CIA • 1984

CHILE: THE EMERGING PARTY SYSTEM

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/14: CIA-RDP04T00367R000100230001-7 Directorate of Secret A Intelligence Chile: The Emerging Party System Secret ALA 84-10110 November 1984 Copy 2 2 8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/14: CIA-RDP04T00367R000100230001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/14: CIA-RDP04T00367R000100230001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/14: CIA-RDP04T00367R000100230001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/14: CIA-RDP04T00367R000100230001-7 Directorate of Secret Intelligence Chile: The Emerging Party System An Intelligence Assessment Office of African and Latin American Analysis, with This paper was prepared by the Directorate of Operations. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to the Chief, South America Division, ALA, 25X1 25X1 25X1 Secret ALA 84-10110 November 1984 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/14: CIA-RDP04T00367R000100230001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/14: CIA-RDP04T00367R000100230001-7 Secret Chile: The Emerging Party SystemF_~ 25X1 Key Judgments Despite their legal proscription, Chile's political parties are playing an Information available important role in the opposition to President Pinochet's 11-year-old as of I November 1984 military-dominated regime. In practice, the government has tolerated open was used in this report...