UNCLASSIFIED DOCUMENT DOCNO : PRODUCER ‘ SOURCE: DOCTYPE: DOCPREC : ORIGDATE DOR: TOR: MHFNO : DOCCLASS ID: 184149469 BUENOS AIRES BUENOS AIRES STATE IN R 199910071636 19991007 124920 99 7292807 U 004744 HEADER RR RUEAIIA ZNR UUUUU ZOC STATE ZZH MSI5590 RR RUEHC DE RUEHBU #4744 2801636 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 071636Z OCT 99 FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8611 BT CONTROLS UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 004744 SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TEXT TAGS: PHUM, KNAR, AR SUBJECT: REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF NAZISM IN ARGENTINA SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 1. ( SBU) POST HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF THE REPORT ON NAZI ACTIVITIES IN ARGENTINA PRESENTED TO JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS BY FOREIGN MINISTER DI TELLA IN NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 24. THE REPORT, 674 PAGES IN LENGTH PLUS AN INTRODUCTION AND PROLOGUE, IS THE RESULT OF TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF NAZISM IN ARGENTINA (CEANA - "COMISION PARA EL ESCLARECIMIENTO DE LAS ACTIVIDADES DEL NAZISMO EN LA ARGENTINA" ) . CEANA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 BY PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM. 2. (SBU) CEANA’ S INITIAL MANDATE, TO ESTABLISH A RELIABLE ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF NAZI WAR CRIMINALS WHO SETTLED IN ARGENTINA AND WHETHER NAZI LOOT HAD ENTERED THE .COUNTRY, WAS EVENTUALLY EXPANDED TO COVER A NUMBER OF RELATED INVESTIGATIONS. THE REPORT THEREFORE COVERS TWENTY CHAPTERS, INCLUDING SECTIONS “ECLASS IFIED AND RELEASED B' antral INTELLIGENCE agenc vOURCES METHODS EXEMPT 10N3B2 NA2 i to CRIMES DISCLOSURE AC OATl 20 01 2007 S UJLUlI OOOC!S= UNCLASSIFIED Page 1 UNCLASSIFIED SUCH AS "THE NOSTALGISTS OF THE EUROPEAN 'NEW ORDER' AND THEIR CONNECTIONS WITH ARGENTINE POLITICAL CULTURE;" "THE IMPACT OF NAZI AND OTHER WAR CRIMINALS ON THE INCORPORATION OF JEWS INTO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS;" "EMPLOYMENT OF NAZI AND OTHER FOREIGN TECHNICIANS BY THE ARGENTINE ARMY;" AND "SPAIN AS A PLACE OF TRANSIT FOR GOODS AND PEOPLE FROM NAZI GERMANY TO ARGENTINA DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN THE POST-WAR YEARS." MANY OF THE CHAPTERS ARE ESSENTIALLY ESSAYS. 3. (U) CEANA HAS TOLD POST THAT THE ENTIRE REPORT WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC IN DECEMBER AND THAT THE TEXT WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE INTERNET AT THAT TIME. CEANA ALSO HOPES TO PUBLISH THE REPORT, PROBABLY IN AN ABRIDGED VERSION. ROCHA ADMIN END OF MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Page 2
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