PRESIDENT AU8UST0 ' | n :HAT Hi PULLV RfiCtMlllO THAT THE CHILEAN PERFORMANCE Hl HUMAN RlOHtS AREA
MUST IMPROVE AND THAT HE MOULD TAKE POSITIVE STEPS IN THIS DIRECTION
'OREIDAND IT MAS POINTED OUT THAT MEASURES ALONQ THIS LINE MOULD NOT ONLY IHPROVE CHILE'S INTERNATIONAL IMAGE 0UT ALSO PlQHT PACILITATE PORfilflN ASSISTANCE,
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tXP-cSSl S3 THE MINORITYNSTANT MODIFICATION IN THE GOVERNMENT'S PRESENT TOUOH SECURITY POLICY. WHICH HAS SUCCfciDE: IN NEUTRAL II IN Q TH| lFTTMILE, BflBk ,
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UN COMHlTTil TO STUDY THE PROBLEM iND HAKE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY. AHQNQ THOSE ON THE COMMITTEE ARE JAINS BUIN AN, JURIDICAL AND OREHIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENCY. AND. PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENCY,
COHHENTl WHILE THE COMMITTEE IS CONSERVATIVE INAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERS BELIEVE THATERNMENT HAS MADE SOME SERIOUS MISTAKES IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE*. THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION IS PUQA. WHOM COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HOPE THEY CAN PERSUADE TOORE REASONABLE POSITION. COLONEL MANUEL CONTRERAS. CHIEF OF THE DIRECTORATE OF NATIONAL INTSLLIGENCE (DINA), IS SEEN AS THE OTHER MAJOR VOICE OF OPPOSITION TO ANY SOFTENtNO OF THE HUMAN RlQHTS;
3, ttJsWm COMMENT! THE SPAN BETWEEN LIP SERVICE ANO MEANINGFUL ApTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS MAY YET PROVE TOlART STEP. EY MILITARY OFFICERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN SECURITY ACTIVITIES HILL CONTINUE TO RESIST ANY CHANOE. NEVERTHELESS, MORE INFLUENTIAL CHILEAN LEADERS ARE RfiCOONllINO THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT NOW THAN AT ANY TIHE SINCE THE OVERTHROW OF THE ALLENDE GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER
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