19 March 2016 — National Security Archive
Obama Brings ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ To Argentina
- National Security Archive Hails White House Decision to Declassify Intelligence and Military Records on Dirty War
- Declassification Project Comes on 40th Anniversary of Military Coup
- Kissinger to the Generals: “If there are things that have to be done, you should do them quickly”
- National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 545
Washington, March 18, 2016 – As President Obama prepares to go to Argentina next week on the 40th anniversary of the military coup, the National Security Archive hailed his decision to declassify hundreds of still secret CIA and Defense Department records on the repression during the military dictatorship. The documents, whose release the Archive’s Carlos Osorio says demonstrates “tangible and concrete U.S. support for the pursuit of human rights and justice in Argentina,” are likely to shed significant light on the detailed U.S. knowledge of the repression during the dictatorship.
To provide a historical context for the President’s decision to declassify more records on Argentina, the National Security Archive today posted a unique collection of documents that reveal initial support by secretary of state Henry Kissinger for the abuses of the Argentine generals.
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