ATTEMPTS OF BOLIVIAN EXILES TO OBTAIN REFUGE IN FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN SANTIAGO.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002900490009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 6, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 25X1 A
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
1141FORIVIA11014 REF 01,1111 CD NO.
COUNTRY
Bolivia/Chile I
DATE DISTR.
6 July 1049
SUBJECT
Attempts of Bolivian Exiles to Obtain Refuge in
Foreign Embassies in Santiago.
NO. OF PAGES
1
PLACE
ACQUIRED
25X1 C
NO. OF ENCLS.
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DATE OF INFO.
25X1X
25X1A
SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1 A
REPORT NO.
After Raving been refused refuge in the Argentine Embassy in "hjatlago., Bolivian
exiles-Juan Lechin and P?ario Torrez have eluded the Chilean Investiruciones per-
.,
aonnel and have disappeared. Friends of Lechin and "2orrez in Santiago say that
they are low in funds.. and that they intended to return to Chiflon and Taloa
respectively.
2. The Argentine Embassy refused to grant refuge to the Bolivian exiles upon in-
structions from Buenos Aires, Lechin and Torrez then proceeded to the Uruguayan
and Brazilian Embassies which also refused to give them asylum.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
CONFIDENTIAL
CLASSIFICA71ON
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