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This is a Central Intelligence Agency cable dated 14 August 1985 and sent to Washington. It forwards news clippings and magazine articles on Josef Mengele, released under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. The attachments include an Argentine magazine report on claims that Mengele lived in La Banda, Santiago del Estero, as Adolfo Gualterio Ascher, along with an interview with the judge investigating those claims. They also include a newspaper article on Mengele's protection in Paraguay and on past efforts to extradite him. The file has no UFO content.
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In Asuncian, the Monumento de Cerro Lombare honors four heroes of Paraguay. One of thorn to Gen. Alfredo Stroess,er. harp and guitar duets that are Paraguay's sweet, sad folk music. The appearances are inur- ing. A representative of a far- away little country with 5, passionate, even manic democratic system, said he rather liked living here: He can drink the water, he can eat the lettuce, and he says his daughter can walk the streets at 11 P.M. That Is not entirely certain — after at- tempted attacks on women staff members, the United States Embassy instituted a nightly security patrol for its families this year. In any case, Paraguayans are often appalled by some foreigners' readiness to take quiet for calm, stillness for an absence of violence, in a city where soldiers point guns at chil- dren when they approach a general's house. The West German Embas- sy, which spends a lot of Its time trying to extradite Ger- man thugs and deadbeats who regard Paraguay as a kind of enormous safe house, got the mood understatedly right In a sheet of travel tips made available to those pass- ing through: "All restaurants close at 1 A.M. It is advisable at that point to leave the streets. The police has far- reaching powers and, as a rule, does not hesitate to em- ploy them extensively. It is urgently emphasized not to become involved in discus- sions with the police or other authorities. Foreigners should avoid commenting or; Paraguayan politics. Subse- quent difficulties are easily encountered as a result of the efficient information police system .... Visitors who are arrested should request that the Embassy be informed Since everything has its price — $200 for a permanent residency permit, 5200 tor citizenship, maybe $700 for a passport — no one need tarry in jail too long. Unless, of course, the military feels crossed in some deal, anti. like a poor German named Gandermann this summer. you wind up in a brig In the Chaco beyond even the shrug- ging impotency of the courts. Laws are written down, but mbarete, a Guarani word meaning clout, runs every. thing. Two contused tax col- lectors who inexplicably ven- tured into a business run by Gen. Andres Rodriguez, com- mander of the AsunclOn mili- tary region and one of the country's richest generals — besides having a son married to one of the President's daughters — got a summary definition of mbarate: They were beaten, had their heads shaved and were thrown Into the street, an American said. Attempts at moving In wide arcs around the violence-cor- ruption-military complex do little good; in Paraguay, there are more police per capita than in Bulgaria, East Germany or South Africa. Paul H. Lewis, professor of (Continued on Page 36)
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