CHILEAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS URGE UN MEMBERSHIP FOR RED CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00967A001000030008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 6, 1966
• Content Type: NOTES

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6 September 1966
SUBJECT: Chilean Christian Democrats Urge UN Membership for
Red China
During their recent National Congress the Chilean Christian
Democrats approved a general policy statement urging Red China's
entry into the UN. Since the statement was proposed by the
"Official" faction directly supported by President Frei, the
statement probably had his support. As a result we can expect
Chile at least to abstain and perhaps to vote for admission of
Red China the next time the issue is raised in the UN.
1. On 28 August the National Congress of President Frei's
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) approved a general policy state-
ment declaring that the entry of Communist China in the UN was
"fundamental to ensure the principle of universality." The
statement also condemned the "confrontation of the great Powers"
in Vietnam and proclaimed "negotiations with the participation
of all groups in conflict" as the only means of ending the war.
2. Since the PDC policy statement was sponsored by the
"official"group headed by PDC President and Sera for Patricio Alwyn,
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it probably was approved by President Frei. Frei had intervened
decisively in the Congress in support of Alwyn's moderate faction
against both the extreme left wing Gumucio-Perez "rebel" faction
and the "Third Position" Bosco-Parrs group. The "official"
grouph proposals were approved by 330 votes to 276 for the pre-
sumedly even more "neutralist" proposals of the Bosco-Parra faction.
3. These foreign policy statements probably were the mildest
that could have been approved by the PDC National Congress. The
Gumucio-Perez group has strong pro-Castro leanings and has shown
a willingness to cooperate with the Chilean Communists on both
domestic and foreign policies. The Frei leadership faced a real
challenge from younger PDC members dissatisfied with the slow
pace of enactment of the party's reform program. Apparently he
gave them a few bones in the foreign policy statements in the
interests of party harmony. We seriously doubt, however, that
these scraps will bng suffice.
4+. When the Chilean UN Representative abstained last year
in the UN vote on membership for Red China, Frei assured Embassy
Santiago that the action had been in defiance of instructions to
vote with the US. In view of the PDC statement we can expect the
Chilean representative at least to abstain again and perhaps to
vote for Red China's entry.
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