HELMS INVESTIGATION/CHILE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000605560001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 6, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ADIO TV REPORT.
4701 WILLARD AVENUE, CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND 20815
FOR
PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF
PROGRAM
Morning Edition
STATION
WAMU Radio
NPR Network
DATE
August 6, 1986 8:10 AM
CITY
Washington DC
SUBJECT
Helms Investigation/Chile
DAVID MOLPUS: National Public Radio has learned new
details of allegations that Republican Senator Jesse Helms of
North Carolina, or his staff disclosed U.S. intelligence
information to the Chilean government. The allegded leak
involved information about the death in Santiago of Rodrigo
Rojas, a Chilean born U.S resident.
Witnesses say Rojas was set on fire and burned to death
by members of the Chilean Arms Forces.
NPR's Jim Angle has our report.
JIM ANGLE: An administration source told NPR that an
official of the Chilean government has confirmed to U.S.
officials that Chile learned of U.S. intelligence information on
Rojas' death from Helms or a member of his staff.
The Chilean official told the U.S. Embassy in' Santiago
that Chilean officials received a called from Helms' describing
the information that had been obtained by the Central
Intelligence Agency. But the source cautioned that it was not
clear whether the call came from Helms himself, 'or someone
representing Helms.
The center of a current FBI investigation is Christopher
Manion, an aide to Helms'on the Senate Foreign Relations staff.
According to a knowledgeable Administration source, who spoke on
the condition he not be identified, Helms saw a reference to the
Rojas death in the National Intelligence Daily, a roundup of
intelligence information distributed largely within the Admini-
stration. As the chairman of the Subcpmmittee on Western Hemi-
sphere Affairs, Helms has access to intelligence information on
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