ALLENDE SIGNS COPPER DECREE

Document Type:

CREST [1]

Collection:

Library of Congress [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

LOC-HAK-540-18-9-3

Release Decision:

RIFLIM

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Document Creation Date:

January 11, 2017

Document Release Date:

September 5, 2012

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Case Number:

Publication Date:

October 10, 1972

Content Type:

MISC

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lali C'1 trw THE L fej No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/09/05 : LOC-HAK-540-18-9-3 Y ..... ,,. , &.1%1ikib n yr A r1r. a1A?uAY WAR IN ,JUNE, 1967. ETWEEN SEPTEMBER 19 AND OCTOBER 2, 20 SOVIET TRANSPORTS CARRIED UNIDENTIFIED CARGOES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AIR DEFENSE MISSILE EQUIP- ME NT, WHILE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AVAILABLE THAT SPECIFICALLY POINTS TO A FURTHER AIRLIFT, THE HALT OF THE FLIGHT OF OCTOBER 2 MAY BE ONLY TEMPORARY. ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY -.LENDE SIGNS COPPER DECREE: ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, PRESIDENT ALLENDE SIGNED A DECREE LAST NIGHT GIVING CHILE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE SALE OF ITS COPPER IN RESPONSE TO THE "IMPERIALIST INSO- LENCE" OF THE AMERICA N?OWNED KENNECOTT CORPORATION. ALLENDE TOLD THOUSANDS OF CHEERING SUPPORTERS AT A RALLY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE PLAZA THAT THE SALE OF COPPER "IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE CHILEAN STATE." HE ALSO SIGNED DECREES CREATING ADVISORY COMMIS- SIONS ON THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF COPPER AND ON LEGAL PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM THE NATIONALIZATION OF THE MINERAL IN JULY, 1971. SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD ection to Declassification in Full 2012/09/05: LOC-HAK-540-18-9-3