GOVERNMENT CONCERN OVER WELFARE OF LAURA ALLENDE WHILE SHE IS IN CUSTODY

Created: 12/18/1974

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Or the chilean committee for peace request that state in writing that the health or. who has arrestedovember. was so grave that she should be released immediately and allowed to depart chile.

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chile's international image ip anything happened towhile she

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CHILEAN OPriClALS maintain that ALLENDE is RECEIVING

a medical -every three days, mmmwho IS the mother or andres pascal allende. head or the movement or

ThE REVOLUTIONARY LfirT (mir). was ARRESTED rOR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES ANO ILLEGAL POSSESSION SF arms. the COMMITTEE POR PEACE IS an INTERDENOMINATIONAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS' COMMITTEE CONCERNED with hunan RIGHTS ano refugee PRflSLEMSl'.

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HAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS OFFERED TO RELEASE ACHE YD A IMMEDIATELY IF THE LATTER HILL AGREE TO REMAIN IN CHILE ANO KILL SHEAR ON MIS HONOR THAT HE HILL NEITHER PARTICIPATE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES NOR MAKE ANY KIND CF PUBLIC STATEMENTS.

CO-MESTI W| REPORTEDD an^HoV-7 CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDC) THAT HEOLICY OF RELEASINB IMPORTANT POLITICAL PRISONERS ON THE CONDITION THEY WOULD REHAtN IN CHILE AND REFRAIN FROM POLITICAL ACTlHHfe SAlO THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS SUCHLECGE rRON-^HBPfllOR TO RELEASING HIM BECAUSE IT ONCERNED THAT HE MOULD BE USED ToOVERNHCNT IN EXILE. 1

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CONVINCE ALMEYOA TO ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER. AS HE WOULD THEN BE OlVfiN CREDIT FOR ARRANGING THE RELEASE OF ThE MOST IMPORTANT

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