ASSURANCES OF PANAMANIAN CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT OMAR TORRIJOS HERRERA TO CHILEAN EXILE LEADERS THAT THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE MANDATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AD HOC COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Publication Date: February 14, 1977

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ASSURANCES (IF PANAMANIAN CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT
OmAR TORRIJOS HERRERA TO CHILEAN EXILE LEADERS
THAT THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT WILL VOTE IN
FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE MANDATE OF THE UNITED
NATIONS AD HOC COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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1, HORTENSIA BUSS!, WIDOW OF FORMER CHILEAN PRESIDENT
SALVADOR ALLENDE GOSSENS, RECENTLY RECEIVED A TELEGRAM
FROM CLODOMIRO ALMEYD As A CHILEAN SOCIALIST PARTY
LEADER IN EXILE. WHICH ASKED FOR HER HELP IN OBTAINING GUARANTEES
FROM GENERAL OmAR TORRIJOS HERRERA, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT
OF PANAMA, THAT THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT COOP) WOULD VOTE IN
FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE MANDATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AD HOC
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. ALmEYDA POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS
IMPERATIVE THAT THE COMMISSION, WHICH WILL MEET IN GENEVA DURING
FEBRUARY 1977, BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ITS INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CHILE,
2, ACCORDING TO BUSSI, THE MATTER HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF
BY GABRIEL GARCIA MAROUEi � THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN LEFTIST
COLOMBIAN AUTHOR WHO LIVES IN MEXICO, WHO HAS RECEIVED ASSURANCES
FROM TORRIJOS THAT THE GOP WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING THE
COMMISSION, GARCIA mARouez FIRST DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH
PANAMANIAN E ma ASSY OFFICIALS IN MEXICO AND, BECAUSE OF THE
SENSITIVITY OF THE HATTER, IT WAS DECIDED THAT A LETTER FOM
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BE HAND-CARRIED TO TURRIJOS IN PANAMA BY A MEMBER OF THE EMBASSY
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STAFF, A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS WAS DONE, GARCIA HARGUEE RECEIVED
A TELEPHONE CALL FROM ToRRIJOS, WHO SAID THE GOP WOULD VOTE FOR
THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMISSION'S MANDATE,
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