CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A017100120002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 18, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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18 September 1970
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18 September 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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CHILE: Latin American Christian Democratic leaders
eve an Allende government means a Communist
take-over. (Page 7)
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CHILE: Latin American Christian Democratic
leaders believe that an Allende government in
Chile means a Communist take-over and dictatorship.
The governing council of the Organization of
Christian Democrats of America (ODCA) visited
Santiago this week for an intensive look at the
effects of the defeat of the first Christian
Democratic government in the hemisphere. The
ODCA leaders unanimously rejected the argument
of defeated candidate.Radomiro Tomic that democ-
racy and the Chilean Christian Democratic Party
(PDC) would survive and even thrive if Salvador
Allende should become president. They accepted
President Frei's gloomy prediction that Allende
means Communism and dictatorship; they believe
the PDC is badly split and Frei's influence is
limited.
The ODCA leaders concluded that there was
little chance that the PDC will block Allende's
approval by Congress ;on 24 October. They also
fear that the Chilean case will be exploited to
argue that Christian Democracy only paves the
way for Communism.
The Christian Democratic developmental
organization called DESAL already has decided to
move its headquarters from Santiago to Caracas,
capital of the only other Christian Democratic
government in Latin America. The move is being
made because of fear of an Allende government
and the decision of DESAL's West German financial
backers to withhold funds if it remains in Chile_
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