-DATE- 19881007 -YEAR- 1988 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- MESSAGE -AUTHOR- F.CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO COMMENTS ON CHILEAN PLEBISCITE -PLACE- CUBA -SOURCE- HAVANA RADIO REBELDE -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19881011 -TEXT- Further Castro Comments on Chilean Plebiscite FL0710180988 Havana Radio Rebelde Network in Spanish 0916 GMT 7 Oct 88 [Excerpt] During the inauguration of important social projects in Havana, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, first secretary of the PCC Central Committee, talked to journalists covering the event. He referred to an unquestionably current international event--the triumph of the no-vote in Chile. [Begin Castro recording] I was sure they would vote against him. It has actually happened. Now, what will happen later remains to be seen. Yesterday, I also heard various hypotheses regarding what Pinochet would do. We will be able to have a better idea in the next few days. But I repeat what I said yesterday, that the history of Chile will be different from 5 October on. Pinochet fell into his own trap. It is possible he might have imagined that with all the campaigns he carried out, with the massive use of television and all the media, with the advice of all the great experts and everything, in his attempt to sow uncertainty, concerns, fear, [words indistinct] and that if they voted against him there would be chaos, catastrophe, deluge. The effects of all that propaganda remained to be seen. But something was proven. I said yesterday that not even use of all those means made it possible to achieve what would have been a very strange occurrence, that is, for the majority of the Chilean population to have voted for him. I also said one of the hypotheses is that he will try to be a candidate against a divided opposition. I have to say that what has damaged these processes the most in these 15 years has been the division among the opposition forces, [end recording] [passage omitted] -END-