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Chilai Insldn Critique
October 6,6
Ths Chilean secret police organization, the Directorate of National intelligence a taking an active hand in assessing the performance of tha junta and'counseling President Pinochet.
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experience suggests that Chile's military leadership is reluctant to spell out clearcut formula) for tho future and that President Pinochet himself has only vague notions of the type of politicalha would prefer to replace theefunct democratic parliamentary system.
i Unless economic or political exigencies reach serious levels--and there is little indication that they will over the next year orgovernment is unlikely to step up the pace of plans to settleore institutionalised pattern. Changes will proceed slowly, and will costs only after the generalsragmatic determination that lt ia in their interests to moke them.
Tha junta's base of support has slippedin the last year, but the military la under no real preasure to change its ways. As long as the armed forces can maintain Internal unity, they will ba able to ig.tore the exlating ineffectual oppoe*tion in Chile and prolong their stay in power.
October 6,6
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