Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency compilation of translated Argentine press and radio items from May 1978, approved for release in 1980, includes an EFE report from Salta. Official sources said an object seen falling near the Argentine-Bolivian border on 6 May, which caused an explosion that shook the earth, was an artificial satellite located on Taire Mountain in Bolivia, where the area was declared an emergency zone. Other items cover nuclear plans, arrests, a YPF credit and briefs.
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Many people in this part of the country claim they saw an object which resembled a soccer ball falling behind the mountains on the Argentine-Bolivian border, causing an explosion that shook the earth. This took place on 6 May. Around that time some people in San Luis and Mendoza provinces reported seeing a flying saucer squadron flying in formation. The news from Salta confirms that the artificial satellite fell on Taire Mountain in Bolivia, where it has already been located by authorities. The same sources said that the area where the artificial satellite fell has been declared an emergency zone by the Bolivian Government. YPF SIGNS $250-MILLION CREDIT IN U.S. PY101514Y Buenos Aires Domestic Service in Spanish 1030 GMT 10 May 78 FY [Text] Raul Ondarts, president of Government Oil Deposits [YPF], signed a credit agreement for $250 million with a group of international bankers in New York on 3 May. The announcement was made by (Ernesto Varela), the financial director of the government institution, upon his return from the United States yesterday. He said that YPP will use $100 million for exploration plans and $150 million to reduce its foreign debt, transforming it from short to medium term. The credit agreement is on a 7-year basis with a 2-and-1/2-year grace period. The terms of the agreement were, at the time of negotiation, the most favorable granted to our country or to YPF. ## BRIEFS RESTRICTIONS ON FIREARMS--The executive branch has upheld the restriction on the transportation of firearms, including small- and large-caliber hunting arms, in order to maintain strict control on the use of all firearms. Authorization for shipment of arms should be requested from local authorities and will be valid only for a limited time. Transportation of some semiautomatic and automatic rifles is banned under all circumstances. [Buenos Aires Domestic Service in Spanish 2000 GMT 3 May 78 FY] ELECTRONIC TELEX SWITCHBOARD--Buenos Aires--The National Telecommunications Company will inaugurate a computerized, totally electronic telex switchboard for international services on Monday. The new switchboard will permit an increase in the number of circuits to 1,200. As a consequence of the use of the new telex central, Channel 011 will no longer be used as of Monday; nor will Channels 0111, 0112 and 0113, as of Wednesday. [Buenos Aires TELAM in Spanish 1627 GMT 5 May 78 FY] TV MICROWAVE LINK--Santa Rosa, La Pampa, 5 May--The local TV station will broadcast experimental programs transmitted by microwave this weekend. The microwave link will connect Santa Rosa with the national microwave network through the city of Bahia Blanca [Buenos Aires TELAM in Spanish 1330 GMT 5 May 78 FY] Approved for Release Date ___
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.