UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO CHILEAN EMBASSY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01430516
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: May 15, 1972

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SUBJ : ECT AoTHORIZED E MEi
N.TF" INTO CHILEAN E,ASSY
1. r(sPEIGRI mINISTRY SI.JSIRETAPY PALMA A'S'iFOTO CALL ON
.HIM TODAY AT 5s3ft P.M. JUT AD AP STJR.Y ',AcHINcTON
ABOUT U!!AOTHORI7E7- EN:fRY 1'11'7' CHILEAN EMBASSY .:AND KNEY WHAT TO
EXPErt. pALmA EmpHAZ..=r, TH.- AmBASSADOR,S OFFICE SHOWED Su:NS
op HAvik!G.BEFN,Ct.RFFULLY SE.7ACHED FoR PAPFRSTWHILE. VALUA-BLEs HAD
NOT 2FE/4'.TOUHED.HF SAID CHILEAN GOVERNMENT *SSUMED MOTIVE
HAD :::EE-POLITICAL. FROM HIS OWN RESENT EXPERIENCE. IN WASHINGTON.
PAL64;. sA1D, HE KNE,n PROTEETIIN CHILEAN EMBASSY WAS LESS
EFFTIvE THAN IT MIGHT BEiPE-SAID CHILEAN GOVERNMENT MADE
sPEcIAL E.EFO*4TIS :TO PROTECT- U.S:. OFFICES AND RESIDENCES IN SANTIAGO
IN P�t:PT BECA:JSE rF. DELICACY OF OUR qELATIONS ANr) HE THOUGHT USG
SHOMD ALSO .STRIVE TO GIVE CHILEAN liFFICES AND TimES BETTER THAN
RUN-7E-THE-MILL PROTEcTION. pALMA ASSURED ME THAT.G0c HLS -
DEs1;:F TAAT THIS INCIDENT BE mAGNIFIED. IN FACT, HE AR:ICARFr,.
SLIGTLY TAKEN ABACK WHEN I MENTIONED THAT INCIDENT WAS ALREADY
.0N PL:FSS SERVICE WIRES.
2. I EXPRESSED PEGRFT THAT TNCIPENT HAD OCCURRED AND THANKED
pALm.,/, FOR PR')TECTION U.S. OFFICES ARE RECEIN1NG. zcARAsINERnS
Br400.-AJP OcqINSTRAlION IN FRfINT OE CONSULATE A PEW HOURS AGn.)
I SAID I WOULD PASS ON GOC REOUFST EOR INCREASED PROTECTION.
sTATE 84695 ARRIVFD A FEW m0r1ENTs AGO. PALA MADE NO
MENTION OF PROPERTY DAMAGE OR THEFT OF RADIO.
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