CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A021400090002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 16, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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16 March 1972
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CHILE: Allende maneuvers to blunt military opposi-
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ILE: President Allende's assiduous attention
to t e military apparently continues to work to his
advantage.
The prospects that the Chilean military will
soon oust Allende are poor,j __f
sev-
eral recent shifts in key military assignments indi-
cate that Allende is ensuring that any coup attempt
would fail.
Allende will also renew his effort to include
at least one top military leader in the cabinet,
Such an appointment would
lend the prestige o ze military to Allende's poli-
cies and blunt potential military opposition but
would not strengthen the cabinet because Chilean
military officers are not well trained in political
and economic matters, as are their Peruvian counter-
parts.
Relations with the military have been a top
priority with Allende since the murder of the army
chief, on the eve of Allende's assumption of power,
rallied the armed forces to their role of defenders
of the constitution. He has flattered them, de-
fended them against critics, raised their pay, and
dealt deftly with their reluctance to be drawn
closely into many aspects of his administration.
Many in the military strongly resent Allende and
his Marxist policies and supporters. It seems cer-
tain, however, that the deep divisions and the inde-
cision now so apparent among all Chileans are re-
flected in the armed forces. Nevertheless, if the
power struggle n ht and left soon develops
into violence, the military
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and police will har be a =e to avoi taking
and
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