TRACK II

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 16032132
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2022
• Case Number: F-2019-02353
• Publication Date: September 25, 1970

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TRACK II
A. Actions:
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25 Sc-pternber 1970
I. Ambassador informed via our channels of decision to support
Frei reelection effort should developments give him opportunity.
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2. Ambassador instructs Station
action to bring about military coup.
3.
and U.S. military take no further
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
Foreign Ministry sour'ce expresses contacted
concern about Chilean'developments and favors military action.
(b)(1)
4. Foreign Minister told COS ipessimestic about (b)(3)
Chile, believes Marxist Chile inevitable and that it will have divisive
(b)(1)
effect in1
(b)(3)
5. Publisher of influential daily indicated willingness
(b)(1)
give editorial support to Chilean military coup effort.
(b)(3)
6. Santiago Station reported on Frei meeting with General Schneider.
B. Accomplishments:
Activities under this phase of the�Chilean operation resulted primarily
in the development of information regarding the positions
And, in addition, the acquisition of intelligence (b)(1)
about meetings between Frei and General Schneider. (b)(3)
C. Situation:
The Ambassador's instructions to the COS and U.S. military to cease
efforts to promote conditions to bring about military intervention was the
major development of Track II activities. In place of these efforts the
Ambassador hopes to substitute across-the-board efforts to bring about
a serious turn down in the economy and create a general atmosphere of
economic panic. There is a distinct change in the operational ambiente
which portends a major shift in emphasis.
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