i ca l o g s s S C et 0 e gf Weekly Situation Report International Tune Declassified and Approved for Release July 2000 Declassified aud Approved for Release July 2000 2 October 197' Se et LER'IYED FDR REIEA E DATE 3 SOT Assassination ET ES of Former Chilean General Carlos Prats On 30 September Ccncral Carlos Prats Contalcs former commander-in-chief of the Chilean army and kiinistcr of Dcfcnsc during tne Allcndc regime and his wife werc killed by thc blast of a bomb thrown at their car as they werc rcturn3ng to their home in Buenos Aires According to the local police the assassins wcr waiting for Prats and his wife as hc drove up to Thc assailants opened machine gun Eire building into thc car thc explosion and resulting Eire killing both Prats had bccn living quietly in Buenos Aires since his arrival in voluntary exile aEtcr the Eall of Allcndc's govcrnmcnt in September 1973 llc was not permitted to make any public appearances or statements and had faithfully carried out xhc rcstrictivc instructions pertaining to his cxilc in Buenos Aires Prats had escaped a previous assassination attempt during Junc 1963 in Santiago Chile No terrorist group has t'or thc assassination claimed responsibility his apartment and threw a bomb