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that _$ - pillion was{ public use of the materials; opposition newspapers and pol- if it could "make
By SEYMOUR M. HERSN '- for' reportedly supplied by Mr. ?. iticians. !between victory
autho-rized in August, I
SpeMa: to The New York T~ w
tLi- e in Chile. Mr. o o urtherl Eagleburger and in a telephone l Told of Mr. Eagleburger's IDr. Allende, the
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20-.T ifedhowever, - that less interview refused to discuss; efforts to contradict his views,. A second doc
tral Intelligence Agency than $50,00 was actua ysentl the issue, adding: "I- don't Mr. Cline said that he was "un-, Sept. 4, 1970,
;nught_to__ uaucan.exttemey~ecause of tZie_coup= e_tet in!know what you are ?talkingiwilling to ;;omment on the' Allende barely w4
_ight_ty fl opposttion`grogRin he next ninth. I about." staff papers prepared for 40;election, reported
:hi e six weeks before the over-1 Mr. Eagleburger's intention in The first word of Mr. Eagle- Committee meetings." C.I.A. proposal
hrow 6 f - _ P resident Salvad'ore briefing Mr. Schorr, the sources burger's action came indirectly "No one should discuss in-;members of the
Allende Gossens_in $eptembe.r,said, was to L buff off- a-!from State Department officials ternal papers of such impor-gress, which, unt
1973;_highlreliahle _soutces i cord statements made to the,who learned that a search had lance," he added. try's Constitutiot
laid today. newsman earlier by Ray J. been made of the department's) Mr. Clint, who served with to ratify the elet
The sources said that the I Cain the former director ofi special vault containging its 40 the C.I.A. for more than 20! ultimately choose
first word of the C.I.A.'s at- fhe State Departmen St Bureau Committee documents. years before becoming the) Wymberly Co
tempt to become involved with)) e t en-E. Mr. Cline
__ par- In a telephone interv~yes-(head of State Department in-;State Departmen
:he extremist group became) loafed in 40 Committee de- terday rEagLeburyer~ ac-!telligeitce, is now executive di-;for 40 Committe
known t~ua~ a liberations on Chile rom'1970:knowledged that Mr, Kissutgenrector- of - the Georgetown:mendations, ur;
`
cloue aide to Secretarzof Stater 0197 and teas recen criti-i authortz tTe
searches
singer leaked d ume to s in! --Mr Ki-ssineer'siT atlboth of~the
sure of the' docu Hoo t aue uucc ann aw~c~n~
high Nixon Administration in
_nd of thg~Q Committee Mr. Cline, in
The disco- ce _a
tYtgence official whwas ments took place less than adnr?m ~,t tgred the State ~'" thr dcu user..) c.!
cribed by Mr. Ea lebu er dealtdepictn commer
known to be privately critical week after Mr. Kissin er,2eoartmet an e f to see) rg de icted Mr. C.
of Mr_7Cis~inger s Q.t .in Title: through his spokesman, had whether we could om2e with--t State e'et merit s ? hung up on
The documents, although in- publicly c h leaks "a!soi=tilmg that would to irate mments o osalsovertones of the
tended to show that there was ldisgrace to the Foreign erv-jwhetfier those [Mr-~iide's]to be discussed at 40 s9mmit tion- In the wo
a consensus inside the Admin- ice" an an, erous to national statements were correct." a meetings. tik," Mr. Cline i
g----- Accor ding to reliable sources,(
istration over the clandestine sec-ur ty. As W. Eagleburger described g written such act
C.I.A. operations in Chile,,ltave one of the 1970 documents it, the file searches began short.; Mr. Cline, as director of in place. =
instead raised ..new.. questions shown to Mr. Schorr included i ly after Mr. Kissinger learned telligence, could make addition-
about. the extent_of the secret the name of a Chilean Govern-(that Mr. Clint, who retired lastial recommendations or com- Spending A
tlruteaLStates invoi ement in, I ments on the documents, which ^m A cnMn
he overthrow of Dr. Allende: were -to be forwarded to thejrecommended th
-The sources said that Law- Undersecretary for Political Af-? s entC in~ anaft
z ence S. Eagleburger, Mr. Kiss- PARTIDO fairs, the official who tradi-l Fe __7C re ss,
finger's executive assistant, tionally represented State on n
nonetheless in (3
LeakecLthre_ summariea_ assistant, the 40 Committee. Lad
pals forclandeat n.e ?-LA- The first document, thei a as o
sources said, was dated Aug. I July 25, 1973i w
operations ttht . CB -d trio a 49NACIONAL The third
hr~efins_for th_S television 31, 1970, and dealt with theIbeen forwarded
ed
,t yy ma.n__Daniel Schorr. i e C.I.A. recommendations in case porter, then the
dQoments_hacLfiean__n_epared Emblem of Chile's National party, a conservative group the pending Chilean presiders-Mary for Politic
inr_meetings_inJ9i0_and.-1Z73 tial elections resulted in a run-'Jack B. Kubisch
iL he_40 Committee the ii h- meet official who served as alyear, "had made some state- off involving Dr. Allende. sistant Secretar?
ie+telinteiligenc boat~ihat re-conduit for C.I.A. views andments about. his opposition to Three proposals, or options, Inter-American
~iavtscocert_activities or-thealso apparently helped relay a number of activities in Chile for investing money in amounts document repon
~initrd_ S_tatesGovernme3it. (funds to anti-Allende forces. and Henry and Nixon had over- ranging from $350,000 to $900,- C.I.A. proposal:
A Reactionary' Group
The 1973 document, sources
said, showed that as late . as
July 5, 1973, the.C.I.A. recom-
mended to the 40 Committee
that $200,000 be provided clan-
destinely to the National party
in Chile, a conservative group
that had urged Chileans to re-
ject-with violence if neces-
sary-the Allende Administra-
tion as "illegitimate" and "un-
constitutional."
The Natiora )party was con-
Such information traditionally; ruled him and the. State Depart- 000 were reported discussed,ltine financing t
has been among the most close- ment. - with the State Department urg- lende political !
ly guarded government secrets. "It is true," Mr. Eagleburger ing limited funds or no funds ing a specific r
A number of persons familiar added, "that I have told some at all for covert activities. Mr. that $350,000 b
with State Department opera- people who asked about it that Cline, in a handwritten com-Christian Demo
tions expressed doubt that Mr. the documents made availablejment, called for major financial other suggestior
Eagleburger would have shown demonstrated the opposite of! support for anti-Allende forces be given to the
Mr. Schorr such documents what. .Cline said."
without the direct or indirect "I guess that I have to say
concurrence of the Secretary of that a chec o t t wed
State. nn bin n supportthe conten-
Mr. Eaglebur er has~enied 'on that Mr Clint registered
showmg Mt. Sc orr anocu- any oppost tt ono proposals
mentss and insisted at a ad, a -gone o e m-
sidered to represent the views ! personally _a ects n to mittee on Chile` "Tie a3TeT. "In
of the propertied class in Chile I Mr. Schorr. idid"Ttot act __a files demonst ed
and, in the year before the l show an ocumenis; cabTBs, thug nAnnosite."
known to have close ties to
Patria y Libertad, a reactionary
its involvement in military ef- auf A7 provi3ed was al grams had come from either
eneral`b-roa3`statenent-TdM Mr. Kissinger or President I
forts to overthrow the Allende
.Government. ! ing wt 7VIr:-.Clines roTej " Nixon, or both. Mr. Cline also !
Since the first published dis-1 (_ "Henry's role, was only toy confirmed that the C.I.A.'s ac-
closures last month of the C.I.A.I ask me to do a check of the, tivities in Chile included' the'
i operations in Chile, knowledge-i files, ` Mr. 'Eagleburger said. financial support of strikes by
able Ford Administration offi- It was me, on my own, who( shopkeepers and truckers.
cials have maimed that the told some people what the files! President Ford and Mr. Kis-
main goal was to enable mod-l said." singer, have said that the C.I.A.
erate political factors to sur-; Mr. Schorr has made no, funding in Chile was limited to
Whether the 40 Co m
t?e__specificalLy.__appro d.l,e`
imposed funds ,far ilie..Nasion.al'
,pa:Iy_-could.._not be learned,,
Jutwilliam.E.--co.l , t e C-T.A,
director. told a House tn`fe_l!i
hence subcommittee
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and pol- if it could "make a difference"
1 between victory or defeat for
leburger's Dr. Allende, the source said-.
his views? A second document, dated
was "un-Sept. 4, 1970, the day Dr.
on the; Allende barely won the Chilean
d for 40 election, reportedly discussed: a
C.I.A. proposal for bribing
scuss in-;members of the Chilean Con-
,h impor-I gress, which, under that coun-
I try's Constitution,, would have
-ved with to ratify the election and tflus
ing the Wymberly Coerr, then .hei
iment in- State Department's coordinator
cutive di-; for 40 Committee staff recom-
orgetownmendations, urged that no
Strategic program involving what -he
termed "subornation" be irtiti-
cents ated, according to the sourcos.
Mr
Clin
i
h
h
.
e,
n anot
er
a{~d-
~e~r d~e~ait.written comment, reportedly
depicted Mr. Coerr as being
ar-Ement's "hung up" on the emotional
proposals
overtones of the word suborna-
Qmmit-ition. "In the world of realp9li-
1 tik," Mr. Cline is said to have
sources, I written such activities do take
,r of in_
orucom- Spending Authorized
.ts, which ,T an r~~umittee~uetlly
d to the recommended that $350,000-be
;itical Af- spent in an `attempt'ttl-bribe
ho tradi- thhe own Tesshich--voted
State ononet a ess in c'
oTet To-ratify
asre ident.
en t, the The third's document, dated
ted Aug. July 25, 1973; was said to have
with the 1 been forwarded to - William J.
is in casef porter, then that Under Secre-
presiden-tary for Political Affairs, by
in a run- Jack B. Kubisch,,then the As-
ide. sistant Secretary' for State for
options, Inter - Americans.. Affairs. The
amounts document reportedly discussed
to S9)0,-C.I.A. proposals for clandes-
iiscussed,ttine financing of the,
ur;--Mende political parties, includ-
no funds ing a specific recommendation
ities. Mr. that $350,000 be given to the
ten com-(Christian Democrats and an=
financial other suggestion- that $200,000
de forcesibe given to the National party.
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