- ORI DocID 20l461 I ' I 1 • I t _ if SEC ET NOP-ORN WNIN EL NOCONTRACT r Ji i l • l i • Chiler 'Violations of Hwnan Rights Reports of gross violations of hum an rights which had nearl · ceased earlier this the rise rrient its international standing since Thig backslidinq comes at a particularly bad time for Chile aince apparent improvement in the hlunan right situation WAB helping improve its image abroadd Critics will now have additionnl anmunition for their attacks on the Chilean regime and their appeals to boycott it Chile's National Intelligence Directorate is apparently behind the recent increase in torture illegal detentions and unexplained disappearances The Oiruc- toratefs chief Colo- I • nel Manuel Contreres is a close confidant of Pinochet who acclaimed the organizetion in a recent press intcrvl w for its decisive role in briny ing extremism under control Contreras answers directl 1£ to the President and i t is unlikely that he would act without the knowledge and approval of his superior