CONFIDENTIAL- 2 -- Christopher Roper is a Marxist businessman.- There is no way to confirm whether crematories existin Cordoba. It is the kind of horror story that has acertain pornographic quality that people pass aroundas the truth.- Perhaps the most dangerous of the hard-line generalsis Suarez Mason. (On the other hand, Neustadt spokewell of Suarez; perhaps because they are neighbors.)- The American Embassy has performed well on the humanrights issue.Our session with the Permanent Assembly was undoubtedlythe most passionate exposition of the human rightspicture which we experienced. Ninety-year-old plusAlicia Moreau de Justo spoke with great dignity,-lucidity and, indeed, fire. She characterized the humanrights situation as barbaric. She described an incidentwhich took place on March 16. Armed men invaded a homeat night where an elderly grandmother, a mother andyoung daughter lived. Two young men were visiting atthe time. These thugs broke into the house, ransackedit, stealing at will, and took everyone with them exceptthe older woman. The prisoners were blindfolded. At anunknown place of detention, the mother was beaten withrubber truncheons. She could hear her daughter's screamsin a nearby room. Finally, the mother was released at anunknown spot (she had been blindfolded throughout herordeal) and she made her way home. To this day, she isdesperately trying to locate her daughter, who, to herknowledge, is guilty of no subversive activity.Labor leader Bravo then told the story of a family thatwith much trouble was able to recover the body of adaughter who died in prison in Cordoba. An autopsylater revealed that two live rats had been sewn intothe girl's vagina and had torn her body apart as theytried to get out.Mr. Pimentel discussed the problem of habeas corpuspetitions and the intimidation of the press in connec-tion with the publication of the writs. The La Opinionreporter who covered the courts was kidnapped; otherpapers simply ignore the subject. Pimentel describedCONFIDENTIAL