These are interesting documents relating to my research on Argentina.

• These two relate to the build up to the 1966 military coup:

1965 Shaw Meeting – US Department of State airgram recording a dinner in which Alejandro Shaw, General Jorge Shaw, Enrique Puricelli, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, and US Ambassador Edwin Martin discuss the possibility of a military coup. From the US National Archives, Record Group 59.

1965 Bank of England Report – Internal note from the Bank of England discussing the possibilities of a military coup in Argentina. The note mentions a trip that General Juan Carlos Onganía was about to make to Europe to discuss the coup with European bankers. From Bank of England Archives, ‘Argentine Secret Papers’, File OV102/222.

• These relate to the origins of state terrorism in Argentina in the 1970s:

1973 US Embassy Report – US Department of State telegram describing conversations with labour leaders about the formation of anti-terrorist vigilante groups. From the US National Archives, Record Group 59

1976 US Embassy Report – US Department of State telegram from 22 March describing an agreement between union leaders and the military before the military coup of 24 March. From the US National Archives, Record Group 59.