DETENTION OF ARGENTINE SOCIALIST LEADER CAUSING SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS WITHIN BRAZIL - 1978/08/30
Central Intelligence Agency · 1978
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Description
Intelligence information cable distributed 30 August 1978, classed Secret with WNINTEL controls, reports arrests in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Its subject ties the detention of an Argentine socialist leader to security and human rights problems inside Brazil. The cable states the report is not finally evaluated intelligence.
It reports that on 22 August 1978 the internal operations detachment of the Second Army arrested 29 persons at a Socialist Unity meeting. About 150 persons attended, to discuss forming a legal Brazilian socialist party. Some present belonged to outlawed groups such as the Trotskyite Liga Operarias. Those arrested were handed to the Sao Paulo state political police. Later pages name the Argentine as Bressano, who told police he would be killed if sent back to Argentine authorities. Local officials awaited orders from Brasilia.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Central Intelligence Agency |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1978 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5.1 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | CIA FOIA Reading Room via Internet Archive |
Source: https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-06701366