POSSIBLE PLANS OF CHILEAN ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION (ELN) TO KIDNAP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABROAD - 1975/01/27

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: CHILE-I
• Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Keywords: PINOCHET
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00345116
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: January 27, 1975

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to THE CHILEAN ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION (ELN) PLANS TO
KIDNAP CHILEAN AMBASSADORS AND OTHER HIGH�RANKIND CHILEAN OFFICIALS
POSTED,IN CERTAIN UNSPECIFIED LATIN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
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'TO BE EXCHANGED FOR. ELN.M/LITANTS IMPRISONED IN CHILE, TO ASSIST IN
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.THiSE'PLANS. 1HE'ELN.INTENDS TO REQUEST FINANCIAL AND LOGISTICAL
SUPPORT FROM THE:TROTSKYITE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL. IN THIS REGARD,
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WHO IS A LEADER .OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL. HAS PROMISED A SYMPA�
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TWETIC NEARING Or THE ELN PLAN.- FURTHERMORE, MANDEL IS PROVIDING:
FUNDS FOR THE TRAVEL' OF ELN LEADERS TO PARIS IN EARLY 1979 TO MEET
WITH THE TROTSKY ITE AND LEADERS OF OTHER RADICAL CHILEAN PARTIES
AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. MANDEL HAS ALSO PROMISED TO PLACE
THE PRINTING FACILITIES OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL AT THE UN'S'
DISPOSAL.:
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2. WITH REGARD.TO THE ELN'S ACTIVITIES INSIDE CHILE. THERE
ARE APPROXIMATELY 12 MILITANTS WITH A CACHE OF ARMS AND APPROXI-
MATELY 14 MILLION ESCUDOS (US$7,000) WHO ARE ACTIVE IN SANTIAGO
TRYING TO OROANIZE.A GUERRILLA UNIT WITH DISSIDENTS FROM THE COM-
MUNIST AND SOCIALIST PARTIES OF CHILE AND THE MOVEMENT Or THE REVO-
LUTIONARY LEFT (MIR), MODEST RESULTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IU THESE
.EFFORTS AS YOUNGER, MORE RADICAL MEMBERS OF THESE PARTIES HAVE BE-
COME CONVINCED OF THE FUTILITY OF THE BROAD-BASED POLITICAL. ANTI-
FASCIST FRONT THEIR PARTY LEADERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO ORGANIZE. OM
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11110111111111111. THESE GROUPS ARE TASKED WITH OVA IN INC FINAN�
CI AL BACKING AND MANPOWER FOR THE ELN FROM ARGENTINE EXTREMISTS,
AS WELL AS URUGUAYAN AND CHILEAN EXILES IN ARGENTINA, ALSO/ THE
ELN INTENDS TO ESTABLISH IN CARACAS. VENUULELA� A BASE FOR THE
SUPPORT OF GUERRILLA ACTIVITY IN CHILE WHEN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FOR THE ELN IS RECEIVED FROM THE VENEZUELAN SANDERA ROJA GUERRILLA
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