REPORT THAT GOC LEADERS HAVE CRITICIZED THE DI FOR FAILING TO REVEAL ANY SPECIF

Created: 10/31/1972

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I. THE POPULAR UNITY GOVERNMENT HAS REGISTERED VITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION (DI. THE NATIONAL CIVIL POLICE) ITS DISPLEASURE VITHDI'S POLITICAL POLICE SECTION FOR FAILING TO REVEAL ANY SPECIFIC SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY RELATING TO THE CRISIS BROUGHT ON BY THE GENERAL STRIKE. GOVERNMENT LEADERS ARE CONVINCED THAT FOREIGNERS RESIDING IN CHILE ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANIPULATING THE STRIKE OR AT LEAST ARE COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH KEY CHILEANS IN THE CRISIS.

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLACED INCREASING PRESSURE ON THE

POLITICAL POLICE SECTION TO UNCOVER SOME EVIDENCE WHICH WOULD

LINK FOREIGNERS TO THE STRIKE, OR AT LEAST PROVIDE INFORMATION

WHICH WOULD DISCREDIT THE OPPOSITION. EFLECTION OF THE

GOVERNMENT'S DISPLEASURE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE POLITICAL *

POLICE SECTION, THE REPLACEMENT OF JUAN MAR CHANT,

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THE CURRENT HEAD, BY MARIO SILVA DOMINGUEZ, VHO HAS BEEN

THE DI PREFECT IN PUNTA ARENAS, WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEAR

FUTURE. ,mmm COMMENT* ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE DI LEADERSHIP,

EFFECTIVE IA OCTOBER, WAS THE TRANSFER OF JULIO D A

JIMENEZ FROMHERE HE WAS THE LOCALO

SANTIAGO, WHERE HE WILL ASSUME THE POSITION OF DI HEAD FOR

SANTIAGO PROVINCE. ALTHOUGH KNOWN TO SYMPATHIZE WITH THE

OPPOSITION, RADA RECEIVED HIS NEW ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE OF HIS

DEMONSTRATED'PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES. THE OFFICER WHOM RADA

REPLACED, ELIEZER NAVARRO, WILL ASSUME THE

DUTIES OF DI SUB-DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR SERVICES.) W COMMENT!

ACCORDING TO "EL MERCURO* OFCTOBER, SAMUEL R,

RESPONSIBLE OFFICER FOR THE SELF-DEFENSE AND PARAMILITARY

APPARATUS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHILE <PCCH), HAS BEEN

NAMED SUB-DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE DI.)

EXERCISE GREATER FOREIGNERS

CHILE, DI HAS ADDEDDMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES TO ITS FOREIGNERS SECTION. THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS, HAS ALSO ASKED THE ARMY TO ASSIST IN THE TASK OF CONTROLLING AND REGISTERING FOREIGNERS, TO INCLUDE DETERMINING THEIR STATUS AND EMPLOYMENT SITUATION. THOSE FOREIGNERS, INCLUDING CUBANS AND URUGUYANS, FOUND TO BE ILLEGALLY EMPLOYED WILL BE EXPELLED FROM CHILE. 4BBBBW COMMENT* IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNMENT VISKED TO INVOLVE THE ARMY IN THE INVESTIGATION OF FOREIGNERS IN ORDER THAT SHOULD EXPULSIONS BECOME NECESSARY, THE ARMY, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT, WOULD HAVE TO SHARE THE REPERCUSSIONS.)

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