DATE=10/19/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-240426
TITLE=PINOCHET / ALLENDE (L ONLY)(CQ)
BYLINE=GEORGE MEEK
DATELINE=RIO DE JANEIRO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: CHILEAN CONGRESSWOMAN ISABEL ALLENDE HAS WELCOMED THE 
ARREST  OF FORMER DICTATOR AUGUSTO PINOCHET IN LONDON. MS. 
ALLENDE WAS  INTERVIEWED BY BRAZIL'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER, THE FOLHA
DE SAO PAULO, AS WE HEAR FROM CORRESPONDENT GEORGE MEEK IN RIO DE
JANEIRO.

TEXT: MS. ALLENDE IS THE DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT SALVADOR ALLENDE, 
WHO DIED WHEN HE WAS OVERTHROWN BY GENERAL PINOCHET IN 1973. MS. 
ALLENDE  TOLD THE FOLHA DE SAO PAULO THAT THE GENERAL'S ARREST ON
ORDERS OF A SPANISH JUDGE IS A VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE.
IN HER WORDS -- THE ARREST OF THE RETIRED GENERAL SHOWS THERE IS 
NO INTERNATIONAL IMPUNITY FOR GENOCIDE.

THE CHILEAN LAWMAKER SAYS GENERAL PINOCHET IS GOING TO BE  
INTERROGATED FOR THE FIRST TIME CONCERNING CRIMES COMMITTED 
DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP FROM 1973 TO 1990. SHE SAYS THAT
COULD  NEVER HAPPEN IN CHILE, BECAUSE THE GENERAL -- NOW A 
LIFETIME SENATOR -- IS PROTECTED BY AN AMNESTY FOR CRIMES DURING 
THAT PERIOD.

MS. ALLENDE SAYS IF GENERAL PINOCHET IS ACTUALLY TRIED, IT WOULD 
PROVE THAT JUSTICE IS SLOW BUT POSSIBLE. SHE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT HE BE TRIED WITH FULL RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW.

MS. ALLENDE RECOGNIZES THAT MANY CHILEANS REGARD GENERAL PINOCHET
AS A SAVIOR OF THE NATION, ALTHOUGH OFFICIAL REPORTS SAY THAT 
DURING HIS RULE SECURITY FORCES KILLED MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND 
PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO MS. ALLENDE,  GENERAL PINOCHET DIVIDED THE 
NATION, AND IT WILL TAKE A CENTURY FOR PEOPLE TO AGREE ON HIS 
ROLE IN HISTORY. (SIGNED)

NEB/GM/WTW 

19-Oct-98 2:23 PM EDT (1823 UTC)
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