APPEAL BY LEIGH TO SUP COURT RE LEGALITY OF HIS OUSTER

Created: 7/25/1978

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

3AID ULY B THAI LEIG* HAS PILED AH APPEAL IN THE SUPREME COURT PROTESTING THAT HE MAS REMOLD from THE JUNTA ILLEGALLY, AIDl LEIGH'S APPEAL IS BASED OH THE FACT THAT THE CITATION OF THE "ABSOLUTE IMPOSSIBILITY* OF LEIGH TO CONTINUE TO GOVERN UNDER THE TERMS OF DECREE LAN SZ7 -HAS IMPROPER, SINCE THE INTENT OF THIS LAN NAS TO REFER ONLY TO PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY TO GOVERN RATHER THAN POLITICAL IHPOSSI-

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he has no chance to NlN his appeal, OUT that he -ants to publicize tme facy THAT president aucusto pinochet improperly used lecal trickery to have him removed, LEICH HAS no other plans to attemptto FIGHT his firing,

2, leigh been placed under protective security by the government to keep track op his

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movements AND has been directed not make any public statements ofOLITICAL NATuPE. lfigh considered requesting asyluh IN.ut HIS brother, sergio leigh, had talked HIM out of IT. j.

BELIEVE THAT

PINOCHET "ILL BCNEAKENEO BY THE EXTRADITION REQUESTS NHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRESENTED FOR FORMER OFFICIALS OF THE DIRECTORATE OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (OINA) IN CONNECTION ASSASSINATION OF ORLANDO LETEL1ER, IN ADDITION, THET BELIEVE THAT THE FINAL REPORT OF THE UNITEO NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COHHISSIDN (UNHRC) HORKING CROUP RILL BE HlCHfT CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT. NHICH HILL FURTHER HEAKEN PINOCHET'S HOLD

GOVERNMENT, HIS BELIEF ON STATEMENTS MADE BT MEMBERS OF TME VICARIATElARITTt HHO BELIEVE THAT THE UNHRC RORKINC GROUP HAS BEEN CONVINCED BT TME EVIOENCE PRESENTED TO THEM OF THE VERACITY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ATTRIBUTED TO TME PINOCHET GOVERNMENT,

S. ftEI MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE REACTION MITHIN THE DIFFERENT ARMED SERVICES TO LEIGH'S REMOVAL, THET BELIEVE THEY MILL FIND THAT THERE IS INCREASED DISENCHANTMENT RlTH PINOCHET ON THE PART OF NUMEROUS AIR

OECZOEO THAT ALL THE OPPOSITION PARTIESL0 TAKE INCREASED SECURITY PRECAUTIONS/ SINCE THEAY FEEL THE NEED TO STEP UP THE REPRESSION OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION AT THIS TIME.

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