THE SECURITY SITUATION IN URUGUAY

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2006
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• Publication Date: April 6, 1967
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Memorandum
The Security Situation in Uruguay
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6 April 1967
No. 0956/67
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
6 April 1967
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Security Situation in Uruguay
(Situa-f-l-dn--Repo--rT-Wu-m-lier- 29)
1. No new information has been received that
would change the conclusions reached in Special Na-
tional Intelligence Estimate 98-67, SECURITY CON-
DITIONS IN URUGUAY, 23 March 1967.
2. The Communist Party of Uruguay plans to
intensify its propaganda campaign this week/
For reasons of interna-
tional prestige the party considers the impact
abroad of its anti-summit activities almost as im-
portant as the domestic repercussions. Therefore,
the Communists are hoping to be able to produce
evidence of "police brutality" to add spice to
their world-wide propaganda effort.
3. The Uruguayan Government, for its part, has
issued a "Security and Protection" decree which pro-
vides for "any measures deemed necessary to maintain
order and guarantee the safety of visiting presidents."
Anti-summit demonstrations which do not create an
"atmosphere of general disorder" will probably be
permitted. For example, the Uruguayans may give
permission for the Communist-inspired march from
Montevideo to the Punta del Este area planned for
6 April in the belief that official authorization
would give the Communists a less effective propaganda
platform. Official permission to march into Punta
del Este itself would almost certainly be denied,
however, so the Communists may agree to stop out-
side the city. If they then were to attempt to enter
Punta del Este the police would be legally empowered
to stop them.
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 4. All electric power, water and telephone
service to Punta del Este was cut off for a few
hours on 2 April while work was done on the power
lines. This is an example of the city's vulner-
ability to power failure.
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