NEW YORK TIMES
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January 1, 1978
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NEW IMES
? Approved For Release 2004/06/14: CIA-RDP81 M00980R000400120014
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371.:.;1. PE : ?LENSi INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS 'OF A CUBAN NATIONALIST GRLfUPi
WERE INDICTED ;UESORY ON CHARGES OF MUROERING 5RLP'iNOO. LET3E.LIERI r?
STRONG CRITIC OF THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT WHO WAS 3y ILLEO IN 1976 WHEN
? ' t 3 C W A S BLOWN UP ON A O'U`:LIC STREET HERE.
THE INDICTMENTS BY Ft FEDERAL GRANO JURY CONCLUOEO THE INVESTIGATIVE
P i RSE OF ., CFISE THAT HAS S FFYL!? DISRUPTED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
.C:: 5 3NGcN THE LiNITEO STATES AND ;?riIL_.
TAE JURY CH FRGEO 5EN1 j URN 5 RNUEL CONTRER? A SEPU L. "P'[5 UNTIL LAST
VS~L~
f('4 OF INTELLIGENCE D Nv
WITH ORDERING THE ASSASSINATION OF LETEL ER;? A FORMER CHILEAN DEFENSE
MINISTER WHO LIVED IN EXILE HERE AND WAS A LEADER O O ?iE
s OPPOSITION
TrE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF CHILE'S PRESIDENTS GEN. RU GUSTO r?IIN ET.
- NFMED L Ta L.OL. F IDRO E PI NDZFt ORP7VO FORMER DINE OPERATIONS
C IEF3 AND CAPE. 33RMFNOO . ERNFINDEZ LFFIOS AS PRINCIPALS IN CARRYING, C17 i rl PLOT.
..._ GRAN O JURY ALSO BROUGHT MURDER AND CONSPIRACY f L. 70 L>O?1~5(il! S? T t>.L`3~i.JRDGrR
MURDER t
Lc-E C.r1'iML~ iiLf~F Dian ?v r. -c -r
CORRGES AGAINST L3 r"LiItLf ~.EP9': v r.MPOLP RLiet IN Ross ? 1an; VI3?GIILIO PAZ
;. ,....R AND s'OSL fi IONI_IO SL'tREz EspuiVELS FORMER CUBAN CITIZENS WHO
NOW LIVE I N NEW d E3? E . THE MEN ARE LEADERS r? MILITANT
OF F PS N ( I - L?OMMUNI =;N POLI i i CFL GROUP. 1Y L.F'+R iGED A FIFTH
3.'SiE(N- AMER I CiiN i 'i.. ,.a^!L> O :?i: ._~fi1,_ ri WITH +'? TUt.r. O3'a I { LYING TO ~ ii ~~t1.r S- 5~ Lf Li tNL3 t}'r. :I
i. L .E 115 +=
70 REPORT 3'3 FELONY.
E i :LIER 'i HI=T S V. i OWNLEY?; AN RMERICRN WHO `rind LIVED IN C TILE FOR
MORE THEN TED DECROES.' WAS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ? ? 4 ~4 f MURDER. L6 i W HE AND .i Gi4FtC 1 O I O+j O PRE REPORTED 3 70 SE CO;. ~ E rRii`iiM(~ 1 WITH R ?3t "'r5IL._
i'~i;;w'f
Si+.}i HOR37.iE AND ARE 1N CUSTODY.
S e?C )N 1 3 L-L S F F i Ey k I LL SEEK THE EX i RiAOI 5 ION OF CONTRER;tS AND THE TWO,
OTHER CMI EFt S { THE DEPARTMENT O F aF S TI CE ST3I D. CONTRERAS 1S
REPORTEDLY F4 CLOSE CONFIDANT OF PRESIDENT s rT SEVERAL 1~VO ~L'iL3 7 Ft Tit ~+ U.S.
GOVERNMENT SOURCES SUGGESTED THAT CHILE MIGHT REFUSE TO DELI VLR HIM
TO 70E 1MERICaN GOVERNMENT.
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THE SOi E: THAT KILLED LETELIER SEPT. 01 197 69 ALSO CAUSED THE DEATH
OF i DNs?i'i1 f :fi i~n .irrsTii LE-l s"
u;i~itiTE Lscii r RESEARCH 1~S1I3 ~li~Ti AND WOUNDED HER
siUSBAND MICHAEL !MOF r?x i-r.rFrI
T t ?
sN R 'aELE_fHOME IN ERVxIEW s?1LirF1TT5 SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF AND ..SAS L
LETELICR.3 THE MURDERED MA i? 5 W1000 SAID THAT THE INDICTMENT SHOWED
THE "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT i;A_ REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT WE
HAVE NEitE., STRAYED FROM: WE SAID THAT FROM DAY ONE !HAi.1HLr i INOCH
r
GOVERNMENT WAS fiGrr9.+;!i S: aLCs
WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS THE INVESTIGATION UNTIL THE CHILEAN
GOVERNMENT RESPONDS T O THE REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION OF THE RRMY
OFFICEi.S9 BUT WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE SOS THAT THE FEDERAL. BUREAU OF
.iisi'iES71GATION HAS DONE SO FAR. THEY OPERATED IN THE FACE OF OOM STIC
AND FOREIGN OPPOSITION AND ZNTERFERENCEW WE RODEO.
i a s VA ~ AND i ~
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IGNACIs, iO x AND ~iOWNLE13 ALL THE E SUSP_E xC_ T_
FACE FOUR SEPARATE CHARGES THAT COULD CARRY LIFE IMPRISONMENT
SENTENCES. 6U LLCRMO i DV ? SGMA iP_ SROi'ER? WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH
TWO COUNTS OF GIVING FALSE STATEMENTS TO A GRAND JURY WHICH COULD
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