▁decision . ▁Hill ▁did ▁this ▁although ▁K iss inger ▁a ides ▁told ▁him ▁that , ▁if ▁he ▁continued , ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁would ▁likely ▁have ▁him ▁fired , ▁and ▁even ▁as ▁left - wing ▁Argent ine ▁gu err illas ▁attempted ▁to ▁assass inate ▁both ▁the ▁U . S . ▁en voy ▁and ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁family ▁living ▁in ▁Buenos ▁Aires . ▁Hill ' s ▁role ▁as ▁amb assador ▁to ▁Argentina ▁again ▁became ▁prominent ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁when ▁President ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁that ▁country ▁to ▁mark ▁the ▁ 4 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁dirty ▁" war " ▁gener als ' ▁supposed ly ▁blood less ▁coup . ▁ ▁Dis ag re ement ▁with ▁K iss inger ▁As ▁an ▁article ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Nation ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁noted : ▁"' H ill ▁was ▁sh aken , ▁he ▁became ▁very ▁dist urbed , ▁by ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁thirty - year ▁emb ass y ▁employee , ▁a ▁student ▁who ▁was ▁arrested , ▁never ▁to ▁be ▁seen ▁again ,' ▁re called ▁former ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁rep orter ▁Juan ▁de ▁On is . ▁' H ill ▁took ▁a ▁personal ▁interest .' ▁He ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁Inter ior ▁Minister , ▁a ▁general ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁worked ▁on ▁drug ▁cases , ▁saying , ▁' H ey , ▁what ▁about ▁this ? ▁We ' re ▁interested ▁in ▁this ▁case .' ▁He ▁question ed ▁( Foreign ▁Minister ▁Ces ar ) ▁Gu zz etti