HILL TO INVESTIGATE CIA ACTS IN CHILE AGAINST ALLENDE

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• Publication Date: September 10, 1974
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10 S E P 1974
Hill tio investigate
CIA Acts in Chile.
13
AV-ainst Allende.
B
y Jeremiah O'Leary
? sair?Ne"s Staff Wier
Sen. Frank Church, chair-
man of the Foreign Rela
tions subcommittee on mul-
tinational corporations, is
expected to reopen hearings'
on U.S. clandestine opera-
tions in Chile following .dis-
closure that the .so-called
"40 Committee" of the Na-
tional Security Council
authorized expenditure of
millions of dollars against
the late Marxist Salvador
Allende between 1964 and
1973.
But at the same time last
April, then-Asst. Secretary
of State for Inter-American
Affairs Charles A. Meyer
told the Church subcommit-
tee under oath that the
United States pursued a
policy of nonintervention in
Chilean affairs during the
Allende period. His succes-
sor, Jack B. Kubisch, now
ambassador to Greece, and
Deputy Asst. Secretary
Harry Shlaudeman_ gave
similar testimony to House
committees.
Church is expected by (An official familiar with
Capitol Hill sources to con- Meyer's testimony told the
fer?with other subcommit- $tar-News the former
tee members and staff to
decide what to do about dis-
crepancies in the testimony
given before several com-
mittees on Chile by officials
of the State Department
and the CLA.
One Senate source said,
"Someone obviously has
been lying about the U.S.
role in Chile." Several offi-
cials indicated Church is
virtually certain to order an
immediate investigation by
the subcommittee staff and
follow that up by reopening
the hearings. Church could
not be reached for com-
ment.
CIA DIRECTOR William
E. Colby testified last April
that the "40 Committee,"
chaired by Henry A. Kiss-
inger, who is now secretary
of state, authorized expen-
diture of nearly $11 million
by the CIA to subsidize
nev.'s media and politicians
against Allende in 1964 and
again in the 1970 election.
period to bar his ascenden-
cy to the presidency.
Colby also testified in se-
cret session before a House
Armed Services Committee
that funds were authorized
as 13te as the summer of
197., to "destabilize" the re-
gime of Allende.
assistant secretary attend-
ed some meetings of the "49
Committee" but that the:
State Department's repre-'
sentative was U. Alexis
Johnson. This official said
Meyer gave "scrupulously
honest" answers at the
Church subcommittee hear-
ings but was not asked
questions that would have
required replies acknowl-
edging what the United
States was doing in Chile in
the 1970 electoral period.
Neither did he volunteer
.information which would
have brought the matter to
light.
(The U.S. funds were
used to support anti-Allende
political parties and the
anti-Allende newspaper, El
Mercurio. But Meyer was
not asked specifically about
these enterprises, the offi-
cial said. Meyer's state-
ment that the United States
"bought no votes, funded no
candidates and promoted no
coups" was literally accu-
.rate.)
States played any role in
the coup d'etat of last Sept.
11 but apparently was not
asked about previous covert
activities against Allende.
However, U.S. sources said
yesterday Kissinger pre-
sided over every meeting of
the "40 Committee" from
the moment he became
President Nixon's national
security adviser in 1969.
State Department spokes-
man Robert Anderson did
not directly answer a ques-
tion tion yesterday as to wheth-
er Kissinger saw any
inconsistency in his role as
chairman of the "40 Com-
mittee" and as secretary of
state in charge of overt for-
eign policy. Anderson gave
reporters a list of the mem-
bership of the "40 Commit-
tee" and said that all deci-
sions of the committee are
unanimous. Further, he
said, all "40 Committee"
decisions are approved by
the President and there is
"a regular procedure to
convey these decisions" on
intelligence activities to the
appropriate congressional
committees.
,
KISSINGER'S only,
known testimony on inter-
vention in Chile was given
before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee last
September during his con-
firmation hearings. He's
denied that the United
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