MARCH ELECTIONS

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CIA-RDP78-04864A000100010008-0
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RIFPUB
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C
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2
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December 20, 2016
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December 16, 1998
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8
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Publication Date: 
May 7, 1998
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IR
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Approved For Release 2007/07/25: CIA-RDP78-04864A000100010008-0 J1 (/ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP INTELLIGENCE REPORT COUNTRY Colombia S .'ECT March Elections ORION Bogota EVALUATION OF SOURCE Documentary C OMP- E7ELY LY FAIRLY NOT USU ALLY ANNOT BE LE REUABLE RELIABLE RABLE UDGED Nit-1 AT: Documen t arg lift). 23 Apu-i: 194'01ST. 30 11PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT CONFIRMED OTHER BOOR PROBABLY TRUE POSSIBLY TRUE DOUBTFUL IFRO8AbLCd NOT NE FALSE III!MED SILL l CE Within CIG The following information, reportedly- foreign broadcast from Bogota, in Spanish Morse to North and South America 23 April 1947, concerns the;rch elections in Colombia: "The Cabinet named t othy by President Ospina Perez follows tie po1i t}r of nation l unity that has Naai preached by the present :fief ez a utive since he took office, with earl representation for both parties, since the 12 portfolios are divided among six Liberals and six Traditional Core srvatives . The fol].ouing Conservative Ministers- - Urdaneta ArbeiLez; Interior; Perez, Finance; Zuleta Angel, Education; and Davila Tel_o, Communicationskeep their portfolios. The other two Conservative in the Cabinet are Alejandro Cabal. Pombo, for Justice, and Taxis Igna. io Andrade, who is manager o?' EL SIGLO, ftr Public Works. "Among the aix Liberal Ministers, four belong to Jorge Eliecrr Gaitan's faction and two are followers cif Santos. The trio latter are Luis Lopez de Mesa, who retur to the portfolio of Foreign Affalis, and Fabio Lozano Lozano, ho gas Colombian Ambassador to Caracas, aiar. Minister0 "The four Gaitanista Ministers are the lawyer Jaramillo Arbeyass, Labor; the noted doctor Pedro Iliseo Cruz, Health; former Ministr and diplomat Moises Prieto, Economy; and Francisco de P. Vargas, Libzal arty boss of Bolivar Department, Mines and Petrolem. "In its general. lines the cabinet is well. received by the press and the public. The larger representation given the Gaitanista faction in the Liberal ranks is interpreted as a recognition of the elector l factssince in the last elections it received a sizable majority overthe opposing Liberal forces. "President Eduardo Sants, together with his wife, flew to the United States on his way to Earape. In statements to the press, 3ntofavored collaboration by the Lii~eral.s with the Ospina Perez Goverrt?suent in order to help meet the ~iL.fficult situation the country is in because of postwar problem"Santos will spend sera -al months in England and France. Approved For Release 2007/07/25: CIA-RDP78-04864A000100010008-0 Approved For Release 2007/07/25: CIA-RDP78-04864A000100010008-0 :GNFIDWNTIAL (AP) "The National Conservative Board answered, in a long mess:s e? addressed to the President of the Republic, an appeal on "a report of insults" sent a few days ago by the Liberal leader, Jorge Eaiteer GaItar. to President Ospina in. which Gaitan says that the Conservativ*s have created an atmosphere of anxiety which. disturbs the tranquility of tho country. The Conservative Directory notes chronologically the "Victirisf" of the Liberals in all the country beginning January 1947 - a list W :.ch adds up to 41 dead and hundreds of wounded." This document contains infor:-nt1t.on Of, A- irtp bhe national defens of the 'fit teed. wtatAs within the meaning of the v-spl -onage f ct , 5U s U.S.C. 31 and 32 as amended. ]ts trsngr,i!;sion or the revelation of its cont. nts in arevr m 81ntl P to an unauthori ,ed person is T rn?M Mt.