MIR EFFORT TO GAIN FARC SUPPORT FOR KIDNAPPING

Created: 7/11/1978

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said that thl' mir is desperately in need of money to finance the infiltrationman cuban-trained mir guerrilla group into southern chile near valdiv1a. according to*ftWfli Mfc the mir hopes to have its guerrillas in place by

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HAD TALKED KITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH LIBYA AND THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, APPARENTLY IN LATEBOUT ' THE FARC'S DESIRE TO PURCHASE "EAPONS. ACCORDING TO 'fHHkVJI Hfe BOTH . MIDDLE-EASTERN GROUPS WERE KILLING TO SELL ARMS TO THE FARC. TOTHEARC REPRESENTATIVE WAS TO TRAVEL TO HAVANA, AND . FROM HERE HEIR REPRESENTATIVE KOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL TO LIBYA TO BUY THE ARMS.

THE FARC THATURUGUAYAN

NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT (MLN-TUPAMAROS) HAD INFORMED THE MIRIN HAVANA THAT THE TUPAMAROS WERE INTERESTED IN JOINT OPERATIONS KITH THE FARC. ACCORDING 8 UPAMARO LEADER, TOLD THE MIR THAT HE WAS READY TO TRAVEL TO COLOMBIA IN JUNE. BETO HAD TO CANCEL THE TRIP AT THE LAST MINUTE TOROUP OF TUPAMARO GUERRILLAS WHO HAD COMPLETED TRAINING IN ALGERIA AND HERE RETURNING TO URUGUAY.

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