MEXICO CITY SITREP (DELETED)

Created: 8/16/1968

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OF TKT. ffTUDCRff POPULAT ION A3 TOSIBLt. TRTS SETTING IS CONDUCIVE TO THEHERAT IK| OF CONFLICT tS9 REPORTS, RUHORS AHD SPECULATION. ; IH THE FOLLCVIHO FARAORAPKS AREF CURRENT RE FORTS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE SOlffCES OF THIS INF OR HAT ION ARE REPORT TWO ACCURATELY BTTHIH THEIR 5PEHERES OF OBSERVAT 'ON, BUT IT IS HOT POSSIBLE AT THISIHE TO DETERMINE IF THEREIRM BASIN FOR ANT OIVEH ELEHENT OF Ip-YJHHAT ION,.

2. LEFTIST FORCEW SEHERAL LAZAROAS DEL RIO FRO HOT ED THE CURRENT WAVE OF SI IDE NT AG IT AT ION IH ORDER TO DISCREDIT LUIS ECHCVERRIA ALVAREZ, HIHISICfi OF GOVERNMENT ffl ALFONSO COR NONA Da ROSAL, -ATOM OF HEXICO CTTY, BOTH OF NOR ASPIRE TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. GARDE HAS* HOT IVE IN CHEATITUATION REQUIRING THE USE OF THE ARM TO RESTORE ORDER IS TO EHHAH2 TKE STATURE OF THE HTLTTARY SO THAI MINISTER OF DEFENSE MARCEL1NO SttCJA 5ABPAGAN AMD OTHER GENERALS VHC CVE THEIR RANXTO CARDENAS BILL. NETH THE SUPPORT OF CARDENAS AND ANOTHERDOLFO RUIZ CORTIREZ, BEOST IONDTT OAJAY TO HAMS THE NEXT PRESIDE Hf OF MEXICO.

ETTING Of THE STRIKE COWHTEE OF

THE OHA1 LAW SCHOOL.NA LETTER VAS HEAD FROMVAZQUEZ ROJAS, rUBITIVE POLITICAL LEADER FROM THE STATE OF BUERRiIRO, IN VHICH HE STATED THAT HE VAS IR THE NONTAINS OF GUERRERO VHHA GROUP PRE PARING FOR GUERRILLA ACT TOR. VAZQUEZ ROJAS ASKED) THE STUDENTS TO CONTimjE JHJTAI AQUTIOH IN THE URBAN AREAS VHICH VOULD BE AIDED BY GUiRRTLLa ACTION FROM THE RURAL AREAS. SOME LAV SCHOOL STUDENTS VRO ARE KNOV TO BE KEKBERS_OF THE COHRUNIST YOUTH OF PEXICO CJCT) COMMENTED AFTER THE READING OF THE LETTER THAT THIS - VOULD HELP THEIR ACTION OF THE SANE TYPE BEING PLANNED IN THE STATE OF CHIHMH-JA.

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THE SAOICA LEFT AhOW THE STLOENTS AT UMAHMPC

THAT THEOGCSfLEAR-CUT VICTORY FOR THEIR

CAUSEURN-OUT. AT THE tCHOOL OF POLITICAL SClESCEa

VHTCH IS STILL CONTROLLED BY THE LEFT 1ST, THEREEHERAL"

AS9EHELYoQUST, TMT THEFT. OF VHTCH VAS THAT THE DEHO**-

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THE COUHTRY THANLD LETT 1ST PARTIES. NT S

PRESENT AT THIS ASSEMBLY CALLEDTRUE HAR XI ST-ACT IVI ST

HEY PIDUCULEO THE POPULAR SOCIALIST PARTY (PPSJ AND

CALLED THEfEXICAM COMMUNIST PARTY <PCTO TtPlO". "TOVTH SHOULD

TRY TO FORH ITS OVH PARTY, LED BTKET CLAIPED. AT UNA-,

LEFTIST STLDENT LEADERS ARE PROVIDED VITH PER HA NE NT* OF THESERE XNOV TO HAVE 2EEN APTO DUR1M3 THE

U0*iSTDErONSTRATPE STILL IN POSSESSION OF TRIiR

VEA?OKS."VPOLICE ARE TRYING TO OETEEPIHE THE SOURCES DP

MASSESDEHT PROPAGANDA AND TO STOP THE FLOV OF IT, BUT THE

AJORITY OF TKE MATERIAL IS BTXHB PRINTEDAT CHAM OR AT

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CVZKAL ASSEMBLY of THE SCHOU of

POLITICAL SC.ENCE AT UNAN, STUDENTS AGREED TO CONTINUE THEIR sir XL,. THE STRIKEHE PROFESSORS* COORDINATING COMMITTEE ARE ATTEMPT 1H3 TOXEIINB IN ORDER TOEWEST FOR AN AUDIENCE WITH WESTDSHT GUSTAVO DIAZ ORDAZ. st'-OENT BRIGADES were TOLD TO CCNT INUE THEIR I'ORX OF TAKING THE STUDENTS4 CAUSE TO VORXERS ir ORDER TO OBTAIN PORAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. BRIGADES WILL BE SENT ALSO TC EDUCAT IONAL_JJISIJrjg ION'S THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOP THE SAME PURPOSE.

he mexican workers' confederation <ctn> leadership has

Ruled that hcxtcan labor will not sufport the students or participate inaH3, r.it represeniatives of

labor who participated in the ugsut demonstration were

petroleum workers who are members of one of the "partacus" lea3ues. there mat in the future be small communist labor cell

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RME or THE STUDEfT LEADER! WOULD VE^TRUE TO PREDICT FUTURE GOVERNMENT STEPS WITH RESPECT TO TW CURRENT PROBLEM. ALL OF THEM EXPRESSED THETHAT DIAZ ORDAZ HAS HANDLED THE SITUATION BADLY AND THAT HE IS WEAK AND THE ARMY IS STRONG) THAT CORONA OEL ROSAL WILL CDMTIRUE OFFERING -FALSEUT THAT HISED UP INLOT.- NOSE OF THE ST IErNT LEADERS COULD ELABORATE ON -THE PLOT.- THEY WERE CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT ft ITS FAILURE TOEFINITE STATNENT ON RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STUDENTGITK, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS CREATED AN AMBIENT WHERE RUMORSITUATION WHICH HAS PROVIDED CONSIDERABLE AID TO FRO-CORHUHISI STUDENTJ

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