P rb S f'lf n -I IM'KTED 1 vJJ J _ DECONTROL MEMORANDUM - December 6 1973 ThoLn TO CHARGE Mr THRU A DCM DNArzac LI FROM POL RSSteven SUBJ K USE ·1 I U -•- _ - j l 5199900030 -__-_ 3_ De r ent of State · ·· - c X - - 3 '_' Horman- Teruggi Cases Excise ___ Deny_ _ In P irt ____ In Full ____ - t c 1 s _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ Enrique Guzman Subdirector of International i telations of the Fo reign Ministry told me last night that the Ministry specifically he himself is working hard on a reply to us on the deaths of Horman and Tenrggi He said that it has beea extremely difficult to establish the facts in the cases and that it is probable that we will never know 11 just how they died A new point to me at least was his insistence that both Horman and Teruggi had not only been deeply involved in leftist activities in the Communist industrial areas 11 but perhaps had been shot by their own comrades of the left for some unexplained reason For example they may have known too much about leftist activities or have flbetrayed the cause n by failing to join in the fight ing ag_ain st the milit ary Guzman had in the past b ir ted at their involvement with the left but never before had suggested that they w re killed by the leftist extremists _-£' 1 did not infer from the conversation that the 1 GOC will necessarily that line with us in their reply but Guzman is certainly pushing it BEST COPY Al lHIABlE OL RSSteven gkl · I • • •• ' - 1- 1 •- LIMI rED oi It -rl -JsE -· _ -