1973 SR 1974.)
AMEMBASSY IUENOS AIRES
7. AS TO THE FUTURE OF ARGENTINE POLITICS, TIMERMAN
CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 11 OF 12 TEL AVIV 22921 SAYS HE SEES A SITUATION IN WHICH MOOERATE AND RIGHT WING
ELEMENTS' IN THE MILITARY WILL COMPETE FOR PERCNIST
STATE FOR NEA/ARA VARY; HA FOR OERIAN ' SUPPORT, WHICH MAY CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH ISABEL PERCH
USICA FOR AR WILL BE IN A POSITION TO DECIDE WHO RUNS ARGENTINA.
E.O. 12B6S: RSS 11/25/99 IDIETERICH, W.J.) OR-O B. IN CONVERSATION WITH TIMERMAN ONE IS LEFT WITH A
TAGS: PEPR, P'NR, PINT, IS, AR CHILL IMS IMPRESSION THAT HE IS SIMPLY REPORTING
SUBJECT: CONVERSATION WITH ARGENTINE FKIIF JACHBfl TI HERMAN WHAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED AND BELIEVES. HE CHARACTERIZES
1. (C - ENTIRE TEXT! / THE ARGENTINE HILITARY RIGHT AS CLASSICALLY TOTALITARIAN
ANO ANTI-SEMITIC.
2. IN CONVERSATION WITH PRESS ATTACHE 9IETER1CH, WHO
KNEW HIM IN ARGENTINA DURING A 1972-74 TOUR THERE, 9. TI HERMAN IS NOW EMPLOYED BY THE IMPORTANT TEL AVIV
TIMERMAN DISCUSSEO INTER ALIA HIS INTERROGATION BY DAILY MAARIV ANO SEEMS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT FACT,
POLICE AUTHORITIES IN ARGENTINA, ANTI-SEMITISM SN THE ALTHOUGH HE SAIO HE NIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SPENDING SOME
ARGENTINA MILITARY RIGHT, HIS PERSONAL DILEMMA AS TO TIME AT All ACADEMIC INSTITUTION IN THE US. HE SPECIFICALLY
WHETHER TO WRITE ABOUT "IS EXPERIENCES, AN3 THE MENTIONED COLUMBIA. THUS FAR HE HAS WRITTEN ONLY ON
FUTURE OF ARGENTINE POLITICS. TIMERMAN WILL BE IN THE LATIN AMERICAN MATTERS, BUT IT IS TO BE EXPECTED THAT HE
UNITED STATES TO RECEIVE AN AWARO FROM THE AMERICAN WILL 8RANCH INTO 8R0A0ER DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL
JEWISH COMMITTEE ON SATURDAY, CCT. 27. AFTER THAT HE POLITICAL HATTERS. HE SAIO THAT THE THEME OF A SPEECH
PLANS TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK WHERE HE EXPECTS TS SEE HE WILL GIVE IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE HUMAN RIGHTS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OERIAN. THEN HE WILL CO T3 WASH- AS THE IDEOLOGY OF THE EIGHTIES, AND ADDED THAT THE US
INGTON FOR VARIOUS MEETINGS ON THE HILL. AT THE*TfrPARTHENT.
AND ATJKE WHITE HOUSE. "
3. TIHERHAN SAID THAT THE MAIN FOCUS OF SUESTIONING
DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT WAS HIS SOLE AS THE ARGENTINE
'LEADER' OF AN ALLEGED WORLD ZIONIST CONSPIRACY, AND
THAT THERE WAS VERY .ITTLE EMPHASIS ON ANY LEFTIST OR
TERRORIST CONNECTIONS. HE WAS ONCE TORTURES IN LA
PLATA IN A ROOM WITH AN ORGANIZATION CHART WHICH SHOWED
ZBIGNIEW SRZEZINSKI AS THE LEADER OF THE CONSPIRACY. ON
ANOTHER OCCASION HE WAS TCLD THAT HE WAS BEING BEATEN
BECAUSE HE HAS SARES TO USE THE TERM LEFTIST-FASCISTS
IN A CONVERSATION Wl'H ASSISTANT SECRETARY CERIUM, THE DECLASSIFIED
OBJECTION APPARENTLY BEING THAT HE HAO SLANDERED FASCISM.
HE WAS ALSO QUESTIONED CONCERNING SUPPOSED CONTACTS E.0.13S2B , . . -
BETWEEN MENACiEM BEGIN AND THE MC.HTO.VERO 3UERILLAS authority
CURING A BEG.N VISIT TS ARGENTINA IN 1979. TIHERHAN
BELIEVES THESE GUEST IONS STEMMED 'ROM THE FACT THAT NARA_JL>1_ n«t» --------
BEGIN*S BOCK 'WAR III THE HOLY LANS* HAS BEEN FOUHO AMONG
MATERIALS USES BY THE M0N10IIER0S. TIMERMAN WAS BROUGHT
FROM PRISON TO All iNTEPVtE'J WITH GEN. HARGUINOESUY IN
THE CASA RCSAOA PRIOR TO A SERI 411 VISIT. THE GENERAL
INFORMED HIM THAT THE ARGENTINA GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE
THAT PATT OERIAN WAS INTERESTED IN HIS CASE BECAUSE SHE
WAS HIS COUSIN.
4. TIMERMAN (LSD REBORTS THAT HE BELIEVES LAHUSSE'S EX'
PRESS SECRETARY EDGAROO SAJOM DIES OF A HEART ATTACK
DURING TORTURE 8Y ELECTRIC SHOCX. SINCE HE WAS A
RELATIVELY YOUNG MAH, THE MIlITARI DID NOT SUSPECT THAT
HE HAO A HEART CONDITION.
5. TIMERMAN IS HOW PFIUSTAilT TO lieilT WIT FYPCR-
LETICE5 111 ARGENTiUA SEC-USE HE FE4.RS REPRISALS BY THE
MILI*AaiL>'J4:'.ST »H. i.'.SS ST\L :ll .AGENT i.iA. >5 AN Lo>V
EXAMPLE OF THIS HE "EIITICNES ‘'■AT ROBERT COX. EC, TOR OF
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD, HAO SENT A MESSAGE r0 HIM
THROUGH THE ISRAELI EMBASSY III BUENOS AIRES ASKING HIM