CHILE MOVING TROOPS TO THE PERUVIAN BORDER AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100090007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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DATE: SEPTEMBER 6,'1974
SUBJECT: CHILE MOiIING TROOPS TO THE PERUVIAN BORDER AREAY
CHILE'S REPORTED MOVEMENT OF SEVEN SANTIAGO-BASED ARMY UNITS
TO THE NORTH-ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH OF ITHE PERUVIAN BORDER--REFLECTS
THE FACT THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN CHILE AND PERU REMAIN TENSE DESPITE
RECENT MUTUAL PUBLIC PROTESTATIONS TO THE CONTRARY.Y
SANTIAGO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BELIEVE THAT A PERUVIAN ATTACK IS
IMMINENT AND THE TROOP MOVEMENTS MAY BE A PREPAREDNESS TEST RATHER
THAN PERMANENT REINFORCEMENT. REMOVAL OF SOME 3,500 TROOPS FROM THE
SANTIAGO AREA AT A?TIME WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT
POSSIBLE LEFTIST VIOLENCE ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY OF-PRESI-
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WHICHCHILEI'S MILITARY LEADERS VIEW THE THREAT OF A CONIFLICT
WITH PERU.Y
PERU, IF IT BECOMES AWARE OF THE TROOP MOVEMENTS, MIGHT
STRIKE AGAINST PERU. AT ANY RATE, THE'CHILEAN'MOVE IS LIKELY
INTERPRET THEM AS (PART OF A CHILEAN PLAN TO MAKE A PRE-EMPTIVE
TO PROMPT LIMA TO ACCELERATE ITS OWN ALREADY CONSIDERABLE MILITA1RY
BUILDUP IN THE BORDER AREA. {SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION:
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