CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A023000070002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 20, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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CHILE: Santiago remains calm, but strike outcome
continues to be uncertain. (Page 7)
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C CHILE: Santiago is calm on the surface, but
both tie-government and the strikers are determined
to force a solution favorable to their interests.
Many stores and schools are open, and supplies
of food and fuel are increasing, according to the
US Embassy and press reports. Government leaders
are declaring that the situation is returning to a
state of normalcy. Police have replaced army troops
guarding important installations, and street vio-
lence has diminished.
Yesterday, however, the government took over
some major commercial establishments, including
downtown department stores, retail food markets, a
large construction company, the only remaining pri-
vate wholesale food distributor, and the American-
owned Dow Chemical plant. This move will put added
pressure on businessmen to end the strike on the
government's terms, but some opposition leaders are
seeking additional resources to expand the protest.
Supporting the businessmen, bus companies have
voted to go out on strike, reversing a previous
promise to the government. Some white-collar unions
also decided to join the strike today.
The army,
however, shows no signs ot wavering trom its deter-
mination to defend the Allende government and to
suppress the strike that it considers illegal.
In a dispassionate speech delivered late on
18 October, President Allende promised the nation
that there would be free elections as long as he
remained in office, and that those who sought to
overthrow him could not "reverse history." He
called for citizens to close ranks in the face of
external aggression from the Kennecott copper cor-
poration. This plea was answered by increased po-
litical, demands from strikers, who now insist on
the return of all the industries taken over yester-
day.
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