Scientists and Human Rights in Chile Report of a Delegation (1985) / Chapter Skim
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The states include "state of danger of disturbance to internal peace," "state of emergency," and state of siege, which are provided for under the Transitory Articles of the September 1980 Chilean constitution. A state of siege was put into effect in September 1973 and remained in effect until March 1978, when it was replaced by a state of emergency.
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There was also concern about colleagues who had been imprisoned and about whom the committee had received no further information, as well as allegations of torture by members of the Chilean security forces and the possible involvement of medical professionals in torture. After February 2, 1985, when the state of siege was extended for another 90 days due to "internal con wlsion," strong support developed for a committee delegation within the Academy complex and from a number of human rights organizations and professional scientific societies.
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The presidents of both the American Physical Society and the American Mathematical Society expressed support for the delegation and requested that information be obtained on cases of particular concern to their societies. Committee chair Eliot Stellar wrote to Hernan Felipe Errazuriz, the Chilean ambassador to Washington, about the committee's plans for the delegation and requested that committee representatives be given an opportunity to meet with him, before the delegation's departure, to express the committee's concerns and to request appointments with various government officials in Santiago.
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Department of State with David Dlouhy, country officer for Chile, and Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitar fan Affairs. Baruch Blumberg and Carol Corillon met with David Dlouhy and, since Elliott Abrams was not available, they met with members of his staff-James Thyden, director of the bureau's Office of Human Rights, and Marianne Gustafson, regional officer for Latin America.
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While in Chile, the delegation members met with, among others: Ricardo Garcia Rodriguez, the newly appointed minister of the interior Mario Calderone, special ambassador for human rights to the United Nations Economic and Social Council in Paris and the Human Rights Commission in Geneva Enrique Carvallo Diaz, director of the Diplomatic Academy Andres Bello Leonidas Irarrazaval Barros, member of the Council of Advisers to the Foreign Minister Rafael Retamal, the elected president of the Supreme Court Cardinal Raul Silva Henriquez James D Theberge, U.S.
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Professor Blumberg ] ectured on hepatitis B virus and the prevention of primary cancer of the liver at the Hospital Cl~nico/Universidad de Chile, and Dr.
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