LATIN AMERICA BRIEF - CHILE ANNIVERSARY SPEECH

Created: 9/12/1983

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ONGRESS BEFORE THEN. HE AlSO ACKNOWLEDGED TH'T INTERIOR MINISTER JARPAONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH Thr OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE.//

//MOST Of THE VIOLENCE. WHICH PRESS REPORTS INDICATE HASUT NINE OEAD. OCCURRED IN THE SLUMS OF SANTIAGO. COPPERWORKERS UNION CHIEF RODOLFO SEQUEL WAS JAILED, BUT NO OTHEr OPPOSITION FIGURES WERE ARRESTED.

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//THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH REFRAINED FROM CALLING ON THE MILITARY TO HANOLE SECURITY. ANO THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION WILL BOTH GAIN CREDIBILITY FOR HAVING HELO DOWN VIOLENCE. NEVERTHELESS THE JAILING OF SEQUEL AND COMMUNIST PLANS FOR CONTINUED VIOLENCE CARRY THE POTENTIAL TO DELAY OR DISRUPT RESUMPTION OF TALKSEMOCRATIC

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