JACK ANDERSON INTERVIEW WITH CHILEAN TELEVISION

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CIA-RDP74B00415R000300020011-1
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December 12, 2016
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October 2, 2001
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March 27, 1972
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Approved For Release; 2001/11/01 CIA- 7 41 1R0003J%1]1 OIX17 JMARCH 72 25X1A CIA OPERATIONS CENTER TIME STAMP SELECT FOR THE DCI SUBJECT: JACK ANDERSON INTERVIEW WITH CHILEAN TELEVISION SOURCE : FBIS 05 DTG 0223Z 27 MARCH 72 DISTO : DCI, DDCI, EX/DIR, DCI/IC., USIB/SIGINT, DDI (2), D/OCI (5), 1 , C/OPSCEN, INDIGO, D/OSI, D/OSR, RAD, DDS&T VIA D/OSI, CSDO, D/ONE, COMIREX, C/IRS, PRES, DDS, CSS, S/SP, SAVA, CRS/ADD/SS, SDO, ADDED: FBIS 05 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY JACK ANDERSON INTERVIEW WITH CHILEAN TELEVISION REPORTED C270011 HAVANA PRENSA LATINA IN SPANISH 2218 GMT 26 MAR 72 C (TEXT) SANTIAGO CHILE, 26 MAR--THE CHILEAN 'NATIONAL. TELEVISION SERVICE HAS INTERVIEWED U.S. JOURNALIST JACK ANDERSON IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HE HAS DISCLOSED NEW DETAILS OF HIS RESOUNDING DENUNCIATION OF THE PLOT AGAINST THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT MOUNTED BY THE U.S. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. THE INTERVIEW WILL BE TRANSMITTED TONIGHT ON A SPECIAL PROGRAM FREPARED BY THE PRESS DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE TELEVISION CHANNEL UDDER THE DIRECTION OF JOURNALIST MIGUEL VARAS. PRENSA LATINA HEREWITH, IN ADVANCE, CARRIES THE SALIENT PORTIONS OF THE INTERVIEW: (.)UESTIO I) MR ANDERSON, HOW LONG DID, YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR POSSESSION THAT YOU MADE PUBLIC? (ANSWER) I BELIEVE ABOUT 3 WEEKS. I HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY VERIFYING THEM....WE DO NOT LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE MEMORANDUMS UNTIL WE HAVE. VERIFIED THEM IN ALL PARTICULARS, MOREOVER, I HAVE TALKED WITH EVERY PERSON INVOLVED. (QUESTION) AS IN THE PREVIOUS CASE, DO YOU EXPECT THE ITT TO SAY THEY ARE FRAUDULENT OR A FORGERY? (PRENSA LATINA EDITORIAL NOTE; THIS REFERS TO THE JOURNALIST'S FIRST DENUNCIATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE $4009000 THE ITT GAVE THE PUBLICAN PARTY) OFFICIAL USE ONLY PAGE 1 oIpr-oved For Release 2001/11IMFFI4415R000300020011-1 Approved For Release 20 Q IA-RDP74B00415R000300020011-1 C A USE ONLY (ANSWER) THE MEMORANDUMS IN THAT CASE WERE NOT FRAUDULENT, AND NEITHER ARE THESE...I BELIEVE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING HOW MANY DOCUMENTS THEY DIG UP OR MIRACULOUSLY PRODUCE THEY STILL WILL NOT CHANGE THE FACTS NOR SWAY THE PUBLIC. C. STION) DID ANY OTHER COMPANY JOIN IN THE PLOT TO STIR UP ICON IC CHAOS IN CHILE? (*$SWER) WE HAVE ON HAND MEMORANDUMS, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO PUBLISH* THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT THE ITT WAS VERY IRKED WITH OTHER d 4PAN aIES--FORD, GENERAL MOTORS, AND OTHERS--WHICH THEY TRIED TO CRUIT INTO THIS CAMPAIGN TO RUIN CHILE'S ECONOMY GOAD THE. MIL .TRY TO ACT AND TO ESTABLISH A DICTATORSHIP THERBY iLCHING THE ELECTION. THAT WAS TO BE THE GENE}AL STRATEGY, NW9 ACCORDING TO THE MEMORANDUMS, THEY TALKED WITH OTHER COMPANIES, BUT GOT NO COOPERATION.... (QUESTION) WOULD YOU SAY IT IS AN HABITUAL PRACTICE FOR BIG U .S. OVERSEAS COMPANIES TO HAVE CONTACTS WITH THE CIA? (ANSWER) I WOULD NOT CALL IT A HABITUAL PRACTICE, BUT THE ITT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE SUCH CONTACTS. THE OIL COMPANIES DO-STANDARD OIL, FOR INSTANCE. WE HAVE DISCOVERED. INSTANCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN WHICH THESE COMPANIES WORK WITH THE CIA. ?9C+S TiE) IIITEING INFLDENTiALUA TH GSTILVLS. WOULD YOU SAY THE ITT EXERTS MORE INFLUENCE THAN OTHER BIG COMPANIES? (ANSWER) I WOULD SAY IT HAS TWICE THE INFLUENCE. THE ITT IS ALWAYS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS TRYING TO INFLUENCE POLICY FOR ITS OWN BENEFIT. (QUESTION) MR ANDERSON, IN YOUR COLUMN YOU STATE THAT FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN MCCONE PLAYED A ROLE IN WHAT YOU CALLED THE ITT-CIA PLOT. DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT MCCONE WAS QNE OF THE FL[IENCES IN, THE ITT-CIA CONTACT? (ANSWER) THIS IS THEs~. WAY IT APPEARS IN THE MEMORANDUM. THE ITT IS A VERIABLE NAT ION, A GIGANTIC CONGLOMERATION OF INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 7HE ITT IS LIKE THE BRITISH EMPIRE WAS: THE SUN NEVER SETS'"ON ITS DOMAINS. IT THEREFORE HAS DEVELOPED TOP-LEVEL CONTACTS WITH ALL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT HE WORLD. IT HAS ITS OWN SECURITY APPARATUS. THESE TOP-LEVEL .NT CTS ARE FOUND OR HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE ITT PAYROLL--NOT AT TM! PRESENT TIME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN CASES--A FORMER UN SECRETARY WHEAL, A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF BELGIUM, HIGH. DIGNITARIES OF SEVERAL EUROPEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES. AND, AMONG THESE, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF OUR CIA.... THIS SHOWS HOW THIS GIGANTIC IA I Y !l i,..1 FLOT. I SHOUL NOTE THAT THE CIA HAS ITS OWN IDEAS AND THAT Ii CONTRIBUTED THEM IN THE PLOT TO ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THE ELECT IO;11 OF SALVADOR ALLENDE IN CHILE. Approved For Release 2001/11/01 : CIA-RDP74B00415R000300020011-1 2 OF 3 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Approved For Release 2001/11/01 : CIA-RDP74B00415R000300020011-1 (U',JESf ION) BUT itEGArd)IN3 THE COINCEPT OF CARRYING OUT A COUP IN CHILE, WHO MADE THE FIRST CONTACT, THE ITT OR THE CIA...? (ANSWER) THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR, BUT MY IMPRESSION IS THAT IT WAS THE ITT. BUT OF COURSE, THE PLOT TO RUIN CHILE'S ECONOMY, THE POINT BY POINT DETAILS OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT CAME -FROM THE CIA--FROM THEIR MAN BROWL WHO DIRECTS CLANDESTINE ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA. NEVERTHELiSS9 BOTH WERE WORKING HAND IN HAND TO INTERVENE IN CHILE'S DOMESTIC POLICY.... AND THIS IS CONTRARY TO OUR OWN POLICY. WE HAVE TOLD THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO INTERFERE IN THEIR ELECTIONS; BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE WOULD NOT LIKE CHILE TO INTERFERE IN OUR. UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT: THE ITT' THAT GIGANTIC COMPANY, THAT "COUNTRY" CORPORATION, TO PROTECT ITS INVESTMENTS IN CHILE WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO WORK JOINTLY WITH OUR GOVERNMENT--UNDER THE UTMOST SECRECY--AAND ALSO ENLIST OUR CIA IN A PLOT TO SAVE ITS INVESTMENTS. 27 MAR 0223Z O' D/ HH 3 OF 3 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Approved For Release 2001/11/01: CIA-RDP74BOO415R000300020011-1