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CHILE
6 Junta in
power
lor years5
SANTIAGO, Sunday
(AAP-Reuter). - The
Chilean leader, General
Pinochet, said yesterday
the armed forces would re
main in power for many
years.
. General Pinochet, presi
dent of the military junta
which seized power last
September from President
Allende, added that mar
tial law and a curfew
would also remain, though
he did not say for how
long.
Speaking to reporters
after a 10-day tour of
northern Chile, the general
said he- had told copper!
miners there, "You must
get it out of your heads
that there will be elections
within four or five more
years".
If the military stepped
down earlier it would
mean the return of politi
cians, parades, posters and
slogans. "And all the
sacrifices made by the
armed forces would have
been in vain", he said.
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