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Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number, Jacobo Timerman...
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger interceded with the Argentine government for Timerman's release in 1978. Kissinger told TIME that "the trigger for his arrest was not anti-Semitism," although he also believes that the Argentine publisher was treated more brutally because he is Jewish. "There is no doubt that there are many anti-Semitic trends in Argentina, but not in the Nazi sense," he says. Kissinger agrees with the Reagan Administration that the distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian governments is a valid one, adding, "but that doesn't mean we shouldn't oppose violation...
...Among Timerman's most eloquent supporters is Argentine Human Rights Leader Emilio Mignone. On a visit to New York City last week, he insisted that "Timerman has told the total truth." Said Mignone: "All political prisoners or dissidents have a hard time of it when they are arrested, but the Jews suffer more than the others. They get the worst beatings, the crudest torture, the vilest insults. The important thing about Timerman is that he spoke up; that is the best policy in facing a repressive regime...
...interview with TIME'S Victor Perry in Tel Aviv last week, Timerman accused Buckley of "lying" about him in his column. Timerman derided Kristol's claim that he was arrested because his business partner was a crook, pointing out that the Argentine government had never accused him of conspiring with Graiver...
Contrary to the optimistic reports made by some Jewish leaders, Timerman insists that the position of Argentine Jewry has deteriorated. He says: "Anti-Semitism in Argentina is official, promoted, sponsored and organized by the regime." U.S. efforts to present Argentina as a useful anti-Communist authoritarian power continue to anger him. "The people are friendly," he says, "but not the military dictatorship there." Other witnesses dispute Timerman's impassioned judgment about that military dictatorship...