TALKING POINTS FOR THE DCI 30 OCTOBER 1985 MEETING WITH HARRY G. BARNES, JR., AMBASSADOR TO CHILE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M00539R000801050008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 30, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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DCI 30 October 1985 Meeting with Harry G. Barnes, Jr.,
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SUBJECT: Talking Points for the DCI 30 October 1985.Meeting
with Harry G. Barnes, Jr., Ambassador to Chile
1. POINTS LIKELY TO BE RAISED BY AMBASSADOR BARNES: This
is primarily a protocol, get-acquainted visit. He may raise
the following:
---He believes that among your many acquaintances and
friends in the city, as well as-abroad, there maybe one or
more with whom he might meet to better. prepare himself before
leaving for Chile in early November.
---USG stance on national accord. The national
accord,-which was arranged under the auspices of the leader of
the Chilean Catholic church, Cardinal Juan Francisco
FRESNO Larrain, calls for an orderly transition to democracy
through restoration of political freedoms, ending the current
state of emergency'and a new. law for direct president and,
congressional elections. This accord has been signed by
eleven political opposition parties. President Pinochet does
not contemplate any change in government until 1989.
Ambassador Barnes will likely brief you on the'U.S. position
regarding the accord.
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
U.S. Ambassador Harry. G. Barnes, Jr.
Ambassador Harry G. Barnes, Jr. was confirmed as
U.S. Ambassador to Chile on.July 11, 1985.
Ambassador Barnes was born in Minnesota in 1926. A
graduate of Amherst College (1949), he received a M.A. in.
history from Columbia University in 1968. He holds honorary
doctorates. from Amherst College and the Stevens Institute.
He entered the Foreign Service in 1950, with initial
assignments in India and Czechoslovakia,. From 1957-1959, he
served-in Moscow, followed by a three-year stay in the
Department on the Soviet Desk. After a year's study at the
National War College, he served',in Nepal-as Deputy Chief of
Mission from 1963-1967.
On his first posting to. Romania,. he served-as Deputy
Chief of Mission in Bucharest from 1968-1971. Upon his
return to Washington, he was responsible for junior officer
counselling and assignments in the Bureau of Personnel and
then served as a Deputy Executive Secretary in the
.Department.
In January 1974, he was named Ambassador to'Romania.
In 1975, he led the American team which negotiated the trade
agreement with that country, the first such accord. achieved
witha non-market economy.country under the 1974 Trade Act..
Ambassador Barnes was.sworn in as Director General of
the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel in December
1977. and responsible for the management of the
State Department's personnel system on a world-wide basis.
He played a major role in the development of the new Foreign
Service Act of-the United States.. From Fall of 1981 until
Summer 1985, he served as Ambassador to India.
The Ambassador speaks Czech, French,, German, Hindi,
Nepali, Romanian,-'Russian and Spanish. .
C.O N F I'D E N T I A L
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S E C R E T
CAPITAL: Santiago-
POPULATION: 11,655,000
AREA: 759,871 Square Kilometers
GNP: 27.3 Billion U.S. Dollars
PER CAPITA INCOME: $2,178
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION:
-President Pinochet is seen as delaying the political
liberalization in Chile and there is likely to be renewed
.efforts by opposition groups to mount anti-government.
demonstrations. Terrorist incidents, predominately bombings,
continue at a high rate and probably will intensify over the
next few months. .
Chile's economic problems are reflected in an unemployment
rate of thirteen percent, equally high underemployment, and an
annual inflation rate of twenty-three percent in 1984. The..
government is generally in compliance with IMF restrictions
which probably assures Chile of. continuing access to
internatioal funds. .
S E C R.E T
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