THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 08 SEPTEMBER 1973 (CHILE ARTICLE ONLY)

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 07079876
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: August 24, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2023
• Publication Date: September 8, 1973

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The President's
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8 September 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
8 September 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Cambodia,
(Page 1)
The North Vietnamese are bui din
will enable them to resupply the
Vietnam and Cambodia virtually w
weather. (Page 2)
ads in Laos that
ces in South
ut regard to the
EC political directors, in preparation for President
Nixon's visit to Europe, made some progress this week
toward a draft declaration on US-EC relations.
(Page 3)
A number of reports have been received from Chile
indicating the possibility of an early military
coup attempt. (Page 4)
Libya has laid a minefield outside its territorial
waters. (Page 5)
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CHILE
A number of reports have been received fr
Chile indicating the Possibility of an oarlv ml
tary coup attempt.
unrest centers in the navy, whose per-
sonne1 have been on edge about the imminent naming
of a new service chief. Navy men plotting to over-
throw the government now claim army and air force
support.
There is no evidence of a coordinated tri-
service coup plan. Army generals in
fact. ZateZu have been talking
of ways of building
tnterservtce unity with a view to increas-
ing the military's influence on the gov-
ernment. Should hotheads in the navy act
in the belief they will automatically
receive support from the other services,
they could find themselves isolated.
There are also indications that naval officers
could be planning joint anti-government actions with
militant civilian opponents of the regime. The far-
rightist Fatherland and Freedom Movement has been
blocking roads and provoking clashes with the na-
tional police, adding to the tension caused by con-
tinuing strikes and opposition political moves.
President Allende
earlier this week
said he
believed the armed forces will ask for his resigna-
tion if he does not change his economic and polit-
ical policies. He raised the prospect of an "armed
confrontation" between his followers and the mili-
tary. Allende said his supporters do not have
enough weapons to prevail in such an event and that
it would do no good to try to distribute more arms
now, since the military would not permit it. He
concluded that the only solution is a "political
one."
Allende seemed to be trying to convince
that the situation is se-
rious and requires cautious handling, and
that some tactical political retreats may
be in order. He is worried about the
sustained opposition pressures against
him and, especially, about the intentions
of the military.
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