ALLENDE SIGNS COPPER DECREE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-540-18-9-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2012
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 10, 1972
• Content Type: MISC

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ETWEEN SEPTEMBER 19 AND OCTOBER 2, 20 SOVIET TRANSPORTS CARRIED
UNIDENTIFIED CARGOES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AIR DEFENSE MISSILE EQUIP-
ME NT, WHILE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AVAILABLE THAT SPECIFICALLY POINTS
TO A FURTHER AIRLIFT, THE HALT OF THE FLIGHT OF OCTOBER 2 MAY BE
ONLY TEMPORARY.
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-.LENDE SIGNS COPPER DECREE: ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, PRESIDENT
ALLENDE SIGNED A DECREE LAST NIGHT GIVING CHILE COMPLETE CONTROL
OVER THE SALE OF ITS COPPER IN RESPONSE TO THE "IMPERIALIST INSO-
LENCE" OF THE AMERICA N?OWNED KENNECOTT CORPORATION. ALLENDE TOLD
THOUSANDS OF CHEERING SUPPORTERS AT A RALLY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
PALACE PLAZA THAT THE SALE OF COPPER "IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE
CHILEAN STATE." HE ALSO SIGNED DECREES CREATING ADVISORY COMMIS-
SIONS ON THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF COPPER AND ON LEGAL PROBLEMS
STEMMING FROM THE NATIONALIZATION OF THE MINERAL IN JULY, 1971.
SENSITIVE
CONTAINS CODEWORD
ection to Declassification in Full 2012/09/05: LOC-HAK-540-18-9-3