RETURN TO CHILE OF CONGRESSIONAL WITNESSES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801050096-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: May 19, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO IMMEDIATE 8953
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C O N F I D E N T I A L S T A T E 147774
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: SHUM, CI
SUBJECT: RETURN TO CHILE OF CONGRESSIONAL WITNESSES
2. DR. JUAN LUIS GONZALEZ AND DR. CARLOS TRIUOS, WHO
TESTIFIED MAY 16 BEFORE THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS. WILL RETURN TO CHILE MAY 22
ARRIVING AT 9:30 AM FROM MIAMI. IN A MEETING WITH
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS MAY 17, GONZALEZ AND TRIUOS
REQUESTED THAT THEY BE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY AN EMBASSY
OFFICER. GONZALEZ AND TRIUOS SAID THAT THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY FOLLOWING THEIR
TESTIMONY TO THE CONGRESS AND WISH THE EMBASSY TO BE
PRESENT SHOULD ANY ATTEMPT BE MADE TO PREVENT THEIR
REENTRY.
3. GIVEN THAT GONZALEZ AND TRIJOS TRAVELLED TO THE U.S.
AS OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL WITNESSES, DEPARTMENT BELIEVES
IT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE COURTESY TO ACCEDE TO THEIR
REQUEST THAT THEY BE MET AT THE AIRPORT. WE WOULD ALSO
APPRECIATE EARLY FOLLOWUP CONTACT WITH GONZALEZ AND
TRIJOS TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK ON THEIR VISIT TO THE U.S. AND
MEETINGS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS.
4. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COLEGIO DE MEDICOS
HAS A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 22 TO RECEIVE GONZALEZ
AND TRIJOS BY WAY OF UNDERSCORING THE ORGANIZATION'S
ENDORSEMENT (BY A VOTE OF 19-4) OF THEIR TRAVEL AND THE
PREPARED STATEMENT ON TORTURE. SHULTZ
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