STATUS OF MIR - 1975/11/26

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November 26, 1975
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Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 PAGE 1 1.5(0) DENIED IN FULL DOCUMENT DATED ,77/r A/01/ 7.5 APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: 3ug i i II* Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 Approved for Release: 2018110102C00345242 � � 5 4 3 1 erffigni. 40MONONSOMMIONNO, PAGE 2 OF 8 PAGES ...; .. � � consiaMINEMINIMIMEIIEWEIGIMMEINimmil 1.5 (C) 01111110 2 � MEMISSIMOSSEIWOLDEMINVENWIla .111111111111111111111THAT THE MIR ESTIMATES ABOUT 10 TO 15 - PERCENT OF ITS TOTAL WARD-CORE MILITANCY IS LEFT INTACT IN CHILE� THE MIR CALCULATES THAT ABOUT 90s MILITANTS OF ALL LEVELS HAVE BEEN ErWER KILLED, ARRESTED OR HAVE DISAPPEARED. WOW COMMENTS SANTIAGO EMBASSY AIRGRAm A-301 OF 20 DECEMBER 1972 ESTIMATED THAT THE MIR WAD ABOUT 800 HARD-CORE MILITANTS, AN UPWARDS OF 20.000 SUPPORTERS IN ITS VARIOUS FRONT GROUPS, BY THE HIP'S OWN ESTIMATE. IT MUST HAVE MAO JUST OVER 1000 MILITANTS AT TkE TimE OF TkE SEPTEMBER 1973 mILITARY TAKEOVER.) Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 4 3 2 1 4 � � � � Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 3. ONSIREEMIESSIMMED THE MILITANTS KNOW OF ONLY THREE NATIONAL-LEVEL LEADERS WHO ARE STILL WORKING UNDERGROUND IN CHILE. THEY ARE HERMAN AGUILO MARTINEt, A MEMBER OF THE POLITICAL COMMISSION AND SECRETARY OF THE SANTIAGO REGIONAL COMMITTEE) JUAN OLIVARES., MEMBER *or THE SANTIAGO REGIONAL COMMITTEE AND OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE) AND BARRAENTOS (FNU) (NOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED). 461111111111MilairSAID THAT AGUILO AND OLIvARES HAVE RISEN TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AS A RESULT OF THE GAPS LEFT BY THE CONTINUING ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES. A, IN THE VIEW OF MIR MILITANTS. ANDRES PASCAL ALLENDE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISCREDITED BECAdSE HIS DECISION TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THE COSTA RICAN EMBASSY CONTRADICTS NIS_Oww STATED PRINCIPLES AND HAKES Him SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC EXPULSION FROM THE ORGANIZATION. JUST AS HE EXPELLED HUmBERTO S 0T0MAY0 R. AFORMER MEMBER OF Tmi: POLITICAL COMMISSION. WHEN THE LATTER SOUGHT ASYLUM IN OCTOBER 1974. IN CONTRAST, MIR MILITANTS ACCEPT THE FACT THAT NELSON GUTIERRE Z, THIRD IN COMMAND OF THE KIR, TOOK ASYLUM AT THE SAME TIME IN 5 4 TME PAPAL NUNC1ATURE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN A SHOOTOUT 3 2 1 � SEIET Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 1.5(0) 5 4 3 2 4 3 2 1 .BIET �Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242- � 1111111111, e41111011111111111, ?AM 4 OF 8 PAGES WITH SECURITY FORCES AND COULD NO LONGER TAKE CARE Of NINSEJ, SIMMEMENIMSAID. THAT :SOTOMAYOR AND HIS FAMILY ARE' CUBA.'wHERE HEISOMDERGOING A "REHABILITATION," PROCESS IN CUBAN WORK 5. THE MIR BLAMES THE COMMUNIST PARTY Or CHILE (PCCH) FOR THE MOST RECENT SUCCESSES OF THE SECURITY FORCES. MIR MILITANTS ARE DONVINzED THAT THE DETENTION OF MANY PCQH MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER LED To NUMEROUS BETRAYALS OF THE MIR. THE ARREST OF MARTIN HERNANDEZ VASQUEZ, PASCAL'S BODYGUARD wHO ALSO HANDLED MUCH OF THE mIRIS FINANCES. WAS ANOTHER KEY FACTOR. IIIMUMBEEMBEIMMIMINI 4111111111111111106 6. immilIMMIN1110111111-REPORTED THAT As A RESULT OF THE FOREGOING. MIR MILITANTS ARE FOLLOWING CURRENT ORDERS TO RETREAT AND REORGANIZE. WITH CADRE-LEVEL LEADERS :ESCAPING . FROM CHILE Ir AT ALL.PoSSIALE. HE ADDED THAT WHAT REMAINS or THE PARTY LEADERSHIP HOPES TO BEGIN RESTRUCTURING THE ORGANIZATION IN ARGENTINA. WITH THE HELP OF THE REVOLUTIONARY COORDINATING JONIA (JCR). Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 1.5(0) 5 2 1 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242-- MI& 7. REFERRING 0AIN TO DISENCHANTMENT WITH ITS LEADEASOlgit diENEMEIMENO SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT PUBLICATION OF A LETTER EXCHANGE BETWEEN PASCAL AND SOTOMAYOR IN WHICH THE LATTER ACCUSED PASCAL OF MISUSING U.S. ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF PARTY FUNDS. PUBLICATION OF THE LETTER CAME ON THE HEELS OF INFORMATION I- THAT CARMEN CASTIL,L Oo FORMER COMMON�LAW WIFE OF DECEASED MIR SECRETARY GENERAL MIGUEL ENRIQUE2. AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY REGIS DEBRAY WERE LIVINGAVERY HIGH LIFE FRANCE; PAID FOR BY MIR FUNDS. THE COMBINATION � I . . OF INTERNAL MIR CHARGES AGAINST CASTILLO AND DEBRA? AN6 'THE REVELATIONS IN THE PASCAL/SOTOMAYOR LETTER EXCHANGE REPRESENTS STRONGLY CONVINCING EVIDENCE IN THE VIEW OF MIR MILITANTS. THEY ESTIMATE THAT EVEN IF PORTIONS OF THE LETTERS PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT WERE SPURIOUS, THE ESSENCE OF THE CORRESPONDENCE WAS PROBABLY TRUE. 8. -OPINED THAT THE MIR HAS BEEN EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED WITmIN _IA�������-� e....1������ Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 � 1.5(C) 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 Approved for Release. 2018/10/02 C00345242 'V....v...., � taisonsmaissinsump stf 41111111116 PAGE 6 Of 8 PAGES 1.5(c) CHILE, THEY MAINTAIN THAT DESPITE THE MIR1$ BRAY'S FRONT AND TALK OF RETREATING TO REORGANIEE AND FORM A UNITED NATIONAL �i13ISTANC1 . COMMAND (CNR) IN CHILE. THE FACt IS THAT THE MIR NO LONGER HAS A LEADERSHIP GROUP WITH SUFFICIENT CREDENTIALS TO MAINTAIN AND ATTRACT THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED ACTIVITY, IN ADDITION, THE SCANDAL OVER FINANCES MEANS IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS WILL BE FORTHCOXING WITH CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THF ORGANIEATION, 411111, COMMENT: THE FOREGOING REASONING LEADS NON-VIOLENT LEFTIST POLITICAL LEADERS TO'BE CONCERNED THAT THE REMNANTS OF THE MIR WILL GRAVITATE BACK TOWARD THE MORE RADICAL SECTORS Of THE TRADITIONAL PARTIES, WITH THIS THOUGHT IN MIND, THE PCCH RECENTLY CIRCULATED AN INTERNAL COMMUNIQUE CASTIGATING THE MIR LEADERSHIP, ITS PRINCIPLES AND TACTICS, AND WARNING PARTY MOWERS TO .(iE VIGILANT TOWARD ANY INFILTRATION OF FORMGA MIR MILITANTS INTO THE PARTY) � Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 5 4 3 2 1 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 11.1=110 01412M111.1111111* 5 4 3 2 1 � �le:� dWM sA ID MilMnIM 11. 1.5(c) MENEREMERMIIPMHAT THE MIR HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY THE ASYLUM OF PASCAL AND GuTIEPRE2, AND THAT THE BASES ARE NOW ISOLATED0141111111SAID THAT ALL CONTACT WILL BE BROKEN FOR AT LEAST ,THE NEXT FIVE TO SIX MONTHS.. 411111111 ESTIMATED, HOWEVER, THAT IN FACT IT WILL BE AT LEAST A YEAR OR MORE�BEFORE THE MIR IS ABLE TO REORGANIZE TO THE STRENGTH IT HAD TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO, WHEN IT WAS AT LEAST ENGAGING IN ACTS OF ARMED PROPAGANDA, Hfr ADDED THAT THE BASES ARE FRIGHTENED, OUT MORE IMPORTANT THEY ARE DISGUSTED OVER THE ATTITUDE OF THEIR LEADERS IN SEEKING ASYLUM. MIR MILITANTS ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THE PS HAS ISSUED ORDERS TO ITS MEMBERS To BREAK ALL 5 CONTACT WITH THE MIR, UNTIL THE SITUATION CLARIFIES. 4 3 2 SE/ET Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242 DENY IN TOTO 1.5(0) PACT Approved for Release: 2018/10/02 C00345242