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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-1-42-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: September 4, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/10/22: LOC-HAK-550-1-42-3
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U.S. Ait}BASSADOR"S MEETING WITH SWEDISH PRIME MINISTE PALNE<
AMBASSADOR STRAUSZ-HUPE HAD A LONG, AMICABLE CONVERSATION COVERING
A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS WITH PRIME MINISTER PALiIE ON AUGUST 26. THE
IME ?1INI TER SAID THAT HE WAS GRATIF14) DY THE REAFFIRMATION OF
THE CONTINUITY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, AND EXPRESSED PLEASURE
AT THE NOMINATION OF MR. ROCKEFELLER AS VICE PRESIDENT.
DISCUSSING HIS SPEECH AT PITS-A ON AUGUST' 4,, PALNE SAID THAT THE
SOVIET PRESS HAD SEVERELY CRITICU ED THE SPEECH BECAUSE OF ITS
ALLEGED CRITICISM OF SUPERPOWER DO; INAT.IOAN AND ITS ESPOUSAL OF
THE CHINESE POSITION ON THE Dot' INANCE OF THE VESTED BUREAUCRACY
IN THE SOVIET UNION. HE ALSO MUTED THAT RE HAD RECEIVED MUCH
CT; ITICISM FOR HIS VIEWS IN THE SPEECH ON T,`-HE EXISTENCE OF THE
SUPERPOWER CONDOMINIUM AND ITS THREAT TO SMALL NATIONS, E" E AS-
SE,RTED THAT HE HAD NOT -FEMANT THAI SMALL NATIONS WERE ALTOG ETHER
PF EVx: NT ELI Fri OM CHANGING THE STATUS QUO BECAUSE OF SUPERPOWER
INTERVENTION. HE ADDED THAT UND::H THE DETENTE POLICY SMALL
POWERS REALLY HAVE MORE LATITUIE: TO CHANGE :SITUATIONS UNFAVORABLE
TO THEE BECAUSE THEY KNOW TH?~ GREAT POWERS WILL INTERVENE AFTER
A CERTAIN POINT TO SETTU: THE.F?ISHLPTE:. RE. SAID THIS IS THAT
SADAT DID.
PILCMFE, WHO JUST ML) CONCLUDED A MEETING WITH FINNISH ?RIAE'
t1INISTEE SORSA CON AN OFFICIAL VISSIT TL SW.DEiN)NOTED THAT
FINNISH-SWEDISH TRADE IS ?INCREASI.iG TO THE POINT THAT IT IS
ROUGHLY EQUAL TO THAT OF FINLA#ND"S TRADE WITH THE SOVIET UNION,
ACCORDING TO PALME, THE FINNS WANT CLOSER RELATIONS NOT ONLY WITH
rEDEN, 3UT WITH ALL NOHUIC COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THEIR
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WESTERN TIES AND THUS BALANCE THEIR RFL1TI0NSHIP WITH MOSCOW,
AMBASSADOR STRR;AbSZ-HUPE NOTt S THAT PALM E' S APPEARANCE SFAS IN-
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/10/22: LOC-HAK-550-1-42-3
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/10/22: LOC-HAK-550-1-42-3
I-TiOVED SINCE JUNE AND THAI' Fh: APPEARS TO BE ENJOYING TI': ATTENTION
HIS 8ECENT SPEECHES ON FOREIGN POLICY HAVE RECEIVED. THE AiMf.DAS-
SADOR OBSEF V1 S THAT IT IS INDICATIVE OF T11,-, GOOD R1:LATfO,#qS1(1?
RECENTLY 1. STABLISHEDD ?HAT, ALTHOUGH THE IPI.I,1E i INI TER HAD BTiIEN
BUSY WITH OFFICIAL GUEST SGF'SA, HE NEVERTHELESS AGF EED TO (EET THE
AMBASSADOR THE SAME DAY THE 1~k tli 77 WAS '1ADE.
ANNIVERSARY OF ALLEC41JE OVEF i HP'O) AND 1ILIT AF Y TAKEOVER vi CHILE'
THE Ci$ILEAN GOVERt%,1LJ,,)T HA ; TI(;li:l;i'I SECURITY i1EASUAES IN ANTICI-
PATION OF POSSIBLE LEFTIST VICiLENCE. ON SEPTEMBER R 11, THE ACd1:IVE4'
SARY OF ALLENDE'S OVE:RTf1JOW. ;E;TxC)N IUI POLICE SWEEPS AND MASS
ARJiESTS OF "CRIMINAL ELEMENTS," PtMiA3LY AIDED IN PART AT FERRE lNO
OUT LEFTISTS, BEGAN IN i,111 )-JULY AND WILL PROBABLY INTENSIFY AS THE
ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES. TH NCV,8%',R OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR SE-
CURITY REASONS HAS RISEN MARKEDLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF i,1ONIHS
Af'MD THERE APPARENTLY HAVE BEEN S0i'E RECENT INCIDENTS OF FIELD
LEVEL VIOLATIONS OF THE COVEIRNME JT".a OFFICIAL. POLICY AGAINST
SUMIM?AHY EXECUTIONS -- FOR #XA;iPL :, THOSE CASES REPORTED BY
NOVITSXI IN THE WASHINGTON POST.. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WITH THE
SUPFOF T OF OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS, HAS GIVEN JUNTA PRESIDENT
PIN0011T A DOCUMENT CALLING UPON THE GOVERNMENT, IN CONJUNCTION
WITH TF?u ANNIVERSARY, TO LIFT THE STATE OF ' w A { , PARDON i1ANY ) i
TAINEES'; AND REVIEW MILITARY TRIUUNhhL SENTENCES AGAINST OT3;Ei S,,
IT IS POSSIBLE: THAT PINOCHET 0AY +'1A)HE. ACME STATEMENT OR ANNOUNCE-
NE:CNT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
WORLD POPULATION CONFERENCE: THE U.S. DELEGATION HAS REPORTED
ON THE RESULTS OF THE WORLD POPULATION CONFERENCE WHICH t.;ON-
C ..UDED AUGUST 30 IN LUCHAREST. A POPULATION PLAN OF ACTION WAS
ADOPTED WITHOUT VOTE AND 3Y AGCLAOATION IN PLENARY SESSION, Am)
ALL BASIC U