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Canonical ID: 1976LIMA10849_b

Subject: SUBVERSIVES AND POLITICAL ASYLUM
From: Peru Lima
To: Department of State, Secretary of State
Original Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Previous Handling Restrictions: -- N/A or Blank --
Archive Status: Electronic Telegrams
Type: TE
Locator: TEXT ON MICROFILM, TEXT ONLINE
Reference(s): 76 LIMA 9278
Executive Order (E.O.): -- N/A or Blank --
Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US
Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006
Enclosure: -- N/A or Blank --
Concepts: FOREIGN POLICY POSITION, POLITICAL ASYLUM, TERRORISTS
TAGS: Panama [PN]
Peru [PE]
Political Affairs--Internal Political Affairs [PINT]
Political Affairs--Internal Security [PINS]
Social Affairs--Human Rights [SHUM]
Office: -- N/A or Blank --
Document Character Count: 3884
Date: 1976 November 1, 12:50 (Monday)

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INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-04 H-02 INR-07 L-03

NSAE-00 NSC-05 PA-01 PRS-01 SP-02 SS-15 USIA-06 DHA-02

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E.O. 11652: N/A

TAGS: PINS, PINT, SHUM, PE
SUBJECT: SUBVERSIVES AND POLITICAL ASYLUM

REF: LIMA 9278

SUMMARY: INTERIOR MINISTER CISNEROS RECENTLY REFERRED TO THE

CASE OF "REVOLUTIONARY MILITANTS" IN THE PANAMANIAN EMBASSY
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SEEKING POLITICAL ASYLUM. HE ALSO DISCUSSED "SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY"

AND A DEPORTATION LINKED TO IT. IN HIS COMMENTS CISNEROS INDICATED
AWARENESS THAT INTERNAL SECURITY MEASURES CAN AFFEST PERU'S
INTERNATIONAL IMAGE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS AREA. END SUMMARY.

1. INTERIOR MINISTER CISNEROS DECLARED NOVEMBER 25 THAT THE

GOP HAS NOT GUARANTEED "SAFE CONDUCT" TO "LEFTISTS" ANTONIO
ARAGON AND ELIO PORTOCARRERO WHO ENTERED THE PANAMANIAN
EMBASSY IN OCTOBER SEEKING POLITICAL ASYLUM. THEY REMAIN THERE
PRESUMABLY AS "INVITED GUESTS", SINCE THERE ARE NO CHARGES
AGAINST THEM. CISNEROS STATED THAT THE TWO HAD BEEN UNDER
INVESTIGATION BUT WERE IN THE PANAMANIAN EMBASSY ONLY BECAUSE
OF THEIR "GUILTY CONSCIENCES" FOR NO ARREST ORDER HAD BEEN ISSUED.
THEREFORE, SINCE THERE IS NO ARREST ORDER, SAFE CONDUCT NEED
NOT BE GRANTED AND WOULD NOT BE, CONTENDED CISNEROS. IN THE CASE
OF PORTOCARRERO, WHO HAD BEEN AN ADVISOR IN THE MINISTRY OF
ENERGY AND MINES, CISNEROS CLAIMED THAT THE POLICE SEARCH FOR
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HIM WAS BASED ON HIS FAILURE TO APPEAR TO WORK AND THE GOP FEAR
"THAT HE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED OR PERHAPS GONE (INTO THE POLITICAL)
UNDERGROUND".

2. IN RECOGNITION OF AND APPARENT IRRITATION WITH THE INTER-

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS OF GOP SECURITY MEASURES,
CISNEROS COMMENTED THAT PUBLICIZED CASES OF PEOPLE RUNNING TO
EMBASSIES WOULD DISTORT PERU'S INTERNATIONAL IMAGE BY GIVING THE
UNWARRANTED IMPRESSION THAT "EVERYBODY IN PERU WANTS POLITICAL
ASYLUM".

3. CISNEROS ALSO COMMENTED NOVEMBER 25 ON THE FAR-LEFT TERRORIST

ORGANIZATION EJERCITO POPULAR DEL PUEBLO (EPP), THE EXISTENCE
OF WHICH WAS REVEALED BY THE GOP IN OCTOBER (REFTEL) AND WHICH
WAS LINKED TO DISSIDENT ARMY OFFICERS. CISNEROS CLAIMED THAT
SOME EPP LEADERS ARE STILL AT LARGE. THE SON OF FORMER NATIONAL
COUNCIL OF JUSTICE CHIEF ALBERTO RUIZ ELDREDGE (RUIZ ELDREDGE
RECENTLY RESIGNED FROM THE CNJ, OSTENSIBLY OVER THE NAMING OF TWO
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES) IS ONE OF THOSE IDENTIFIED AS LINKED TO
THE EPP. ALBERTO RUIZ ELDREDGE GOICOCHEA HAS BEEN DEPORTED (FOLLOW-
ING SEVERAL MONTHS IN PRISON) OVER THE VIGOROUS BUT FUTILE
PROTESTS OF HIS FATHER. CISNEROS ARGUED THAT THE DEPORTATION IS
FULLY JUSTIFICE AND SHOULD NOT "DISTORT PERU'S INTERNATIONAL
IMAGE". FOREIGNERS MAY ALSO BE LINKED TO THE EPP, SAID CISNEROS.
HE DECLARED THAT MANY FOREIGNERS ARE IN PERU ILLEGALLY AND THE
GOP WILL CLOSELY CHECK THEIR STATUS TO DETERMINE IF THEY SHOULD
REMAIN FOR BE DEPORTED.

4. COMMENTING ON THE LABOR SECTOR, CISNEROS CLAIMED THAT THE

TEACHERS UNION CONTINUALLY THREATENS STRIKES BUT NEVER PRODUCES
THEM. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT RECENT VIOLENCE IN THE PORT OF
CHIMBOTE EXTENDED BEYOND FISHERMEN, AND HE ADMITTED THAT FIF-
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TEEN WORKERS FROM THE GOP STEEL MILL (SIDER-PERU) HAVE BEEN
JAILED FOR FOMENTING STRIKES THERE.

5. COMMENT. APART FROM HIS REVELATIONS ON ARRESTS, DEPORTATIONS,

THE GOP EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE USE OF POLITICAL ASYLUM, AND A
CHALLENGE TO THE FAR-LEFT TEACHERS, CISNEROS' REMARKS DEMONSTRATE
A REALIZATION THAT INTERNAL SECURITY MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN IN
POLITICAL ISOLATION BUT CAN HAVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPLICATIONS. DEAN
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