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IUtQJ1.ATllCG THEIR OFllATIONS AGAINST SUBVERSIVE TARGETS IS
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DAT!D SUTEM!EA 1~76. IT PlOVIDl!S GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR OVER-
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z. mE FOLLOWING IS TH! TEXT Of A CONDOR DOC'JMENT, DATED
SEPTEMB£l 1976, EMTJTUD "TESEO Jl£GULATION, OPERATIONS CENTER:"
• I. MISSION:
OVERALL PLANNING FOR THE EXECUTION OF THOSE OPERATIONS
l TO BE UNDERTAIEH.
ACCORDA.-..CE wtm mE
j REQUESTS
1. DETERMlNR THE TARGETS IN
SU'BMITTED BY INTERESTED PARTIES, GIVING PRIORITY
AND OPPORTUMITIES AS APPROPRIATE.
Z. DETERMINE WHAT INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO BE GIVEN TO
BOTH THE INTELLIGENCE AHD OPERATIONAL TEAMS,
ADMINISTER AVAILABLE MATERIAL AND HUMAN R£SOURCES ·
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Wint COMPLETB FR£EDOM.
4. PORMULATE THE NECESSARY OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS '
WHICH WILL Rl!CIIVB PRIORITY ATTENTION PROM MEMBER SBRVICES.
S. ll!PUSENTATIVB SERVICES WILL, UPON REQUEST, PUT
.
WHATEVll MEANS ARB AVAILABLE TO THEM AT nm DISPOSAL OF THE
OPERATIONS QNTllR Fo1t'uss ABROAD.
It. PERSONNl!L:
nm PE.RSONNEL MAXING UP OPERATION TES£0 WILL BE
COMPOSBD OF THE POLLOWING:
1. THE OPERATIONS cmnER.: WITH HEADQUARTERS AT
CONDOR l (ARGENTINA) WHICH IS HADE UP OP PERMANENT
JtBPR.ESENTATIVES FROM EACH PARTICIPATING SERVICE.
INTELLIGENCB TEAMS:
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MEMBER COUNTRIES.
MADS UP PROM PERSONNEL FROM I
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TIClPATING COUMTIJIS.
WITH THE EXCEPTION Of THE P£JOWIE.HT l!PRESl!MTATIVES TO
nm OPUATIOHS CDT!l, THE P!RSOHMEL COMPRISING THE ~­
IM'nLLIGEHCE, OPEIATIOMAL AHD RESER\'! TE.AMS WILL ONLY C~ TO
THE CEHT'El UPON REQUEST OF THE LATTEA.
THE MIMDIJN HUMBER OF r!Ofi.:i FUltMISHED BY EACH
REPRESENTATIVE saavta WILL, WHERE POSSIBLE, BE FOUR U(·
DlVIOOALS, WITH A FEMALE EVLVTU.,LLY BEING IHCWDED. EACH
COUNTIY SHOULD HAVE A SIMILAR TEAM IN RZSERVE JUW>Y TO COVER
AN"t UNPORESEEH SITUATION THAT MIGHT IJtlSE.
IU. FIHAKC!S:
THE fUMDS FOR OPERATIOH T!SEO WILi.. 81! At*INISTERED
BY nm OPERATIONS CENTER WHICH WILL DETERMINE HOW THEY ARE TO
BE US!D. A!.suat, nm FOLLOWING IS ESTA.8LlSKED:
1. nm AllfINIStRATION Of ~lXPENSES INCUJUtED BY nm
OPERATIONS CEMTER WILL BB THE RESPONSIBILITY OP THE HEADQUAA·
T!RS COUNTRY.
2. A C<»O!OH Ft1HD CCJifPOSED OF Sl0,000 DONATIONS
FROM EAQI MENIER COUNTJlY IS ESTABLISHED FOil 1llE PURPOSE OF
OFFSBTTING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. 'nllS FUND WILL I! UPI.EM•
ISH!D IN EQUAi. PAATS AT nm !HD OF EACH OPERATION DUlllMC A
PERIOD HOT TO EXcnD 15 DAYS.
3. A MONTHLY DUES OP szoa MONTHLY IS ESTABLISHED
BEGINNING :SO SEPTEMBER 19H • PAYABLE MOHTHLY BY E.ACH OF T:IE
PARTICIPATING SERVICES, PRIOR aJ nm lOnt OF EACH MONTH FOR
THB PUJlPOS! OP MB!TING FUNCTIONAL AM1> MAIHT!HAMC! EXPEMSES
OP nm OPERATIONS C!HTBR.
'. OPBJtATIOKAL COSTS ABROAD AU ESTIMATED AT_
$3,500 PU PERSON.FOR TEM DAYS, WITH AH ADDITIOHAJ. Sl,000
nm FIRST TIME OUT POl CLOTHING ALLOWAMC! •

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J'Jt.ESEHT SAME to na: MEMBER COUHTJUES FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
6. THI PERHAMEHT auRESSCTATlVES TO THE OPERATIONS
CEMTEa WILL BE RESPONSIJL! FOil APPlOACHlHG THEIR RESPECTIVE
SllYla5 FOR. nm lEPLmnsmmrr OF OPERATIONAL FUNDS EXPENDED
AS WEJJ, AS PO& 'DIOSE H!CESS.UY TO COVEJl FUNCTIOMAL AND
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VOLVED IN Tim OPERATION WILL JlEHD!ll AH ACCOUMTIMG OF ALL
EX1EJISl!S IHCUUED.
IV• NEAJCS: .
nm IGWCS NECESSAJtY FOil nm DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONS
WILL II FURHISHED IY THE ORRATIONS CEMTEl. IN THE EVENT nlE
LA1Tlll IS UMAIL! TO 00 SO, MEMBER SERVJCES WILL IE ASIED TO
PU1' THIS! ME.AMS AT THE DISPOSAL OF nm CEHTEJl. IF THB
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S!llVlCIS AU UHAIL! TO CC»tE UP WITH THEM, THE NECESSARY
FUKDS TO PUROWJ! THEM WILL BE OBTAINED FROM EACH SERVICE l J
IN IQUAL PAATS. nm MIWfS CONaRH~D WOULD IE:
A• AJtHS AND NHIHlTION
•• EXPLOSIVES AHD ACCESSOJUES
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IDEKrlfICATlON OF THE TARGET: nus IS THE RESPON-
SlllLITY OF THE INTELLIGENCE TI?.AH WHICH SHOULD IDENTIFY HIM,
LOCATE HIN, MONITOR HIM, CCNMIICATE WITH TH! OPERATIONS
CENTU., WITHDRAW (ALL EXCEPT ONE WHO WILL MAll CONTACT WITH
THE OP!RATlOKAL TEAM) , AMD WITIIDRAWAL OF THE CONTACT MAN
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EXECUTION OP nm TARGET: THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY
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(I) CARJlt OUT THE OPEJtAtlON, AND (C) ESCAPE. WITH THE EX·
I C!PTION OP nm TEAM LIADERS, THE MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
AMO OPEl.ATIOMAL TEAMS SHOULD NOT mow EACH OTIIER FOR. SECURITY
I .AND JUNCTIONAL REASONS.
YI. CCJlmHICAnOHS AND LIAISON:
I 1. T1IE COHDOlTEL CCMIUHICATIOHS SYSTEM WILL BE THE
I MET USED IY nm OPUATIONS CEMTBl IM ITS COMWNICATIONS WITH
,, EAOI PARTICIPATUIC S!lVIC!.

l: z. COllJHlCATlOHS FROM ABllOAD WILL IE EITHER

1'ILIPllONIC oa CAIU JN A PRBVIOUSLY AGREED UPON LANGUAGE.
J. !XPIUmlS 1NCURUD FOR SAME WILL IE CHARGED TO
1HI OPUAnOHS cmnn• .
4. AMY LIAISON N!CBSSAJlY l!TW!EM THE PAJlTlCIPATING
comrtUES FOR nm FUIMlSHING OP DOCUM!HTATlON AND OTHER
MAT!llAL WILL 56 EITHER VIA DIPLOMATIC POUCH OR. SELECtt.D
nat.!GATES Wl«> lUU EMPLOY MAXIHUM SECUUTY MEAStJRES AND
COVIil FOR SUCH COHTACT.
Vil. UAIMIMG OP nm TUMS:
nm PROGINIClHG OP TRAINING FOil IOTif nm
IHTILLlGIHCI A.'CD OPWTIONAJ. TEAMS IS THE R!SPOHSIIILITY OF
i

nm OP!RATlOHS cmrna WIUOf WILL R!QUIJU!, IM ACCOR.DANCE Wtnr

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VIII. CCJ«PARTMENTATION OF OPERATION TESEO:
KNOWLEDGE OP "OPERATION TESEO" Winll~ THE . -- .. - - .
PARTICIPATING SERVICES SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM
NUMBER Of PEOPLE POSSIBLE AND COVERED BY THE STRICTEST OF
SECURITY MEASUR.ES.
IX. INTERNAL REGULATIONS:
THE OPERATIONS CENTER WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE
FOLLOWING INTERNAL REGULA'UONS:
WORI SCHEDULE: FROM 0930 to 1230 HOURS AND FROM
1430 TO 1930 HOURS.
wtmHEVER AH OPERATION IS UNDERWAY, NIGHT DUTY
OFFICERS WILL BB ESTABLISHED AND T.uEH FROM EACH RESPECTIVE
REPRESEHTATIVE OM A DAILY BASIS. - ROOM, BOARD AND TRANSPOR·
TATIOK WILL BE nm RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OPERATIONS CENTER
.AMD SUPPORTED IY THE HEADQUAJmRS COUNTRY.
SELECTION OF TARGETS:
FORTH HIS CHOICE OF TARGET IN mE FORM OP A PROPOSAL.
EACH l!PRESENTATIVE WILL PUT
THE
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OF A SIMPLE MAJORITY. IN CASS ANY DISAGREEMENTS AJlISB, A
RECORD OF THE PROCEIU>IHGS •llLL BB DRAWN UP, SIGNED BY THE
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SERVICIS FOR THEIR INFORMATION.
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WHICH CORllESPOMDS TO ONE COPY EACH FOR THOSB COUHTIUES
Pl!SIUCT A.'fl> OHi COPY EACH FOR. THE OTHER T1fO COUNTR1£S ABSENT
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