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Argentine Minister’s Talk with Leader of Tacuara Evokes Criticism

July 18, 1966
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Dr. Isaac Goldenberg, president of the DAIA, the central representative body for Argentina’s 500, 000 Jews, said today there was a “dissonance” between the cordial reception given by President Ongania to a DAIA delegation last Wednesday and the reception given earlier by the Interior Minister to a leader of the extremist Tacuara organization.

Dr. Goldenberg made the comment in reply to a question during a brief interview on a television station concerning the visit made by him and other Argentine Jewish leaders to the President, the first with Jewish leaders by the new head of Argentine’s military government. Interior Minister Enrique Martinez Paz received Patricio Pueyrredon, the Tacuara general secretary, the same week.

However, Dr. Goldenberg added that “Government policy is only now being established and the Tacuara interview happened one day before the audience with the DAIA.” La Nacion, one of the most influential Argentine newspapers, sharply criticized the Government for the Pueyrredon audience.

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