CHILE BREAKS OFF CUBAN RELATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400130050-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: August 12, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

rr ]~ ~t he request bf Venezuela, which
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throe h terrorism, sabotage, , in-
CUBAN RELATID~IS~ filtration ahd the shipment' of
arms-had. attempf.ed to oger-
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llrulnca is stud in the issue and
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Santiago, Chile, Aug. 11~ t~ _ ~'elations only if the. OAS action
was submitted to the World Court
Chile has suspended diplomaticl.~t The Hague and the Court up-
relations with Communist Cuba, held its legality.
the Government ~ announced t.o- president Jorge Alessandri acted
night. .ilncjer sanctions voted in the face of threats frmn the
against Cuba by the foreibn min-.left that a break with C
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American States, Chile also may foc? .hvo hours wilh a delegation
be expected to cut off its '.trade of the Popular Action front,- an
relations with the Castro regime. alliance of Cai~munist and Social-
? Chile's action leaves only three~itit panics and minor groups.
Latin-.~merican nations still}^ fhe front supprn?ts Socialist Sen-
mai>taming relations with Cuba-N`I?r 6alvador Allende, a strong
~c?~aitcnrler in the Presidential elec-
D4exico, Eolivia and Uruguay: 'Minn to be held September 4.
I?'ailed To I1laterialize " . I-le is opposcd~ by Eduardo Frei.,
Threats of violence in Santia~n.~~?(the Christian Drmnc?ratic party,
and elsewhere in the cow~try prn_'j~i: moclcratc leftist .who is basi-~.
testing Ute Government's decisim~i;``~lly pro?1Vest. A third candidate,
[ailed to materialize toni;ht.,Tl'e~ liUllce chance a centrist, i~ given
Communist-dominated central of S .
Workers, Chile's biggest labor or-; Alessauch?i has no candidate and
so far his Gov.crnment has not
ganizatinri? announced it will hold ~ lal:ei7 a hand ic; the Nampaign.
a general. strike 'protesting the, Some sources had expected hfm. '
break with C
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ut no date to .delay the decision until after
way set. the elution to avoid any impact
1'hcre was no specific mention; Uie break might have on? the
of tr~ide in the Government an.l campaign. .
,ministers, ho+vever, had orderediSalomon Corbalan, chairman oi'
.bath a diplomatic and trade quay-'Aliende's campaign, said:
;amine of Cuba. - ~ "We told the President the for-
' ~ 1~ oodstuffs, Some Nitrates Leign ministers' agreement is iI-
Last year Child had a neac?IyilegdL'
Sf0,000,000 'trade .exchange with '"We also told him that for in-,
FIavana. It included mostly food- ternal political reasons, a d+iilo-
st.uffs and some nitrates in ex- matic break with Cuba tivould? be
change for Cuban sugar. The ex- mconvcnient.'
change was running about the Corbalan declined to give other
same this year. ,drlails of the discussion. But u+-
~formed sources said the front
The sanctions were voted~lcadcrs told ? the. President. that
against the Castro Government street violence and demonstra?
in Washington July ^S. lions niay tallow. They insisted
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GI' filer should stay +viti~ its old pol-; ~,. .
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