Córdoba: The President of the Argentine Republic, Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla visits the regiment where he dismisses the conscripts of class 1958 and welcomes him to class 1959. General views of President Videla with the commander of the III Corps, General Luciano Benjamín Menéndez and numerous journalists gathered inside a building. Then one of the journalists asked him the following question: "Mr. President, the journalists of the interior can seldom talk to the President, it is very important for the men of the press, and I respectfully invite you to greet the people of Cordoba." (Videla responds: "Just in that condition that you receive me as President I will not make statements." "The reason for my presence is to make a routine visit to the Cordoba Garrison fulfilling an obligation that is to make contact with the units. of the Army. "" My motive was to transmit through this training to all soldiers within the Army our recognition of the class that leaves the ranks of the Army for the work done, the effort and sacrifice shown in this hard struggle that The Army maintains against subversive crime, for the contribution they have made with their gesture and their generous effort, welcoming the new class and exhorting it so that in the example of those who leave our ranks today, they also its quota of effort and sacrifice as the whole nation is giving to this fight against subversion "); General Videla, in your capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, you must act in making statements about the National Process (Videla responds: "Not at all, sir, in a reason of personal prudence directs me that it is not convenient to address me in this competition of condition of Commander but as President "). (Optical / ambient sound)
Detail: Film with regular sound quality.
Date: 4/29/1977
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Film code: B-07024

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