PINOCHET'S INTENTION TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT MORE OF A CIVILIAN CAST

Created: 4/21/1978

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LATIN AMERICA

Chilean President Pinochet's intention to give the gooernnenj wmivilian cast and to take another ttep tn improving Chils'i international Osage partially explain* ihe Cabins: reorganisation anmcioiced on April lt. Bis action also my have been calculated to counter the impreaticn that he has loet hie grip on the government in the face of preeaing foreign and domeetic problem*. In yet another move deeigned to gent/rat* favorable reaction abroad, Pinochet ie moving for-jard vith plant to pardon er exonerate peracne convicted, paroled, orinternally by militaryrvamv that may ultimately benefit about too people. This action wculd clear the deak of praoiically all remaining coeee of puniehment meted out for political offensee anaongthe government'*aceomtodating Icngatandirg demand* by it* critics and human right* advooatee.

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