ARA GUIDANCE/BRIEFING OF MARCH 15 1984

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• Publication Date: March 16, 1984
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SUBJECT: ARA GUIDANCE/BRIEFING OF MARCH 15. 1984
1. PREPARED PRESS GUIDANCES FOR NOON PRESS BRIEFING:
-- QUESTION TAKEN AT THE NOON PRESS BRIEFING OF MARCH 13,
1984: CHILE: RODOLFO SEGUEL --
0: RODOLFO SEGUEL WAS FIRED, OR DISMISSED BY THE
GOVERNMENT FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD OF THE COPPERWORKERS
CONFEDERATION. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT?
A: IT IS OUR UNDERSTADING THAT RODOLFO SEGUEL WILL
CONTINUE AS HEAD OF THE CHILEAN COPPERWORKERS
CONFEDERATION UNTIL THE TWO LEGAL CASES IN WHICH HE IS
CURRENTLY INVOLVED ARE SETTLED BY THE CHILEAN COURTS.
THOSE CASES RELATE TO HIS DISMISSAL BY CODELCO AND HIS
RE-ELECTION AS CTC HEAD.
/IS TiE~`ftPARTNNT INDICATED JUNE 1B, 1383 WE CONTINUE TO
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FOLLOW CLOSELY DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING FREE TRADE UNION
LEADERS AND HOPE AND EXPECT THAT MR. SEQUEL WILL ENJOY ALL
THE RIGHTS OF DUE PROCESS TO WHICH HE IS ENTITLED BY LAW.
(FOR THE SPOKESMAN: BACKGROUND AS FOLLOWS)
SEGUEL WAS DISMISSED BY CODELCO. THE CHILEAN STATE COPPER
CORPORATION, ON JULY 13, 1983 AFTER HE CLAIMED TO BE THE
INTELLECTUAL LEADER OF AN ILLEGAL STRIKE WHICH OCCURRED
JUNE 17, 1983. SEGUEL TOOK THE DISMISSAL TO THE CHILEAN
COURTS. ON MARCH 12 A LOWER COURT UPHELD THE DISMISSAL.
SEQUEL HAS INDICATED THAT HE INTENDS TO TAKE THE CASE TO
THE COURT OF APPEALS. AND IF NECESSARY, TO THE CHILEAN
SUPREME COURT.
DESPITE THE LOSS OF THE CASE IN THE LOWER COURT, SEGUEL
CONTINUES AS HEAD OF THE CTC AS THE RESULT OF A SEPARATE
COURT FINDING THAT SEQUEL WOULD CONTINUE IN HIS UNION
POSITION UNTIL THE COURT CASE ON HIS DISMISSAL IS SETTLED.
HOWEVER. ALSO ON MARCH 12, THE CHILEAN LABOR MINISTRY, AS
A SEPARATE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION. FOUND THAT SEGUEL'S
RE-ELECTION (BY UNION MEMBERS FOLLOWING EXPIRATION OF HIS
PREVIOUS ELECTED TERM) ON JANUARY 9, 1984 AS HEAD OF THE
COPPERWORKERS CONFEDERATION WAS ILLEGAL BECAUSE HE HAD
BEEN FIRED BY CODELCO AND WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE, AND BECAUSE
HE HAD FAILED TO PAY UNION DUES AND WAS, THEREFORE, NOT A
MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE BASE UNION. SEGUEL HAS
INDICATED THAT HE WILL AVAIL HIMSELF OF THE RIGHT TO
APPEAL THIS ADMINISTRATIVE FINDING TO THE CHILEAN COURTS.
THIS ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF
OVERRIDING THE COURT'S FINDING THAT SEQUEL COULD CONTINUE
AS CTC HEAD. HOWEVER, SEQUEL WILL CONTINUE AS HEAD UNTIL
THIS AND THE FIRST CASE ARE FULLY ADJUDICATED IN THE
CHILEAN COURTS.
-- EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLYMAN ASSASSINATED -
THIRD THIS YEAR --
0: DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR COMMENT ON THE REPORTED
ASSASSINATION OF A MEMBER OF EL SALVADOR'S LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY? HECTOR T. FLORES LARIN, A MEMBER OF THE NATINAL
CONCILIATION,,FARTY, WAS SHOT IN EL SALVADOR YESTERDAY. HE
IS THE THIRD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLYMAN TO BE ASSASSINATED
THIS YEAR.
A: OUR EMBASSY REPORTS THAT HECTOR FLORES LARIN, A MEMBER
OF THE SALVADORAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, REPRESENTING THE
NATIONAL CONCILIATION PARTY, WAS ASSASSINATED BY
UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN IN SAN SALVADOR YESTERDAY. NO GROUP
HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS COWARDLY ACT.
MR. FLORES LARIN IS THE THIRD SALVADORAN LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLYMAN TO BE ASSASSINATED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS
YEAR. IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE EARLIER CASES. (RICARDO
ARNOLDO POHL OF THE ARENA PARTY) A GUERRILLA ORGANIZATION
HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MURDER.
WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY DEPLORED POLITICAL VIOLENCE FROM
WHATEVER SOURCE. IN THESE SPECIFIC CASES, THE ATTACKS ARE
NOT ONLY AGAINST INDIVIDUALS. BUT AGAINST ONE OF THE BASIC
ORGANS THROUGH WHICH SALVADORAN CITIZENS ARE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE PROGRESS AND AN END TO VIOLENCE THROUGH DEMOCRACY
AND THE RULE OF LAW. WE CONDEMN SUCH ACTS IN THE
STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS.
0: DO YOU BELIEVE THE GUERRILLAS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
ASSASSINATION?
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A: AS I SAID, NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. OUR
EMBASSY WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE
CASES CLOSELY.
0: WHAT IS THE ORPARTMENT'S REACTION TO THE WAVE
AP YIe CC'S APPROVAL YESTERDAY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST FOR $93 MILLION IN MILITARY
ASSISTANCE FOR EL SALVADOR? (NYTIMES/WASHPOST/BALT.SUN)
A: AS THE WHITE HOUSE INDICATED YESTERDAY, "WE'RE PLEASED"
BY THE SENATE'S ACTION AS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO
"THE PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM FOR DEMOCRACY IN CENTRAL
AMERICA".
Q: DO YOU HA A REACTION TO THE HU P1t71 AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE ACTION YESTERDAY WHICH "PUT ASIDE THE ISSUE OF
AID TO CENTRAL AMERICA WHILE APPROVING A FOREIGN AID
PACKAGE THAT INCLUDED ... APPROVAL CAME ON A VOICE VOTE
AFTER THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO CONSIDER THE CENTRAL
AMERICAN PART SEPARATELY.- (DAYRES/NYTIMES)
A: WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THE HOUSE ACTION
OTHER THAN TO OBSERVE THAT THE ACTION PRESERVES EVERYONE'S
FLEXIBILITY IN APPROACHING THE ISSUES.
0: DOES THE DEPARTMENT SEE THIS ACTION AS A VICTORY FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY IN EL SALVADOR?
0: WOULD YOU CARE TO FORECAST WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO EL
SALVADOR MIGHT HOLD?
A: WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO FORECAST, BUT WE DO LOOK FORWARD
TO TIMELY CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THE REQUEST FOLLOWING
YESTERDAY'S SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ACTION.
Q: CBS NEWS HAS STATED THAT THE NUN =R OF ANTI-SANDINISTA
INSURGENTS IN NICARAGUA HAS INCREASED TO WOOD. CAN YOU
CONFIRM THIS?
A: WHILE I CANNOT PROVIDE YOU WITH AN EXACT FIWJRE, WE
HAVE RECENTLY NOTED AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OVER OUR
PAST ESTIMATES QF 8,000 TO 10.000.
2. SUMMARY OF NOON PRESS BRIEFING, MARCH 15, 1984 (HUGHES)
SPOKESMAN OPENED BRIEFING WITH A STATEMENT OF US POSITION
WITH RESPECT TO STATEMENTS MADE BY KING HUSSEIN IN AN
INTERVIEW IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. ALL QUESTIONS WERE ON
THIS SUBJECT. SHULTZ
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