MEMO TO COLONEL RICHARD KENNEDY FROM RICHARD HELMS:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01285A001200020006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 30, 1970
• Content Type: NOTES

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FOR: COLONEL RICHARD KENNEDY
THE WHITE HOUSE
PLEASE PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO DR. KISSINGER FROM HELMS:
"1? WE HAVE FORWARDED AMBASSADOR 1ORRY'S MESSAGES TO GENERAL HAIG
FOR YOU. TWO THEMEStPREVAIL. THE FIRST IS THAT FREI IS APPARENTLY
SINCERELY IN PURSUIT OF A FORMULA WHICH WOULD ALLOW A LOGICAL AND AC-
CEPTABLE MILITARY SOLUTION, BUT FREI CANNOT BRINI HIMSELF TO PLAY THE VITAL
ROLE OF STARTING THE ACTION.
"2. KORRY'S SECOND THEME IS THAT THE ONLY PRACTICAL WAY TO CREATE
THE TENSE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH FREI COULD MUSTER THE COURAGE TO ACT IS TO
SEE TO IT THAT THE CHILEAN ECONOMY, PRECARIOUS ENOUGH SINCE THE ELECTION,
TAKES A DRASTIC TURN FOR THE WORSE. AT LEAST A MINI-CRISIS IS REQUIRED.
"3. INTERESTINGLY, OUR BEST INTELLIGENCE INDICATES THAT THERE IS
ANOTHER IN CHILE WHO SHARES KORRY'S VIEWS THAT A SUDDENLY DISASTROUS
ECONOMIC SITUATION WOULD BE THE MOST LOGICAL PRETEXT FOR A MILITARY
MOVE -- PRESIDENT FREI.
"4. KORRY HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF ECONOMIC IDEAS WHICH, IF EXPLOITED
ENERGETICALLY, MIGHT CREATE A CHAOTIC SITUATION. AT A MEETING OF THE FORTY
COMMITTEE ON 29 SEPTEMBER THERE WAS ACCEPTANCE OF KORRY'S ARGUMENTS.
"5? AMBASSADOR KORRY IS MARKEDLY DISTRESSED WITH THE POSTURE OF THE
BRITISH. THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME IN CHILE, AND EXERT CON-
SIDERABLE INFLUENCE, ESPECIALLY WITH ADMIRAL PORTA AND THE NAVY. KORRY
FEARS THE BRITISH ARE MOVING WITH LIMITED VISION IN THEIR HASTE TO FILL
ANY VACUUM LEFT BY AMERICAN ECONOMIC DENIAL. HE IS CONCERNED WITH THE
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BLATANTLY PRO-ALLENDE ATTITUDES OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR, WHO KORRY
BELIEVES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOAN OFFER OF FOUR MILLION STERLING TO
CHILEAN BANKS FROM BRITISH PRIVATE BANKS.
"6. I SHARE KORRY'S CONCERN. IN ANY EVENT, IT IS UNFORTUNATE
THAT THE SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT OF CHILEAN VOTERS WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR
ALLFNDE ARE OBSERVERS OF A BRITISH POSTURE WHICH INDICATES CONFIDENCE IN
ALLENDE'S FUTURE.
117. THE FOREGOING IS TO UPDATE YOU, SO THAT CHILE CAN HAVE AN
IMPORTANT PLACE ON THE AGENDA OF THE PRESIDENT WITH PRIME MINISTER HEATH."
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RICHARD HELMS
DIRECTOR
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