STUDY-LOOKS FOR U.S. LIES ABOUT ALLENDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP09T00207R001000020115-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 115
• Publication Date: September 13, 1974
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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3 IS E P 1974
Study.looks for U.S. lies abort Allende
By DEAN MILLS I should be called before, the "It is no longer acceptable,"
Washington Bureau of The sun panel to give a public explana-1 he said, "for the Congress to
Washington - Senator'Frank tion of the role of the so-called
"Forty Committee" in the ov. acquiesce co State Department
Church, the most influential Y officials, ' coming before efore con-
administration critic on the erthrow of the Allende regime. gressional committees and
Senate Foreign Relations Com- In his capacity as director of making statements, which, if
the National Security Council, not outright lies, are at least
mittee, initiated a study yes-
er chaired the -m_
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terday to determine whether . mittee, which has responsibility Senator Edward M. Kenned
State Department officials lied for covert activities of the Cen-I Y Senator Phillip A. Hart nee
to various congressional com- tral Intelligence Agency. (D., Mass.) said at least three~Mich.) opened the conference
:times in the last year State De- b urging
mittees about American in-I Mr. Harrington, citing secret yesterday Y Congress to
volvement in the overthrow of testimony by Willim - E. apartment officials made "mis- explore the CIA role in Chile.
and deceptive" state- ,We haven't done a damn!
the Chilean regime of SalvadorI Colby, the CIA director, before Llead-
ents to Congress about the a House Armed Services sub thing ... to prevent the Presi-
role in Chile, it walldent from waging secret wars,"
Allende. Aides to the Idaho Democrat at eomrruttee in July, has JAmerican disclosed.
said yesterday the senator hys. 1 charged that the CIA poured; (Senator Hart said. He said the
structed his staff to make the $11 million into Chile from 1962' In a letter to Dr. Kissinger, Colby testimony "has more pro-
to 1973 to support Allende op- Senator Kennedy described the
They said it will be com- F""""~ a?u w CO uauiuac ~.?.....a.y .u ..ay
the Allende government after 'understanding of the dual re-
pleted within a day or two, it came to power. sponsibility of Congress and the
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or w
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e-I In public testimony, State
cide whether to call for new Department officials repeat -
testimony on the question. edly have denied any Ameri
Meanwhile, at a press con-J can involvement in the over-
ference yesterday, Representa- throw of Dr. Allende.
tive Michael J. Harrington (D., I In a letter to Senator J W. Mass.), proposed that the Sen-I Fulbright (D Ark) chair- !
ate Foreign Relations Commit man of the Foreign Relations
tee hold open hearings on the !Committee, released at thei'
role of the United States in press conference, MMir. Harring-
Chile during the Allende per- ton said that the Senate panel;
iod. should study the possibility of i
He said that Henry A. Kis-' lodging- perjury charges,
singer, the Secretary of State, !against the officials.
President in the conduct of U.S.!
foreign relations." rri
The Colby disclosures were'
the highlight of the opening of a
conference on covert activities)
and the CIA. sponsored by thel
Center for National Security k
found implications for our for-
eign policy than many interna-:
tional issues in which Congress;
has shown interest."
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