CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-174-11-2-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 14, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/28: LOC-HAK-174-11-2-4
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PcRSf1NAL TO flR. HENRY A. KiSSINGEP.
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I SAW GENERAL P.tNUCHET ALONE AT HIc OFFICE
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IN THE O.EFENSF MINIST4Y. HE
HF- WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE ME A .A Pi. HE WAS' RF.LAXFV AND MOST CnROIAL
A wD;.RECALLED OUR LUNCH Tf1Gf-THF:R IN QUITO IN 1959. 25X1
III CENVEYEO GREETINGS F,'f1M THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY A'. WELL
AS fUR FRIENDSHIP- AND SUPP?lRTY Tf)t,ETHER WITHf)Ul UNDERSTAF1r,lNf; f1~
THF IMPORTANCE OF THE SUCCr-SS OF tIS EFFORTS Tn ENSURE CHIC,,="S 25X1
RECOVERY.
1,11 EXPRESSED. OUR DESIRE TO BF iIF ASSISTANICF WITHIN THE I i!MITS OF
'fa~E `CONSTRAINTS PLACED UPn-,' US 1lY CONGRESS AND OUR WISH TO "F HELPFUL 25X1
It- ;'A DISCREET WAY. GENERA1. PINOCHET SAID Hr WAS VERY HAPPY Ti) HEAR
TG+1S SAND TO HEAR IT FROM At,, OLD FIEND. HE HAD A VF',RY DIFFICULT
TASK AHEAD AND NEEDED ASSISTANCE TO INSURE THE ECONOMIC AN,, POLITICAL
RFCf1VERY OF CHILE AND ITS !?FFENSE.
k4 l NNTEY THAT WE HA 1 NO CURR - NT PLANS TO. CHANGE nOR POLICY ~MORI C05419485
T:IWARDS CUTA. HE EXPRFSSEr' GREAT SAfISFACTION. ON HEARING
t4f SAID THAT CASTRO WAS STILL WORKING HARD AT EXPORTING THr
REVOLUTION.' THE CHILE 1,NS 14AD FOUND EV.IOENCr- HERE THAT ARMS
OkIGINALLY SHIPPED TO CHIL~: FROM CUBA HAD BEEN TRANSSHIPPE1'~ TO
EXTREMIST GROUPS IN ARGENTINA AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRI S.
T(:0AY LARGE QUANTITIES OF SOVIET ARMS WERE oEING,SHIPPED In
PE.-.RU AND THIS WAS A CAUSE nF SER InUS CONCERN. TO CHILE. I T 1)1)1 0
8F- hIFFICULT TO. SUSTAIN BOTH FCf1NnMIC RECOVERY AND ARMS RAr,.
C i ; IL-F D I D NOT WANT THE 'LATTER. THEY ONLY W N T E D SECURITY.
"GENFRAL PINOCHET SAID oE WOULoo TELL' ME TW(l THINGS HE. Hf NOT
TCiLh ANY FOREIGNER. HE WAS GOING SHORTLY Teo .BRAZIL ANDWOitl f_)
SPEND SEVERAL DAYS THFRt. BRAZIL HAD BEEN AND. WAS BEING ,VF,Y
HELPFUL TO HIM. I SAID THAT WE WoULD WORK WITH THE BRAZI`LiANS IN
T+~YiNG TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO HIM; SECONDLY, HE, SAID TOAT
R-?If1R TO THE "MOVEMENT" OF 11 SFP1 HE HAD HAD SOME DOUBTS.
Ai;?DJT THE FIB+RE OF THE CHILEAN SOLDIERY SINCE CHILE HAD NOT
RFEN AT WAR FOR NEARLY A ?CFNTURY. THE CONDUCT OF THE CHIL 4'N
ASM D FORCES DURING AL1_ENDf:.+S OVFPTHROW HAD CMPLETELY REASS+iRFf?
*'. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *i4HSR COMMENT * * *
SCO.WCRf)FTYMCFARLANFYRO,'MAN
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HIM AS TO THEIR FIBRE AID ?ISCIf LINE.
"I SAID THAT AT THE F,EX ICO CITY CIJNFFRFNrE WE WOULD HAVL, Nn
:1N WITH
GREAT SLURPRISFS AND WOULD KNOT ENGAGE IN CONL-RONTATI(
ANYONE,.
."GENERAL PINOCHET EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FnR THE WAY IN wHYCH
TkkE PRESIDENT HAI) HANDLED nOR RELATIONS WITH THE USSR AND t>C
FUt,
WITHOUT MAKING COSTLY CONC =SS I ON TI] EITHER r,Nf1~ FOR THE Skit,
WAY ; IN WHICH WE HAD LEFT VIETNAM WITHOUT LOSING IT. HE EXc-.,ESSE0
U^:O1~RSTANDING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S INTERNAL PR1'1RIEMS SAYING THAT A
GREAT MAN WAS ALWAYS BITTF,-LY OPPr1SED. I ASSURED HIM THAT rHF
p+'ES,IDENT WAS TOUGH AND NOTED THAT I HAD: HE,f=N WITH HIM IN vrRv
DAN' FROUS SITUATIONS ON SF,,ERAL OCCASIONS' AND HAD SEEN THE INl)
y OF COURAGE HE DISPLAYED WHFN IJNrOER PRESSURE OR IN DANGER.
"GENFRAL PINOCHET SA.In HE WAS nELIGHTED TO KNOW THAT TH:.
LFADERSHI.P' OF THE UNITED STATES DID NOT SHARE THE VIEWS ON rwlIl.F
Of THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST. HE KNEW THAT
HF MUST RECONCILE CHILEANS IN ORDER' TO ' RESTORE THE COUNTRY
ANDYTO nQ THIS HE WOULD USa THE HEST CIVILIAN BRAINS IN Tki
COUNTRY, HE CITED SA.FZ, LrNIZ AND THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE.
Hf- 4NEW THAT THERE WERE .Sf'.iE TOUGH TIMES AHEAD AND HE WOULn
HAVE TO TAKE SOME UNPOPULAP ECONOMIC'MEASURFS TO MOVE THE
CflUNTRY TOWARDS RECOVERY. CHILE HAD GOOD PEOPLE AND ADEQUATE
RESOURCES. HE INTENDED TO USE THEM TO 'REST ADVANTAGE.
dOT NOTED THE THE U.S.WAS SENDING HIM AN OUTSTANDING
AM6.ASSAOOR WHO WAS A GOOD PRIENID-. r1F AND HAD GOOD ACCESS TO THE
S.FCRE.TARY OF STATE. GENFRAL PINDCHFT SAID ~,E .APPRECIATED r Ic
1/1: RY MUCH AND LOOKED FORWAQ,D TO MEETING THE AMBASSADOR SO(lo.
HHPINOCHET SAID HE WAS Sr=TTING UP A NEW NATIONAL INTFLLI' NCF
SFR,,VICE AND THAT HIS KFY MtN IN THIS WAS A rOLONEL CONTRERA .
ANOTHER WOULD BE THE TITULAR HEAD BUT CONTRf"RAS WAS HIS MA-\%
Hr i~,OULn MUCH APPRECIATE O uR HELP IN THE FOti,MATIVF PERIOD i-D
T T0LD HIM WE WOULD BE GLAf, TO HAy'E CONTRERAS OR ANYONE EI r:
COME UP TO SEE US TO SEE WHAT WF COULD DO Tr1 HE., OF ASS ISTA',,;r,'F
Tri'THE 4.
-rpINnCHET EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FOR DR. KISSINGEk'S TIREt -SS
QUEST'FOR PEACE AND HOPED THE SECRETARY WOULD COME TO
L'AT;IN AMERICA. I SAID I BELIEVED HE WOULD nS HF UNDERSTOC1n Tf-'P
ImPORTANCE OF THIS PART OF THE WOkL). GENERAL' PINOCHFT LO('1vFn
Fr R'WARD TO MEETING HIM. W? SHUUL,) KNOW THAT THE CHILEANS wn,ULP
NOT CREATE ANY PROBLEMS ,Fl).'. US. AS WE KNEW THEY HAD STAGEi THEIR
RFVnL.:UTION BY THEMSELVES AND HAn nONE IT WITHOUT ANY OUTSI,nr
HELP, HUT THEY DID NEED ASSISTAN)CF- TO REB1.JI1..0 THEIR ECONOMv.
HF AGAIN EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT-THE INTRODUCTION INTO PERtf
(IF SOVIET ARMS, TECHNICIANS AND. DFPENDENT FAMILIES. HE
STRfINGLY, FELT THAT THE USSt. AND CUBA INTENDED TO USE PERU
Ac A PLATFORM TO OPERATE IN THE CONTINENT. CHILE HAD NO
AC'Gi?FSSIVE INTENTIONS ANn ONLY i,!ANTE[) DEFENSIVE WEAPONS. rrNFRAL
PTNf7CHET SAIfi HE FELT THAT PERONN AS MOVING IN A MODERATE
DIRECTION IN ARGENTINA.
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. 'GENERAL P I NUCHET ASKED) ME T(1 THANK THE PRESIDENT AND D>' .
KTSSiNGFR FOR THE MARK ()F, ('ONFI!)ENC'E THEY HAD 'GIVEN HIM IN
SFNt ING ME 'rn SEE HIM AND TQ CONVr-Y TO THEM HIS ADMIRATION +Nn
GRATITUDE AND BEST,WISHES IN THr: MUBLE STRUGGLE THEY WERE DING
C)N BEHALF OF HUMAN FREEI)f1M. HE HfiPED THAT T WOULD COME TO IeFF
HIM'AGAIN.
'HE LOOKED WELL AND CO.Nr: I DFNT THOUGH RECnGNI Z ING ,THAT H, HAS
A TI:TUGH ROAD AHEAD AND I4AN,Y ENEMIFS AT HOME AND At3ROAf). H. WAS
OPV-IOUSLY EXTREMELY PLEASEf" AT THE VISIT AN" THE INTFREST IT
INDICATED. HE SHOULD NOTt E A SOURCE OF,PRn8LEMS FOR US IN
THE- INTER-AMERICAN FRAMEWf1,K. THERE WERE A FEW DTHFR ITEM I
WILL DISCUSS ON MY .RETURN.""
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