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CHILE. THE Hlft CALCULATESi LI TANTS OF ALL LEVELS HAVE BEEN El'HER KILLED, ARRESTED OR HAVE DISAPPEARED,
COHHENTI SANTIAflO EMBASSYPECEHBERESTIHATED THATl HAD ABOUT BOB HARD-CORE HILITANTSi ANO UKUAROS1 SUPPORTCRS IN ITS VARIOUS PRONT GROUPS, BT THE HIP'S OHH ESTIMATE. IT muST HAVE HAD JUST! NIL ITAHTS ATTJfEEPTEMBER iwj MILITARY TAKEOVER.)
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knqmNATIONAL-LEVEL LEADERS WHO ARE STILL WORKING
UNDERGROUND in CHILE. THEY ARE ENBER Or the POLITICAL COKHISSION AND SECRETARY of the SANTIAGO REGIONALJUAN IEHflER *or the SANTIAOO REGIONAL COMMITTEE AND Of THE CENTRAL COKNlTTEEl AND BARRIENTOS (FNU) (NOT rURTHER IDENTIfied).
SAIO THAT AGUILO ANO OLIVARES HAVE RISEN to LEADERSHIP POSITIONSESULT Of THE QAPS Lift BY THE CONTINUING ACTIOHS Of OOVEBNMEnT SECURITY FORCES.
4. IN THE VIEW Of KIR MILITANTS, ANDRES PASCAL ALLENOE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISCREDITED BECAUSE HIS DECISION to SEEK ASYLUM in THE COSTA HiCAN EMBASSY CONTRADICTS HIS.oun STATED PRINCIPLES AND HAKES HIM SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC EXPULSION FROM THE ORGANIZATION, JUST AS ME EXPELLED MUMBERTO
SOTONAVOR. ORME" MEMBER OF ThF POLITICAL COMMISSION,
WHEN THE LATTER SOUGHT ASTLUM In OCTOBER IN CONTRAST,
MlB MILITANTS ACCEPT THECT THAT NELSON GUTIERREZ,
THIRD in COMMA no Of THE MR, TOOK ASTLUM AT ThE SANE TIME IN
PAPAL NUNCIATUREEEN MQUNOEO IN i SHOOTOUT
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5. ThE MIR BLAHES THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHILE (PCCH] SOR fcTHE MOST RECENT SUCCESSES OF THE SECURITY FORCES. HIR MILITANT! ARE CONVINCED THAT THE DETENTION OF HANT PCCH MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER LED TO NUMEROUS BETRAYALS OF THE MIR. THE ARREST OF HART IN HERNANDEZ VASOUEZ. PASCAL'S BODYGUARD WHO ALSO HANDLED MUCH OF THE HIR'S FINANCES. WAS ANOTHER KEY FACTOR. m9
FOREOOINO. MIR MILITANTS ARE FOLLOWING CURRENT ORDERS TO RETREAT AND REORGANIZE. WITH CADRE-LEVEL LEADERS rESCAPI.IG FROM CHILE I' AT ALL.POSSIBLE. HE ADDED THAT WHAT REMAINSHE PARTY LEADERSHIP HOPES TQ BEGIN RESTRUCTURING THE ORGANIZATION IN ARGENTINA. WITH THE HELP Or THE REVOLUTIONARY COORDINATING JUNTA (JCRJ.
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7. Jn TO DI SENCHANTHENT WITH ITS LEADSASM If CiTiTllg'^i'^TVI'^tfV^Wl1 SAID THAT THIS HAS SEEN HEIGHTENEDHE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT PUBLICATIONETTER EXCHANGE BETWEEN PASCAL AND SOTOHATOR IN WHICH THE LATTER ACCUSED PASCAL OP. ONE MILLION DOLLARS OP PARTY FUNDS. PUBLICATION OP THE LETTER CAMS ON THE HEELS OF INFORMATION
THAT CARMEN
. FORMER COMMON-LAW WIFE OF DECEASED MlR SECRETARY GENERAL MIGUEL . AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY REGIS - WEREERY HIGHAID FOR BY MJR FUNDS. THE COMBINATION OF INTERNAL MIR CHARGES AGAINST CASTILLO ANO OEBRAY AND THE REVELATIONS IN THE PASCaL/SOTOMaTOR LETTER EXCHANGE REPRESENTS STRONGLY CONVINCING EVIDENCE IN THE VIEW OF MlR MILITANTS. THEY ESTIMATE THAT EVEN IF PORTIONS OF THE LETTERS PUBLISHED BT TME GOVERNMENT WERS SPURIOUS. THE ESSENCE OF THE CORRESPONDENCE HAS PROBABLY TRUE.
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FHAT THEEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY THE ASTLUH Or PASCAL AND CUTlEflftEi. AND THAT THE BASES APE LL CONTACT MILL BE O' LEAST THE NEXT r; vE TQ SI" MONTHS'. uwumwm ESTIMATED. HOWEVER. THAT IN PACT IT HILL BE ATEAR Oft HONE BEFORE THE Hlft IS ABLE TO REOflGANTO THE STRENGTH IT HAD TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO. WHEN AS at LEAST ENGAGING IN ACTS OF ARHED PROPAGANDA. Hf ADDED THAT THE BASES ARE PRIOMTENEO. BUT MORE IHPCRTANT THEY ARE DISGUSTED OVER THE ATTITUDE OP THEIR LEADERS IN SEEKING ASTLUM. MILITANTS ARE ALSO AW* RE THAT THC PS HAS ISSUEO ORDERS TO [TS mEmbSRS TQ BREAM ALL CONTACTm Tufc MIR, UNTIL SITUATION CLARITIES.
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