PCC MEETING ON CHILE

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• Publication Date: November 3, 1989
• Content Type: MEMO

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ER 89-4910
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United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
November 3, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT
National Security Affairs Advisor
The White House
COLONEL GEORGE P. COLE
Executive Secretary
Department of Defense
MS. EMILY WALKER
Executive Secretary
Department of the Treasury
MR. H. LAWRENCE SANDALL
Executive Secretary
Central Intelligence Agency
MR. GARY EDSON
Chief of Staff
U.S. Trade Representative
MS. PATRICIA CORKEN
Executive Secretary
Department of Commerce
CAPTAIN ANTHONY MANESS
Executive Assistant to the Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
SUBJECT: PCC Meeting on Chile
Please transmit the attached Meeting Notification and
Background Cable to principals of the Policy Coordinating
Committee for Chile.
.'Staple on Roy
xecutive Secretary
Attachments:
Tab 1 - Notification to meeting participants.
Tab 2 - Cable on U.S. Policy Towards Chile
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MEMORANDUM
United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
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FROM: ARA - Bernard Aronson, Chairman, PCC on Chile
SUBJECT: PCC Meeting on Chile
The next meeting of the Policy Coordinating Committee on
Chile will be held to discuss the upcoming December elections
and appropriate U.S. policy responses to developments resulting
from the transition to democracy in Chile. Ambassador
Gillespie will participate in the meeting. A discussion paper
will be transmitted to invitees prior to the meeting.
DATE: November /, 1989
TIME: 2:30 P.M.
LOCATION: ARA Conference Room, 6909
AGENDA:
I. Introduction Chairman
II. Recent Chile Developments State
III. Discussion of Policy Options All
IV. Summary and Recommendations Chairman
Principals plus one are invited to attend the meeting.
Participants should phone their attendance plans to Mr. Keith
C. Smith, Director, ARA/Southern Cone, at 647-2407.
DISTRIBUTION: Mr. Richard Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
DOD/ISA/ALA
Mr. Charles Dallara, Assistant Secretary of
\ Treasury for International Affairs
vMr. John Allen, Director of African and Latin
American Analysis, CIA
Mr. James Murphy, Assistant USTR for Latin
America
Ms. Ann Hughes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, International Economic Policy
General Howard Graves, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mr. William Pryce, Acting Senior Director for
Latin America, National Security Council
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SOBJ: CHILE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
U.S. POLICY
RIF: SANTIAGO 3196
1. SE:RET - ENTIRE TUT.
INTIODuCTION
2. AS A FIRST STEP IN PREPARING GOALS AND WORK-
PEAKS FOR ry-s9, TIE AMU:SOCA CHAIRED A MEETING
OF IKE C10414TRT TEAM TO DISCUSS la CH.AGE.T. TEAT
NAVE =MED DURING THE PAST YEAR AN; IdE
CONTEXT FOR UNITED STATES POLICY IN EEE COMING
VEAL WHILE THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES IN
PERSPECTIVE CRETLECTIVE IN PART OF FUNCTIONAL
OR EUREAUCRAT!C PIIOCITIESI, WE ACHIEVED SUBSTANTIAL
CONSENSUS ON THE KEY ISSUES BEFORE US AND NOW
WE SOUL? PRO:EEO TO PROMOTE MOST EFFECTIVELY
TIE U.S. ILIEFESTS Al STAHL THE FOtIOWING
PARAGRAPHS DRAW FROM AND ELABORATE ON OUR
TIIIIKIHG, AND ARE I SACILDACP FOR TNT-AMER &10R5
WASHINGTON CONSULTATIONS AND THE ACTUAL GOALS
ACD NORMANS WHICH WILL IE SENT SEPTEL.
SETTING THE SCENE
3. SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND PROUD, PINOCIET, THE CHILEAN
WED FORCE: AND THEIR ClyiLLAN ALLIES ARE MING
TO A:HIELT A STRATEGIC VITICRAvAr AS TNEY PREPARE
TO YIELD THE GOVERNMENTAL PO:EI; TREY PAVE MELD
fOI MORE TNAN 16 YEARS. THE PPESICENTIAL AND
CONGRESSIONAL ElECTI:NS SCHOU:EC FOR otarmt 14
APPEAR soilny ON TRACK, AND THE PROSPECT OF A
FREELY ELECTED CEr.:CRATIc GOvErKriwi ASSUMING OFFICE
ON PUCK II, TIll S IRIGiT. IF CURRENT FEO.ECIIONS
NOLO, AS SEEM: LIKELI, THE NEW PAESIDENT N:LL
NE *CMERvAl!vi* :HRISTIAN DEPIO:RAT 1.00 CENTER-
S,NTIA 111:3t CO OF II: 161:5;:
LEFT CCALIT:ON LEADER POEICtO AYLWIN. A c.Rtru
OCISEN:US-IVILDU% NI: MAIN CNAL1E114E WILL NE
TO KEEP TIE 1PRl CCICERTALION II LAE GNILE
STRIVINS TO NCItiVE A GIORNALE RELATICNINI? WITH
THE MILITAR) IAA! GILL !NAIL! oifl TO LEAD CHILE
EFFECTIvElY. OUR GoAAINGE WILL RE It FIND WAYS
TO SUPFORT THE VEW OEPOSAATI: GOVERNMENT AS WE
Cco:NuE TO p;:p.sat A JUE,T RESOLUTION Cr TKE 1176
LE7ELIER-MOFF171 mtRCER:--TNEJPRINcIPAL OCS-ACLE
TC FdLtY DEI,ELOPED It.ATERAL TIES Ii TIE r2:4-
14110:MET PERIOD.
A. UNCERPicK:AG THESE CHALLENGES IS TIE NEED
TO SUSTAIN AND cONSOLIG:TE THE iteRESSIvE ECONOMIC
STRIDES CHILE WAS MACE IN THE LAST rALF-DOIEN YEARS.
THE CENTRAL OUE:TION--AND ONE V:IN WIDE-RANGING
IMPLICATION: FOR TEE HEM-SPHERE?IS WITHER
DEMO:RA:I CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER TkE ECONOMIC
GOODS. AYLWIN AND EVEN SOCIALIST ELEPENTS Of
HIS COALITION APPEAR IC UNDERSTAND INC IMPOZTANCE
Of THIS ISSUE. GMAT IS UNCLEAR IS TO WRIT DEGREE
THEY WILL IF ABLE TO FIESEIVE THE ECONOMIC MODEL
WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING LOWG PENT-UP SOCIAL CErLAUDS.
INCOMING
TELEGRAM
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S. TIE UNITED STATE:, IN PRESSING 101 TNE RETENTION
Of THE IASI.: ELEMENTS Of THE CURRENT ECONOM C ORDER,
MIST AVOID THE APPEAR.NCE Of BEING illsEN.IiTori To THE
PLIGHT Of THE POOR AK) Of REFUSING TO RECOGuIZE WHAT
CHILEANS VIEWS JUSTIFIED INCREASES IN STATE-FUNDED
SOCIAL SERVICES. EXTREMISTS OW THE LEFT WILL RE QUICK
TO EXPLOIT THE SITUATIU. IF THE FLEGGI. !Ws cEm=rAcy
IS UNAELE OR MILLING TO FURNISH LOVER-INCOME GROUPS
SOME RELIEF, ESPECIALLY IN FMK HEALTH AND EDuCATIOK,
WERE SuPPDPI WAS DRASTICALLY CUT DURING THE PINOCIET
TEARS. THERE IS ILEO.r.::: CONSENSUS ACROSS THE POLITICAL
SPE:TIMM Iltz7 IN:RESEO OVTLAY: IN TEES( IVO AREAS ARE
NECESSARY, INDEED INEVITABLE, UNDER CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT.
LIFE All WIN, RERUN HJCHI, THE CERTER-RIGKT PRESIDENTIAL
-CANDIDATE AND THE ARCEITECTO CNILE'S SUCCESSFUL
fREE-MARKET ECONOMY, SAS PIOACED.FOR SU:11 rwww; IN
NIS CAMPAIGN PLATFORM. OUR ONJECTin SHOULD RE TO
PRESERVE OUR INFLUENCE WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT EY
IACKINS EFFECTIVE, RE:MS-VT;(117EO SC:1AL PO,IGIES
AND PROGRAM; WNICH ARE CONSISTENT WIER CONE NIXED
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LATHER THAN A RETURN TO ',tiara
rorullsm.
SEALING WTI TIE MILITAII GOVERNMENT
I. TO MEET THECHALLENGES OESCRItED flOVE TIE WILL
NAVE To ACT CAREFULLY. KIE MIST NOT DEVIATE FROM OUR
COOL Rut OOPRECT AMUCK TO RELATIONS WIEN THE PINO:NET
GOVERNMENT-CURINS ITS FINAL MONTHS. STROKING OF.
OTHERWISE BEING PERCEIVED TO If REACHING OUT TO THE
JUNTA WOULD EXACT A NIGH COST, FOR KO GAIN, NOT
ONLY MERE OUT IN THE U.S. CONGRESS, WHERE I.PARTISAN
SUPPORT FOR OUR POLICY TOWARD CHILE STILL PERTAINS.
OUR ATTITUDE SNOULD IE ONE OF ENCOUGAGEVENT FOR THE
PROGRESS TOwARD arocIlAcr NE INPRILIPENTs :N KumiN
RIGHTS THAT ARE IEING REGISTERED, %MILE AvO.DING ANY
APPEARANCE CF A WARMING IN OILATELNI TIES.
PREPARING FOR THE RETURN OF DEPIOCIACT
T. IT IS ExTREPILY UNLIKELY AT THIS POINT "HAT
CENTER-Rism: CANDI:ATE HERMAN EU:k1 DR CEI-ER-
CENTER' S'O.LER FRANSISCO dIlIlER ER;AILIRII WILL
BE ABLE TO ENGINEER TIE DEFEAT Of AILGtk AND HIS
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WILL EE IN w.;,7PANCIC% CCEDIEER 16-17. AND 10f
ECORW.IC AICE CtE,ATORE FSLE1 VAL tato' OnCtER
31 - IOVEMLER 1. IN H:DITION, AfLwit N4: MD US
INAT EDMJIG3 VARGAS, A KMER OF TSE PEFMANENI
STA:F AT T-E os, SH7J0 OE =6;0E4E) CES!GNWEED
P0111 CF CCSTACT CR :RE LETELIER-WFIT:
IT IS WORTAsT THAT VE MAHE 1NE BEST POSGIB.E
VSE OF THESE ENTERIC:UTOP:. TNET ARE SENSITIVE
EISTE6ERS. THEIR AC:ESS TO AYLWIN IS DIRECT AND
IMPED!ATE. lidi? HAVE liaLufacE. a smear mail
ME THEY NAVE VO ILLUSICsS GOUT WHAT CAh 1E
EXPECTED OF US AFTER MARCH 11--ARD WHAT WE WILL
DE EXPECTIkG OF TIE KEW DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
A. FINALLY, WE MILD NC.! FOCUS simutiv ol
rtostarmAlic SUPPORT UT CAN PROVIDE 10 CHILE AFTER
MAA:N 11. THIS UKDERTABIsG WILL REWIRE A.hEW
LEVEL OF DIALOGUE WIMP THE AOMMISTUTION AND
WITH TO C=GZESS. NW BEEN PEREEIvED 111 MAY
UNMAN; AS HAVING DONE tOTNING TO HELP INF E:UNTRY
OVER INF. PAST 16 YEARS. IF WE ARE TO iNFLuEscE
EVERTS IG THE PosI-p;K:NET ERA, WE MUST CHANGE
THAI PFF:EPTION BY REERG PREPARED TO PROVIDE
TANGIBLE HELP. GILLESPIE
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INCOMING
TELEGRAM
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