CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A013400010003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 27, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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State Dept. review completed
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27 Marsh 1969
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Chile: President Frei believes the military's
traditionally apolitical attitude has changed.
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,CHILE PRESIDENT FREI BELIEVES THERE HAS BEEN
A CHANGE IN THE TRADITIONALLY APOLITICAL ATTITUDE
OF THE CHILEAN MILITARY?
F I HAS TOLD US AMBASSADOR KORRY THAT ON
EPARATE OCCASIONS HIGH-RANKING OFFICERS HAVE
SOUNDED OUT HIS CLOSE SUPPORTERS ON HOW FREI WOULD
REACT TO A COUP? HE SAID THAT THEY DID NOT WISH
TO SEE CHILE UNDER A MARXIST GOVERNMENTS AND THEY
FEARED THAT A VICTORY BY CONSERVATIVE FORMER PRESI-
JORGE ALESSANDRI WOULD PROVOKE LEFTIST REACTION
THAT WOULD LEAD TO CLASHES WITH THE POLICE.
FREI HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD NEVER APPROVE
OF A COUP TO PREVENT EITHER A MARXIST OR ALESSANDRI
FROM COMING TO POWER. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT
MILITARY DISCONTENT HAS ADVANCED BEYOND THE THINK-
ING AND TALKING STAGE. THE MILITARY AREA HOWEVER
PROBABLY PRESSING FREI FOR MODERNIZATION OF THEIR
EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE UPGRADING
OF EQUIPMENT IN NEIGHBORING ARGENTINA AND PERU.
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