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SIT-IN AT ECI.A HF.ADQUAnTEKS IN CHILE

On June 14, a group off 24 women and two men repre-

scntlng families of individuals^dcLaincd by Chilean

authorities began a oit-in at the headquarters of the

UN's Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)
in Santiago, Chile. The whereabouts of the detainees
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is unkpown^ond~£h«r’dcmonaLraLorB arc demandings
(1) information on the welfare and whereabouts

of a list of individuals who have disappeared,
(2) entry into Chile of a special representative

of the UN Secretary Ccncral, and (3) assurances of
their own enfety.

Upon learning of the demonstrat Ion, Secretary

Ccncral Waldheim sent a cable to Chilean President

Pinochet asking that reassurances be given as to the

fate of the detainees. He also stated that an
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unconditional q^ument to roccivo a visit from the

Ad-Hoc Working Group on Human Eights in Chile would be

a constructive move.

In response to a request for support from Waldheim,
our Embassy in- Santiago toJ.d the Chief of Staff of the

Presidency that we hoped that Pinochet's response to
the Secretary General would be as forthcoming as

possible and that it would be considered in the context

of our recently initiated dialogue with the Chilean'

Government
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Pinochet's- initial reaction, as viewed by our

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