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Not very well publicized: The statement by Chilean Foreign Minister Ismael Huerta in the United Nations that Fidel Castro had shipped enough arms to Chile during the last months of the Allende regime to arm twenty thousand Chileans for a civil war (the arms came in clandestinely, did not go to the Chilean armed forces). Also sent to Santiago, Manuel Pineiro, chief of Castro’s secret police, to help organize the revolution. Most African delegates walked out on Admiral Huerta’s speech: Latin American delegates, whose countries have experienced previous Castro aggressions, listened attentively. . . . The Chilean junta also has announced that it will permit representatives of Amnesty International to make on-the-spot investigation of charges of torture and summary executions. . . . Latest UN impotence on Mideast fighting tends to reinforce a poll which shows 43 per cent of Americans now think the UN is doing a “poor” job; the figure in the early Sixties was 7 per cent. . . . Incidentally, in the past couple of sessions, the U.S., which once led the UN, has voted against the majority or abstained 75 per cent of the time.

Resigning with a few home truths: Why is 57-year-old Sen. William Saxbe (R., Ohio) retiring after his first term? Because, he says, Congress should be making the decisions, but “if they can set things up where they can take action by doing nothing, they will.” . . . Saxbe is the third GOP senator to announce retirement (the others. Cotton, New Hampshire, Bennett, Utah both in their seventies). … In Illinois former astronaut and Kennedyite John Glenn threatens ugly internecine tight against Gov. John Gilligan (whose own re-election chances are rocky). Gov. Gilligan supports Glenn’s probable primary opponent, millionaire Howard Metzeuhaum (whom Robert Taft beat in ’70). . . . Jean Westwood, the Mc-Governite head of the Democratic National Committee, who was unceremoniously booted from that spot by Robert Strauss, says she’ll run for Republican Wallace Bennett’s seat in Utah, which would be a change. Bennett has ACA rating of 90 per cent; ADA rating of 5 per cent. … In Iowa where Sen. Harold Hughes (D.) is retiring, Nicholas Johnson, the former far-out FCC commissioner, is making candidatorial noises. . . . In San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto, who would like to run for governor, claims his troubles (alleged connections with the Mafia, and other unfriendly stories) were caused by “the unprincipled political saboteurs of the Watergate.” . . . The campaign to recall Republican Gov. Jack Williams of Arizona has fizzled out. Williams came under attack by César Chaves and assorted women’s lib and liberal groups, after refusing to veto controversial farm labor law a year ago. . . . And in Philadelpia, Democratic leader Peter Camiel. under attack by Mayor Frank Rizzo, has urged Rizzo to join the Republican Party -“if they will have you.”

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Not very well publicized: The statement by Chilean Foreign Minister Ismael Huerta in the United Nations that Fidel Castro had shipped enough arms to Chile during the last months of the Allende regime to arm twenty thousand Chileans for a civil war (the arms came in clandestinely, did not go to the Chilean armed forces). Also sent to Santiago, Manuel Pineiro, chief of Castro’s secret police, to help organize the revolution. Most African delegates walked out on Admiral Huerta’s speech: Latin American delegates, whose countries have experienced previous Castro aggressions, listened attentively. . . . The Chilean junta also has announced that it will permit representatives of Amnesty International to make on-the-spot investigation of charges of torture and summary executions. . . . Latest UN impotence on Mideast fighting tends to reinforce a poll which shows 43 per cent of Americans now think the UN is doing a “poor” job; the figure in the early Sixties was 7 per cent. . . . Incidentally, in the past couple of sessions, the U.S., which once led the UN, has voted against the majority or abstained 75 per cent of the time.

Resigning with a few home truths: Why is 57-year-old Sen. William Saxbe (R., Ohio) retiring after his first term? Because, he says, Congress should be making the decisions, but “if they can set things up where they can take action by doing nothing, they will.” . . . Saxbe is the third GOP senator to announce retirement (the others. Cotton, New Hampshire, Bennett, Utah both in their seventies). … In Illinois former astronaut and Kennedyite John Glenn threatens ugly internecine tight against Gov. John Gilligan (whose own re-election chances are rocky). Gov. Gilligan supports Glenn’s probable primary opponent, millionaire Howard Metzeuhaum (whom Robert Taft beat in ’70). . . . Jean Westwood, the Mc-Governite head of the Democratic National Committee, who was unceremoniously booted from that spot by Robert Strauss, says she’ll run for Republican Wallace Bennett’s seat in Utah, which would be a change. Bennett has ACA rating of 90 per cent; ADA rating of 5 per cent. … In Iowa where Sen. Harold Hughes (D.) is retiring, Nicholas Johnson, the former far-out FCC commissioner, is making candidatorial noises. . . . In San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto, who would like to run for governor, claims his troubles (alleged connections with the Mafia, and other unfriendly stories) were caused by “the unprincipled political saboteurs of the Watergate.” . . . The campaign to recall Republican Gov. Jack Williams of Arizona has fizzled out. Williams came under attack by César Chaves and assorted women’s lib and liberal groups, after refusing to veto controversial farm labor law a year ago. . . . And in Philadelpia, Democratic leader Peter Camiel. under attack by Mayor Frank Rizzo, has urged Rizzo to join the Republican Party -“if they will have you.”