STATUS OF UNITED POPULAR ACTION MOVEMENT (MAPU) AFTER COUP

Created: 11/23/1973

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l.TKB military coup d'ETAT in chile on3 affected THI ps and the united popular action movementfaction led BY oscar cap. rbton more than any other leftist chilean croups,

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thb mir has less affected since it was already functioning in semi-clandbstinity and was able to changeully clandestine structure rapidly andinimum of losses.

there are NO members of the mir in

asylum IN santiago.

zJ. ;thb:principal objective of mapu at this time is toconsolidate its shattered organization and then TO organize afront." much'importance is given to thb creation of th^ since anti-military armcd actions

being-carried OUT arb only despbrate outbursts unconnected with any organized political-military activity.

i ,lj for*THE present the centbr of leftist anti-chilean government .activities is buenos aires, iBUT thereossibility that they will .

BE transferred to mexicothat lima(c) j

buenos aires WOULD BE centers of political action conducted without publicity. in lima THB core OF the chilean left centers around luis

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JEREZ RAMIREZ, FORMER CHILEAN AMBASSADOR TO PERU, MHO PROBABLYPERU IN THE NEARi .

D'ETAT NAS COMING IN CHILE FROM THE TIME OF THE RESIGNATION OF GENERAL

CARLOS PRATS; HOWEVER, THEY EXPECTED THAT THE CARABINEROS AND

MILITARY UNITS LOYAL TO THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN THE

UPRISING. MAPU BLAMES CARLOS ALTAMIRANO, FORMER CHILEAN

SENATOR AND SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE PS, AND OTHER ULTRA-LEFTISTS FOR

PROVOKING THB MILITARY.

5. OF THEOP LEADERS OF THE MAPU FACTION OF,

RE STILL IN CHILE, BUT SIX OF THEM ARE UNDER ARREST. THOSE ARRESTED

INCLUDE VICENTE EMBER OF THE POLITICAL COMMISSION OF THB

GAZMURI FACTION, AND FERNANDO , SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE

GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST POPULAR UNITYABINET. JUAN ENRIQUE

IS ALSO BELIEVED TO BB UNDER ARREST, WHILE RUIZ TAG LB

(FNU) WAS KILLED. >MMENT: RUIZ TAGLE IS POSSIBLY JAIME

RUIZ APU MEMBER AND HEAD OP THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.)

ENRIQUE VEGA, FORMER CHILEAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA AND

A MEMBER OF THE MAPU POLITICAL COMMISSION, AND JOSE MIGUEL ADVISOR TO THE CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTRY AND ANOTHERMEMBER, ARE IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA. MAS IN LIMA IN EARLY3 TO CONTACT "PERUVIANPOLITICAL LEASERS.) (FNU) IS IN LIMA. LLONA IS PROBABLY ISMAEL APU CENTRAL N ARGENTINE MEMBER OF THE MAPUWHO WASELD FOR ONB DAY, AND THEN RELEASED, BUENOS AIRES. RUMORS CIRCULATING

THATAS AN INFILTRATED PBNBTRATION AGENT WERE NOT TRUB.

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GAZMURI AND CARMEN GLORIA , WHOARE BELIEVED TO BB IN OR ON THEIR NAY TO CARMEN GLORIA , BELIEVED TO BB IDENTICALTOOK ASYLUM IN THE HOLY SEB EMBASSY AND IS NOW IN ROME. m

THAT GAZMURI "AS FREE AND WORKING AS AN ENGINEER IN SANTIAGO, BUT THAT AS OFOVEMBER GAZMURI HAD GONE INTO HIDING.)

il JULIO MARTINEZ. HILEAN SPORTSIN PERU IN EARLY NOVEMBER TO SEEK SUPPORT FROM THE AMERICANALLIANCE (APRA) FOR THE CHILEAN

| TK[ CHILEAN LEFT IS ALREADY PREPARING AN UPRISING. GOVERNMENT IS EXILING PEOPLE,OTHERS ARECHILE FROM BOLIVIA AND ARGENTINA.HEAND ARE PROVOKING INCREASING DISSATISFACTION WITH THETHE REPRESSION IS SO HARSH THAT EVEN SOME MILITARY AREIN DUE COURSE WILL JOIN THE CIVILIAN REBELLION AGAINST THEWAR WOULD BREAK OUT AND THE LEFT

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MOULD GET SUPPLIES FROM cuba AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA,XPECT NO HELP FROM THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT, SINCE ITS DISTRUST AND FEAR OP CHILEANS IS TOO GREAT.)

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