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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 16032133
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2022
• Case Number: F-2019-02353
• Publication Date: September 26, 1970

Approved for Release: 2022/03/01 C01307259
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1.L:Santiago reported on a meeting between Frei and a
group of three key minister w o told him he stands in way
of a solution asked him to resign, and authorize them to
order army to intervene.
possibility of the
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Army attempting to sway
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3 r The Ambassador's response to the Department through
our channels indicates he taking steps to implement "economic
pressure campaign",._:7
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Soviets reporting �n develo in s tuat on n
on press and radio
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gmajor step was taken in the direction of increasing the
climate for a coup with the approval and funding of the",
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program. tentative moves were made in(b)(1)
soliciting assistance and in planning for
increasing economic pressures. .And additional intelligence M(3)
was collected about PDC internal maneuverings in connection
with a military coup
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ELatest reporting indicates that key PDC Ministers are con-
tinuing efforts to get Frei to have the military intervene-or
authorize them to order the military to make its move. Mean-
while Minister of Economy, Zaldivar'S public address describing
the rapid decline of the Chilean economy may have set the stage
for follow-up.economip_action.LAt least the Ambassador appears
to believe this and has already taken some steps to hasten this.
general economic decline.
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