TEXT OF SENATE ITT HEARINGS 20, 21 AND 22 MARCH 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: COVERT ACTION CHILE
• Keywords: CHILE
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005492976
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2000-01886
• Publication Date: March 26, 1973

26 March 1973
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MEMORANDUM FOR : Chief, Western Hemisphere Division
SUBJECT: Text of Senate ITT Hearings 20, 21 and
22 March 1973
1. The text of. the hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Sub-
.committee on Multinational Corporations held 20, 21 and 22 March
1973 have been received and have been (hastily) reviewed. Prelimi-
nary comments are in the following paragraphs.
and came out as the most "respectable" and responsive witness.
the Washington office had little to say and were quickly. disposed of
while Robert Berrellez, the Public Relations man based in Buenos
Aires, came out as crisper and more solid in his answers. John
Guilfoyle a Vice President who is Group Executive for Latin American,
Operations, was very businesslike and came over well. Mr. John
McCone received the most deferential treatment by the Subcommittee
2. The two most evasive and stumbling witnesses were William
R. Merriam, who was in charge of the Washington offices of ITT, and
E. J. Gerrity, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations and Ad-
vertising. They were followed with slightly less ineptitude and eva-
siveness by Jack Neal of the Washington office and Harold V. Hendrix,
.Director of Public Relations, Latin America. Ryan and Goodrich of
3. The Subcommittee's attention to some of the expected areas
of the "Anderson Papers" was rather more extensive than perhaps .:,
could be reported in the press. The particular points on which they
dwelled and which also involved the name of CIA, were as follows:
a. The "approval" given by Mr. Broe to Merriam c-oncerni
recommendations made by Hendrix and Berrellez in their
memos to the ITT offices in New York. (Percy raised a
pertinent point that perhaps CIA was Praising no objection"
but got partial clarification at one juncture that CIA did not
"encourage (ITT ) to take action.
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 b. Broe' s su estions ("the Broe. plan") to Gerrity' for actions
in Chile to create economic problems and the confusion that
arose on whether Broe said the CIA was also- trying to in
fluence other companies along the same lines.
c. Broe s discussion with Geneen was not known to any othe.r,
ITT officials except Merriam who was not privy to what had
transpired in any case.
e. McCone said the 'CIA, Mr. Broe, had a? shopping' :.list and
the staff of CIA had a shopping list...1 understand that. various
ideas were generated at the staff levels of the CIA. There were
never approved by ir. Helms.. .I "- McCone was obviously
'trying to differentiate between approved plans and staffs
thinking up alternatives and to put. Mr. Broe's discussion
with Mr. Gerrity in the latter context.' When asked by the
Subcommittee whether Broe was acting inconsistently with
his orders, McCone replied that Broe would have to answer
for himself, but added "I think he was exploring. "
It was again made clear that the Subcommittee staff was. using
Mr. Broe's written responses of 20 March to formulate questions to some-
of the witnesses. This was most evident in the case of McCone. who was
asked if he knew whether Geneen had discussed wRith Broe -either an offer
of election funds to be channeled through the CIA or raising a substantial
sum of money to be used by the U. S. Government.
6. The "green light"message which Hendrix said he received from
a Chilean source close to Frei was hammered at constantly by alt the
Subcommittee, and few believed w :-iat Hendrix said. Percy said this in-
formation was so detailed and specific about a supposed "dramatic change
of American policy" that it is important to "determine how you. got that