BOLIVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00875R001100100043-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2005
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: August 21, 1971
• Content Type: IM

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No. 1539/71
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
21 August 1971
BOLIVIA
(Situation Report as of 1830 EDT)
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1. Small arms firing is increasing in La Paz and there is the
danger that the US Embassy may be attacked.
2- President Torres w"s
given ano er ultimatum to leave the country at 1530 hours today.
Only the presidential guard in La Paz continues to support him
and weapons are being distributed by his supporters to anyone on
the streets of the capital willing to defend the regime.
3. The official radio network continues to broadcast
inflammatory orders, calling for violence against the rebel forces
and several clashes have occurred.
4. Although Torres-'military support is dissipating, his
support from leftist workers, miners and students appears firm.
Whether these people will fight for Torres, if he leaves the
country, remains to be seen but the prospect for further violence
is increasing. Already there are reports of casualties and the
radio is calling for doctors and nurses as well as medical supplies.
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