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...efforts were not successful. On election night last week, the Marxist Allende pulled into an early lead, with the conservative Alessandri running a close second and the moderate leftist Tomic an inauspicious third. The race between Allende and Alessandri was extremely close, but it appeared that Allende had emerged with a narrow popular victory. In any case, since no candidate won an absolute majority, the contest will not be settled until late next month, when the Chilean Congress will select one of the two top vote-getters-Allende or Alessandri-as the new President...
Coalition Speculation. On the center left is Radomiro Tomic, the former ambassador to the U.S., who is the candidate of Frei's Christian Democratic Party. Tomic, the 56-year-old father of nine, has criticized the Frei government's failure to reduce inflation and to move from "Chileanization" (51% ownership) to full nationalization of the copper industry...
Since none of the candidates is likely to win a majority in the Sept. 4 election, the contest will probably be settled next month by the Chilean Congress. Any outcome is possible. But the reluctance of Allende and Tomic to create ill feeling by criticizing each other during the campaign could be a sign that they are considering the possibility of a leftist coalition if Alessandri should poll the most votes...
...RADOMIRO TOMIC Ambassador of Chile Washington...
...What we need is time," Frei begs. The big U.S. copper companies in Chile seem to agree, are talking about paying their 1965 taxes in advance. Even before his inauguration, Frei sent two top aides, Senator Radomiro Tomic...