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STATUS OF MIR - 1975/11/26
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November 26, 1975
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PERCENT OF ITS TOTAL WARD-CORE MILITANCY IS LEFT INTACT IN
CHILE� THE MIR CALCULATES THAT ABOUT 90s MILITANTS OF ALL
LEVELS HAVE BEEN ErWER KILLED, ARRESTED OR HAVE DISAPPEARED.
WOW COMMENTS SANTIAGO EMBASSY AIRGRAm A-301 OF 20 DECEMBER
1972 ESTIMATED THAT THE MIR WAD ABOUT 800 HARD-CORE MILITANTS,
AN UPWARDS OF 20.000 SUPPORTERS IN ITS VARIOUS FRONT GROUPS,
BY THE HIP'S OWN ESTIMATE. IT MUST HAVE MAO JUST OVER 1000
MILITANTS AT TkE TimE OF TkE SEPTEMBER 1973 mILITARY TAKEOVER.)
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3. ONSIREEMIESSIMMED THE MILITANTS
KNOW OF ONLY THREE NATIONAL-LEVEL LEADERS WHO ARE STILL WORKING
UNDERGROUND IN CHILE. THEY ARE HERMAN AGUILO MARTINEt,
A MEMBER OF THE POLITICAL COMMISSION AND SECRETARY OF THE
SANTIAGO REGIONAL COMMITTEE) JUAN OLIVARES., MEMBER
*or THE SANTIAGO REGIONAL COMMITTEE AND OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE)
AND BARRAENTOS (FNU) (NOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED).
461111111111MilairSAID THAT AGUILO AND OLIvARES HAVE RISEN
TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AS A RESULT OF THE GAPS LEFT BY THE
CONTINUING ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES.
A, IN THE VIEW OF MIR MILITANTS. ANDRES PASCAL
ALLENDE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISCREDITED BECAdSE HIS DECISION
TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THE COSTA RICAN EMBASSY CONTRADICTS NIS_Oww
STATED PRINCIPLES AND HAKES Him SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC EXPULSION
FROM THE ORGANIZATION. JUST AS HE EXPELLED HUmBERTO
S 0T0MAY0 R. AFORMER MEMBER OF Tmi: POLITICAL COMMISSION.
WHEN THE LATTER SOUGHT ASYLUM IN OCTOBER 1974. IN CONTRAST,
MIR MILITANTS ACCEPT THE FACT THAT NELSON GUTIERRE Z,
THIRD IN COMMAND OF THE KIR, TOOK ASYLUM AT THE SAME TIME IN
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WITH SECURITY FORCES AND COULD NO LONGER TAKE CARE Of NINSEJ,
SIMMEMENIMSAID. THAT :SOTOMAYOR AND HIS FAMILY ARE'
CUBA.'wHERE HEISOMDERGOING A "REHABILITATION," PROCESS IN
CUBAN WORK
5. THE MIR BLAMES THE COMMUNIST PARTY Or CHILE (PCCH) FOR
THE MOST RECENT SUCCESSES OF THE SECURITY FORCES. MIR MILITANTS
ARE DONVINzED THAT THE DETENTION OF MANY PCQH MEMBERS IN
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER LED To NUMEROUS BETRAYALS OF THE MIR.
THE ARREST OF MARTIN HERNANDEZ VASQUEZ, PASCAL'S
BODYGUARD wHO ALSO HANDLED MUCH OF THE mIRIS FINANCES. WAS
ANOTHER KEY FACTOR. IIIMUMBEEMBEIMMIMINI
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6. immilIMMIN1110111111-REPORTED THAT As A RESULT OF
THE FOREGOING. MIR MILITANTS ARE FOLLOWING CURRENT ORDERS TO
RETREAT AND REORGANIZE. WITH CADRE-LEVEL LEADERS :ESCAPING .
FROM CHILE Ir AT ALL.PoSSIALE. HE ADDED THAT WHAT REMAINS or
THE PARTY LEADERSHIP HOPES TO BEGIN RESTRUCTURING THE
ORGANIZATION IN ARGENTINA. WITH THE HELP OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
COORDINATING JONIA (JCR).
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7. REFERRING 0AIN TO DISENCHANTMENT WITH ITS LEADEASOlgit
diENEMEIMENO SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED BY
THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT PUBLICATION OF A LETTER EXCHANGE
BETWEEN PASCAL AND SOTOMAYOR IN WHICH THE LATTER ACCUSED
PASCAL OF MISUSING U.S. ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF PARTY FUNDS.
PUBLICATION OF THE LETTER CAME ON THE HEELS OF INFORMATION
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CASTIL,L Oo FORMER COMMON�LAW WIFE OF DECEASED MIR
SECRETARY GENERAL MIGUEL ENRIQUE2. AND FRENCH
REVOLUTIONARY REGIS DEBRAY WERE LIVINGAVERY HIGH LIFE
FRANCE; PAID FOR BY MIR FUNDS. THE COMBINATION
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OF INTERNAL MIR CHARGES AGAINST CASTILLO AND DEBRA? AN6 'THE
REVELATIONS IN THE PASCAL/SOTOMAYOR LETTER EXCHANGE REPRESENTS
STRONGLY CONVINCING EVIDENCE IN THE VIEW OF MIR MILITANTS.
THEY ESTIMATE THAT EVEN IF PORTIONS OF THE LETTERS PUBLISHED
BY THE GOVERNMENT WERE SPURIOUS, THE ESSENCE OF THE
CORRESPONDENCE WAS PROBABLY TRUE.
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CHILE, THEY MAINTAIN THAT DESPITE THE MIR1$ BRAY'S FRONT AND
TALK OF RETREATING TO REORGANIEE AND FORM A UNITED NATIONAL
�i13ISTANC1 . COMMAND (CNR) IN CHILE. THE FACt IS THAT THE MIR
NO LONGER HAS A LEADERSHIP GROUP WITH SUFFICIENT CREDENTIALS
TO MAINTAIN AND ATTRACT THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED
ACTIVITY, IN ADDITION, THE SCANDAL OVER FINANCES MEANS IT
IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS WILL BE
FORTHCOXING WITH CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THF ORGANIEATION,
411111, COMMENT: THE FOREGOING REASONING LEADS NON-VIOLENT
LEFTIST POLITICAL LEADERS TO'BE CONCERNED THAT THE REMNANTS OF
THE MIR WILL GRAVITATE BACK TOWARD THE MORE RADICAL SECTORS
Of THE TRADITIONAL PARTIES, WITH THIS THOUGHT IN MIND, THE
PCCH RECENTLY CIRCULATED AN INTERNAL COMMUNIQUE CASTIGATING
THE MIR LEADERSHIP, ITS PRINCIPLES AND TACTICS, AND WARNING
PARTY MOWERS TO .(iE VIGILANT TOWARD ANY INFILTRATION OF FORMGA
MIR MILITANTS INTO THE PARTY)
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MENEREMERMIIPMHAT THE MIR HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY
DAMAGED BY THE ASYLUM OF PASCAL AND GuTIEPRE2, AND THAT THE BASES
ARE NOW ISOLATED0141111111SAID THAT ALL CONTACT WILL BE BROKEN
FOR AT LEAST ,THE NEXT FIVE TO SIX MONTHS.. 411111111 ESTIMATED,
HOWEVER, THAT IN FACT IT WILL BE AT LEAST A YEAR OR MORE�BEFORE
THE MIR IS ABLE TO REORGANIZE TO THE STRENGTH IT HAD TWO OR
THREE MONTHS AGO, WHEN IT WAS AT LEAST ENGAGING IN ACTS OF
ARMED PROPAGANDA, Hfr ADDED THAT THE BASES ARE FRIGHTENED,
OUT MORE IMPORTANT THEY ARE DISGUSTED OVER THE ATTITUDE OF
THEIR LEADERS IN SEEKING ASYLUM. MIR MILITANTS ARE ALSO AWARE
THAT THE PS HAS ISSUED ORDERS TO ITS MEMBERS To BREAK ALL
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