U.S. NEAR DECISION ON HELMS

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;' , By Susanna McBee
Washington usa oat BM
taff Writer Later it was revealed that the '?FG
._ via VVvL
makin +' ME M r activities in Chile between 1970 and
,. g a decision'on whetner to seek,-' ~
^~rindictments:.aoa,r,c+- _ ,.,,7 1973:
~,"oP Central' ;;Intelligence'`Richard n rd ffl Also, the Senate Intelligence Com-
~~ Helms and two officials cf the ' jnter: t-
mittee reported in 1979 that the CIA
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incidents or any more difficulties than
"We don t` want it to drag on," said ra the United States and Chile a
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aBenjamin Civiletti; head -of the de lready
were having by :1973,
partment's Criminal Division. He indr
when I testi-
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sated Gated the decision could come rn the
e d or. --two, :Other-sources It has subsequently been revealed
RICHARD M HELM
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ose to the investigation=said they ex
s activities in. Chile in
pest a to h decision nve
soo s ii after.Labor Day. ? denied agency, tried to oust Allende 1970 were sanctioned by Kissinger
r = r ,~ . ,Y s ' . and that President Nixon reconfirmed
.,,Attorney General 'Griffin Br Bell
,said here July 28 , and again in Chi to the subcommittee that.he hadtwice ?. Kissinger 's orders on Sept. 15 of that
; ago ;last' wee, k that. he will decide ` -in July and September of 1970-of_ year.
? whether to prosecute:. He added that feted the U.S. government huge sums Through. his lawyer, Edward Ben_
lie, would -advise President Carter: on, of money to keep-'Allende fromassum nett Williams, - Helms declined last
4,,-"What ] think oughtta re done." ` ing office. But hesaid=the CIA turned ? week to :comment on the case, as did
:down the offer Gerrity and Geneen, through ITT law-
,!The case -rrauglit with ,:gohtital
and national securityland y rrunes , He,said did not "contribute yers and a 'company spokesman. Helms has been. quoted as: saying that ; oney to any person' or any agency of Jack A. Blum, " Washington anli-
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ny government 7 7
if Ile.-: were indicted,;he wovlci "bring-
to block the election ..trust lawyer who in 1973 was associate
if ..withhim , r'Seeretar o_ Dr. Allende ' , counsel'tothe Senate subcommittee,
,,State Henry"A:'Kissinger As natioynofal-. - Asked `if he ever made a political said that reliance on national security
security, adviser issinresrdent.', contribution as. a company to. a 'candy- as a defense to ? charges of lying to
Nixon date area party"
er-was an a iii Chile' or, other. Congress "is a limited legal theory-
Ky..that rchitect,( >TS poj
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icy ha ,
culmii ated
countries, Getieeri .,r; ~ , limited at the moment to the grounds i
temberr. 1973, toppling the Allendere` Absolutely not Commenting- answeredon of San Clemente.".
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'press reports that. two ITT representa- 'But other sources said the Carter
the"` ~. ?.tives?-had offered money to-the-cam administration maybe reluctant to
One source said` case has take:
so -iong ?becausew" 1tYcould gravely ~i' ? pan manager of, Arturo;Alessandri, prosecute because testimony and doe-
the conservative candidate in- the,1970 uments at t
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.iean eectionctin': he;had than the government wants to tell
times when Justice `lawyers wanted,;.:" not authorized sure, a -contrib
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the White House" to enlist the aid of s.rbnda,..P..,nvo?d;rw
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then presidential counsel Philip W.
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the CIA, the source-added. "We ulti-
mately got everything we asked for,
but it took time."
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Part of the case involves testimony
given on Feb. 7, 1973, by Helms at a 223.7300-pi,y News Desk
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Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) rM A??:ad r,?....~ 6. 7
kd if
a t
1sehe CIA, which Helms had "moo .roue. e,.kt- =-,
b R or net %A 7
elhnrt.. n.dN.d in Nri. eaded since 1966, had tried "to over. 'tea .r waXe,wwn
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ro++wddn.n / t U!l 4/ Gclr 1~71~,r~
throw the
government", of the left-
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