WESTERN HEMISPHERE BRIEF PINOCHET GOVERNMENT SHOWS NO SIGNS OF MODERATING ITS T

Created: 9/13/1976

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THC PINOCHET GOVERNMENT* WHICH MASKED ITS THIRD

ANNIVERSARY ONHOWS NO SIGNS OF MODERATING ITS TOUGH Mil INTERNAL SECURITY PRACTICES OR MAKING ANY SUBSTANTIAL CONCESSIONS JIM THE AREA OF HUMAN RIGHTS./j

//IN HIS ANNIVERSARY SPEECH* PRESIDENT PINOCHET REITERATED THE REGIME'S HARD-LINE VIEWS AND INDICATED THAT NEW DECREES WOULD SOON BE ISSUED FURTHER RESTRICTING POLITICAL ACTIVITY. THEIS AIMED AT THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND THEPRINCIPAL DOMESTIC CRITICS'/AH

//THE JUNTA'S PROMULGATION OF SEVERAL ACTS TO BC INCLUDEDEW CONSTITUTION APPARENTLY WILL INSTITUTIONALIZE THE AUTHORITARIAN PRACTICES NOW BEING FOLLOWED- THE EXPANSIVE GUARANTEES OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROMISED BY PINOCHET AT THE OAS MEETING IN SANTIAGO LAST JUNE ARE STILL LARGELY BEING IGNL.<ED BY THE SECURITY FORCES- THE INTERIOR MINISTRY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SOS POLITICAL PRISONERS WERE BEING RELEASED. BUT THE STATE Or SIEGE HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS-.

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//PINOCHET CAVE NO HINT ONHAT CHANGES IN ECONOniC POLICIES ARE rLANNED* ALTHOUGH AN ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE REPORTEDLY IS UNDER HAY IN THE GOVERNMENT OVER THE SOCIAL COSTS OP THE HARSH AUSTERITY DESPITE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS* THERE HAS BEEN NO OVERALL RECOVERY-

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