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Department of State TELEGRAM

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INFO OCT-01 SS-14 CPR-02 SY-03 USSS-00 NSC-10 CIAE-00
DODE-00 INR-06 NSAE-00 L-03 RSC-01 USIA-12 PRS-01

RSR-01 /070 W 016973.

P 162241Z MAY 72
FM AMEHBASSY SANTIAGO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1236

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 2473

SUBJ: UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO CHILEAN EMBASSY. FONMIN STATEMENT

REF: SANTIAGO 2458

1. FOLLOWING IS OUR INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF STATEMENT UNNECESSARY
WORDS OMITTED) FONMIN UNDERSECRETARY PALMA GAVE PRESS EVENING
OF 15. QUOTE. CHILEAN AMBASSADOR IN US HAS INFORMED THIS
MINISTRY THAT OVER WEEKEND CHANCERY OF EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON
WAS ENTERED ILLEGALLY BY UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS WHO PRO-
CEEDED TO OPEN DESKS AND KARDEXES OF EMBASSY'S POLITICAL
AFFAIRS OFFICE.

CHANCERY OFFICES, IN ADDITION, WERE ENTERED ILLEGALLY
AT CONSIDERABLE SCALE. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED RE-
MOVAL OF DOCUMENTS, BOOKS, RADIOS, ETC. AS RESULT OF THESE SERIOUS
ACTS, CHILEAN AMB TO US ADVISED STATE DEPT WHICH EXPRESSED
ACTS, CHILEAN AMB TO US ADVISED STATE DEPT WHICH EXPRESSED
ITS DEEP REGRET AT WHAT HAD OCCURRED.

THIS AFTERNOON-UNDERSECRETARY CALLED IN US AMBASSADOR
TO EXPRESS GOVT'S CONCERN ABOUT SECURITY OF ITS DIPLOMATIC
MISSION IN US, REQUESTING RAPID AND RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION AS
WELL AS ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICE GUARD TO PREVENT REALIZATION OF
THESE(LAMENT ABUSES DISMANES).

FOR THIS PART OUR GOVT HAS ADOPTED MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD
SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND OBLIGATORY INVESTIGATION
(SUMARIO) HAS BEEN ORDERED. UNQUOTE.

2. VIRTUALLY ALL SANTIAGO DAILIES THIS MORNING CARRY TEXT OR
FAITHFUL SUMMARIES PALMA STATEMENT WITHOUT COMMENT OR FANCIFUL

UNCLASSIFIED 00380

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