PEs Atmé SEC OFBSEM BY —_— ee, eat WPT NOTIFIED eas OE COPY ISSUED. SLOTTED. a UNE it RF FILE . VA iy - F oN ¢ lo TOR! MERCUAIO" ITSELF, te Fat ¢ COPIES a centieenctechie ce emmeersenintr Sanne 2 -° Pod . ig em eCAE PaGe g2 3615362 SEP 74 74 fUN OY ' tr THE HEADLINE AND A SHORT EDITORIAL COMMENT INTRODUCING £894 COVERAGE DESCSIGES THESE DEVELOPMENTS 28 "NEW AND GAOTESGUE EPISODE IN THE ANTI@=CHILEAN CAMPAIGN® AND ATTEMPTS 79 TIE REPRESENTATIVE HARRINGTON CLOSELY TO ~ VENTION AND SUSSECUENT EVENTS “IN CHILE)» CONNECTION wit if Pager WEL MERCURIO", CHAPPAQUIDICA 3, “eh MERCURIO" RESPONSE: HON iEVER, Sore Lf . A RECENT REVELATIONS: BE AEP, OF RAISING NORE quesTIONs HERE THAN IT ANSWERS | PUBLICITY wilt INCAGASE. PRESSURE “ON AND POSSIBLY. SCRUITINY OF THIS INCREASED SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY (wHO HAS SINCE THE coup BEEN UNDER STEADY ATTACK MERE FOR HIS CRITICISM Gf THE MILITARY INTER@ WEL MERUCIRO" MAKES HARRINGTON BY oF fr ARTICLE FROM "MC CALLS" BAICH BEALT WITH tN A MANNER UNFAVORABLE To SENATOR KENNEDY. WELL HAVE NET GF FECT STATION ASSETS INVOLVED ANO MAY AFFECT THOSE NOT DIRECTLY INvo_LVveGe a chy) NEWS *EEK REP GS Efe, DENIED ALL KNQALEDGE a? 7UPQUGK TRIS FOLiL SEPARATE nm coh) os S, © 2 SdURC &, REQUEST HSS KEEP STATION cayeseTé actig:3s TO CONTINGE rvestrsatias 3 OF ANY FUNDING CASLE. UP eTGeLATE ON FROM FOREIGN ON 13 SEPTEMBER, FUPOCKETe1 WaS QUESTIOND 3Y Q WERE ABOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDING, ANY PLANS OR - wATTONS. REPREOUL FED AY OPT TA ISSUING CFFICE (B POO Tew So
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2 HIGHLIGHTS -- Since President Allende's electoral victory in 1970, the Government propayanda Apparatus has rigunted a coordinated Cumpaign apainat the opposition communications media focusing on the prestigious El Mercurio newspaper chain and key opposition radios. The longe. _ Tange foal ts to create conditions that will insure Government control over the media so that an emasculated Opposition will operate intuitively and through self-cenvoraship within an approved framework, The opposition radio stations bear the brunt of an array of legal and illegal devices designed to intimidate them, These devices include the threat of violence, favoritism in the distribution of essential Government advertizing revenue, temporary closures, and Govérnment-fomented etrikes, Chile's national television -- the only country-wide channel -- has become an important Propaganda instrument for the Governrnent, | But it is being challenged. by a Catholic University channel which is attempting to expand its service beyond the Santiago area, A major confrontation between the Government and the opposition, lasting more than a-year, hase taken place at the Papelera, Chile's only important private newsprint producer, with the company Supported by the opposition rnedia Stymying repeated Government efforts to take over the firm. The paper c¢émpany claims that Government Price policies have brought it close to bankruptcy, Deapite officially-sanctioned harassment, the Opposition media have continued to function, taking advantage of the fluid political Gituation currently prevailing in Chile, and have become increasingly effective in exploiting the Government's «conomic failures and the growing dissension within the ruling Marxist coalition, Nevertheless, the Opposition's economic base that sustains ifs media ~ is being Slowly undermined as the Government expands its control over the Chilean economy, Many opposition media are reportedly already in difficult financial Straits, The Chilean Communist Party, Seeking to strengthen its voice inthe March 1973 Congressional elections, has already purchased five beleaguered radio stations (one a former Oppasition station} in Southern Chile, ; ‘  €ONn FIDENTIAL, R-4-73 February 27, 1973 ii © ae ceerasaee oe: . CONFIDENTIAL a: SL atc) se s . re “FRORLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS {CA MEDIA IM ALLENDE'S CHILE ; fe G aie — A re ern poe we rowraue one 7°