Chile: the balanced view : a recopilation of articles about the Allende years and after

in the hours that followed hold-ups, murders of police officers, or other acts 01 violence commilted by tha! group inspired, !rained, and controlled by the national branches of LASO. In 1969, the Government of Mexico was forced to expel from its territory the Castro correspondent of that agency. Curiously enough, that man was a Chilean by the name of Victor Vaccaro, who was closely connected to terrorist movements in my country. Guerrilla Organization and Acts of Violence in the Hemisphere. We shall be brief on this aspect, inasmuch as facts are so sizeable and so well known publicly that it is nonsensical lo insisl on recalling their particulars. As indicated in my September 19 slatement, it is no! an idle m<;!ttElr that the remains of Ernesto Guevara have been resting in Bolivia since 1968. One of the three chieftains of the "inevitable outburst" of guerrillas in the entire hemisphere, as a preparatory step in the establishment of the Revolutionary Armies. . Only a few hours ago, the Ambassador of Uruguay, our distinguished friend Dr. Maleo Márquez S., referred in detail to events in his country. From his statement we have been able lo see how the events that occurred in his country were directly connected with the LASO headquarters existing in Chile, in which the leaders of the Tupamaro Movement participa– ted. In due time, Mr. Chairman, I shall have the opportunity of submitting eviderice on the case of Chile. I shall also refer to some subversive actions carried out to the harm of neighboring countries from Chile, with Cuban logistical support, in compliance with LASO decisions. Advanced Traíning School in Paris. In the field of international training, thé Soviet Union decided to support Fidel Castro's plan for expanding the Marxist-Leninist systems in our hemisphere, by providing techni– cians and experts for the "School" that already operated in París under the supervision of the KGB, to train personnel for infiltration in the various Europeans countries. For the purpose of operating the Latin branch of this school, the cooperation of the Department of State Security (DGE), or Cuban secret police, with the Soviet KGB was sought. The responsibility forthis phase of the campaign fell no! lo Fidel bul lo his brolher Raúl Castro, underwhom the DGE operated. The first step was a full internal purge of the system in Cuba, which eliminated all members ofthe secret police who were not faithful followers of the Sovi~t line, ínasmuch as the most hidden devices of the Soviet subversive machinery would become known to the future students and controls. Cuban training and contact cad res were then sent to Paris, while in other parts of Latin America LASO agents selected and sent their own grantees to the singular school. It was a question of preparing leaders and, consequently, university students and young professionals known for their devotiorJ to the cause of Marxist-Leniníst violence were chosen. Among the Cubans who trave Iled to Paris was the personal assistant to Manuel Piñei ro; head of the Cuban secret police and one of the figures awakening the most gloomy recollections among Cubans in exile all over the wol'ld. Thatfollower of and assistantto Mr. Piñeiro was a young professional knicknamed "Gatillo Fácil" ("Easy Trigger") in Havana, who was known for his passion for human hunting. His civilian name was, and is, Luis Fernández Oña, whoni we Chileans have had the sad privilege of knowing and enduring. Eduardo Paredes, a militant of the Sociaiist Party of Chile in possession of a bulky record of clandestine revolutionary activities in my country, who had recently received his medical degree, was among the Chilean students. In Paris, Luis Fernández Oña and Eduardo Paredes began a friendship which was fostered not only by the similarity of 90