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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01297911
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-00792
• Publication Date: September 28, 1970

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contacted Frei and
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Ito establish direct Agency channel to Frci.
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2. Headquaeters proposed establishing small staff of
flag" officers officers in Santiago to handle high risk ( target-o(-opportunitb(b)(1) )(3)
activities.
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possible role of
has requested meeting with
to discuss contingeney planning and
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y Libertad" and urged Station attempt develop add:tional similar
capability and to plan maximum exploitation of mass rally scheduled
for 20 October.
5. Steps have been taken to enlist support of key U.S..
industrialists in economic warfare intended
to provoke economic crisis in Chile.
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B. Accomplishments:
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The
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succeeded in contacting Frei
. establishing direct channel to Frei.�
first tentative steps were taken to: (a) establish a base of
"false-flag" officers in Santiago; (b) initiate a program of economic
warfare; and (c) make contact with key military officers
to discuss contingency role for military.
C. Situation:
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There is no apparent change in the status of planning for a
military coup. Frei does not trust the military to follow through
and prevent the installation of Allende and therefore refuses to give
them the order to act. The military is unwilling to act on its own.
Economic warfare is emerging as the only practical hope for creating a climate for a coup with the Ambassador. Headquarters and the
Station moving more rapidly in the direction of planning for and im-
plementing specific actions to contribute to a rapid economic decline.
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