PANEL CLEARS C.I.A. OF A DIRECT ROLE IN '73 CHILE COUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300450017-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 5, 1975
• Content Type: NSPR

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William Miller; the commit- El Mecum was published,'York Times and elsewhere in.
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Ci ~ tees taff theamembers - that the report on close frier.o ona. d INT. Ken-Istates had covertly poured mil
Urited States activity in Chiledal!, president of Pepsi Cola;Ilions of dollars into Chile, first
I .was representative of. six major Inc. to keep Dr. Allnde from becom-'
CHILE C U U I covert operations. studied dur- In 'the committee's assassina-ling president and later to over-
ing the committee's - investiga- tian' report- i was noted that throw his Government. The re-
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tion. The,six operations in turn, Mr. Kendall had. arranged a
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK were representative of "thou jbb Edward, aktas;Vlr. Kissinger and 1963 annuand said l 1973, at $13.4
S;.x:ai to'' ce N5w Y:?,x ?nme- sat ds by the C.I.A., he said.f
i Attorney General John N. Dr. Allende's inauguration in'
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staff of a Senate intelligence (staff's report- - ? While the committee staff re-
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the the Chilean Presidential Viet- Embassy in the 1973 coup, theiEdward M. Korry, -who served;
C. "democratically elected" members agreed during a presslas United States Ambassador iril
Chilean GoYernment of Presi- tiaf "of 1970; the commit ve briefing today that. the United Sant; ago during the early Nixon! -l - __
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det Salvador Allende Gossens. ., i $2a0,000 - to the :-campaign . of
It said, however, that no di- lformer -President-.-Jorge Ales=
sect involvement by the Cen- sandn'and $140,000?to an anti-
'tral Intelligence Agency or theAllende-pa+rty:'.The,report;said
American Embassy in the 1973' ''60,000 more- had come from
_ coup had been established. other'-United. States-businesses,
which were unnamed. - - ",.' `..
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sued by the starf a?~~ the ~sen-l~axime story, in .1970. 1970. the report+
ate Select Committee