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The Strike of
1995
| Group info and
Chantal msg |
| Wed, 6 Sep 1995 14:40:59
-0600 |
Last few
Messages:
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Message 7: Tuesday Morning
Message 8: More info
Message 9: Evening situation
Message 10: Wednesday morning
Message 11: Group info and Chantal msg.
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Gentlemen:
By now you should have all your mail. The connection between
Ecuador and the States seems to have been down for about 24 hrs. If
you are missing any specific messages please let me know and I will
re-send them. The phones are not reliable enough to send all the
messages by FAX.
Once again, in the interest of time, I am answering many individual
questions in one letter. We have been flooded by messages since the
connection was re-established.
Please keep in mind the messages I send are not "official"
statements, they are just to let you know we are still here, and a
bit about what is going on.
There is almost no staff here, and there is no one to write up
detailed "official" reports (especially in English).
I will tell Chantal that there is a need for official info, but it
may be a while before any documents can be produced . I am very
sorry we cannot answer all inquiries in detail and as quickly as
you would like.
The following is a report from Chantal, quickly written on a piece
of paper between meetings. Typos or spelling errors are mine.
---------------Message from
Chantal-------------------------------
Time:Event
06:00 Nine Ecuadorian military "Rangers" (like those that came in
January) were guided in from their post in the Park's grounds, to a
post in the station. They will remain for the duration of the
situation
07:00 I was filmed by Pablo Estupinen, TV and Radio reporter of CTV
(Guayaquil), requesting and obtaining permission from the Secretary
of the strike , Mrs. Gulnara, for us to receive tortoise food and
Don Jaya to fix the failing water system (broken pipes). She was
very edgy and nervous and very quick to say that they will assure
that we have what wee need for peoples' and tortoises. Very
political.
08:00 "Information" groups of Tom Larson, Pedro Ponce, Michael
Bliemsrieder, and volunteers met with Teniente G... of the military
Rangers ... to design press statements for local TV and radio to
give information on the real situation inside here, as well as
demonstrate that we're still active. This is to counteract the
local media blitz which the strikers have used.
More later,
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Chantal-------------------------
That's all for now,
Jim |
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