REPORT THAT THE "PORTOFINO GROUP," A CLANDESTINE, PARAMILITARY ORG, HAD BROKEN

Created: 11/12/1970

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THAT

T0FIN0 GROUP,"LANDESTINE, PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION,

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HAD BROKEN ITS TIES WITH THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CHILE (PS),

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ALSO STATED THAT THET0FIN0 GROUP* HAD NOT AS OF THAT TIMEORMAL NAME FOR ITS ORGANIZATION. THIS GROUP HAS

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NOV SELECTED THE NAME OF THE MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARI0 MANUEL

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ARE TWO WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS OBJECTIVE: ONE, TO GRANTAMNESTY TO ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,

THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT SINCE IT WOULD ENTAIL CONGRESSIONALASSAGE GENERAL AMNESTY LA..

POSSIBILITY WOULDRESIDENTIAL PARDON, BUT THIS COULD ONLY

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be granted to those vho have been arrested or sentenced for violations of the state internal security lav. those arrested for other-crimes could not be coveredresidential-pardon. -

4. mmm comments -el mercurio" 4nmbhmhbhmb carried the

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taBaiB^iaaVJ^JpAVHHHHHHJBHMBvjBVJBBVMm in his

letter novoa stated that he had resigned in0ommission appointed by the college of lawyers to investigate illegal measures used by chilean police authorities to obtain confessions. he said he had resigned because of the failure of the commission to take positive action. 'el mercuric mmm jj^bbjb) reported that the government has ordered the releaseumber of members of the leftist revolutionary movementho have been detained or sentenced for violation of the state internal security law. the article further statedumber of apprehension orders, based on violations of the security law, have also been voided. finally, the article said that vho have been sentenced or detained for other crimes would not be affected by the governmental decree pertaining to the security lav.)

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