PERU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100070092-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: July 27, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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PERUVIAN PRESIDENT VELASCO'S GOVERNMENT SEIZED CONTROL OF
LIMA'S SEVEN DAILY NEWSPAPERS SATURDAY. THE DAILIES, BOTH
PRO- AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT, WILL BE PLACED UNDER THE OWNERSHIP AND
CONTROL OF VARIOUS PEASANT AND WORKER ORGANIZATIONS BACL:ING THE
MILITARY GOVERNMENT.
THE-GOVERNMENT WILL FIRMLY CONTROL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
TO RUN THE PAPERS. I1ODERATES IN THE GOVERNMENT WILL CRITICIZE
THE TAKEOVERS, !3UT THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
CHALLENGE VELASCO'S DECISION. IN HIS INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
SPEECH TO;'IORROW, VELASCO WILL PROBABLY TRY TO JUSTIFY HIS
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