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R 152326Z MAY 72
FM AWEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO SECSTATE WASHDX 1218

CONFIDENTIAL SANTIAGO 2450

SUBJECT: UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO CHILEAN EMBASSY

1. FOREIGN MINISTRY SUB-SECRETARY PALMA ASKED ME TO CALL ON
HIM TODAY AT 5:30 P.M. I JUST READ AP STORY FROM WASHINGTON
WHICH TOLD OF INCIDENT AT CHILEAN EMBASSY - AND KNEW WHAT TO
ABOUT UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO CHILEAN EMBASSY. AMBASSADOR'S OFFICE SHOWED SIGNS
EXPECT. PALMA EMBASSY - IN THAT A AMBASSADOR'S OFFICE SHOWED SIGNS
OF HAVING BEEN CAREFULLY SEARCHED FOR PAPERS WHILE VALUABLES
OF HAVING BEEN CAREFULLY SEARCHED FOR PAPERS WHILE VALUABLES
OF HAVING BEEN CAREFULLY SEARCHED FOR PAPERS WHILE VALUABLES
NOT SEEN TOUCHED. HE SAID CHILEAN GOVERNMENT ASSUMED MOTIVE
HAD BEEN POLITICAL FROM HIS OWN RECENT EXPERIENCE IN WASHINGTON'
PALMA SAID. HE KNEW PROTECTION GIVEN CHILEAN EMBASSY WAS LESS
EFFECTIVE THAN IT MIGHT BE. HE SAID CHILEAN GOVERNMENT MADE
SPECIAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT U.S. OFFICES AND RESIDENCES IN SANTIAGO -
IN PART BECAUSE OF DELICACY OF OUR RELATIONS - AND HE THOUGHT USG
SHOULD ALSO STRIVE TO GIVE CHILEAN OFFICES AND HOMES BETTER THAN
RUN-OF-THE-MILL PROTECTION. PALMA ASSURED ME THAT GOC HAS NO
DRIFT THAT THIS INCIDENT RE-MAGNIFIED. IN FACT, HE APPEARS
SLIGHTLY TAKEN ABACK WHEN I MENTIONED THAT INCIDENT WAS ALREADY
ON PRESS SERVICE WIRES.

2. I EXPRESSED REGRET THAT INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED AND THANKED
PALMA FOR REASSURANCE THAT U.S. OFFICES ARE RECEIVING. (CARABINEROS
SPOKE UP DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF CONSULATE A FEW HOURS AGO.)
I SAID I WOULD PASS ON GOC REQUEST FOR INCREASED PROTECTION.

STATE R4655 ARRIVED A FEW MOMENTS AGO. PALMA MADE NO
MENTION OF PROPERTY DAMAGE OR THEFT OF RADIO.

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