Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970–December 31, 1972
262. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO 15–2 CHILE. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated immediate to USUN.
263. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Secret; Eyes Only. Haig initialed the memorandum. A covering memorandum by Nachmanoff states that the Soviet Ambassador and possibly two Ambassadors from the Eastern Bloc would be present at the October 6 dinner at the Chilean Embassy. Members of the press corps, specifically representatives from the New York Times and the Washington Post, would “probably” also be in attendance. (Ibid.)
264. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Confidential; Nodis. Drafted on October 7. The meeting took place at the Chilean Embassy. In a covering memorandum to Kissinger, Nachmanoff informed him that “I have drafted the memorandum in a form which I believe would be suitable for distribution to State.” Moreover, he suggested it would be desirable to disseminate the memorandum of conversation, “both for bureaucratic purposes and to take Ambassador Davis off the hook.” Kissinger initialed his approval for distribution. (Ibid.)
265. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO 15–2 CHILE. Confidential; Exdis.
266. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Samuels) to President Nixon
Source: Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Confidential. Drafted by Fisher and cleared by Crimmins. Typed at the top of the page is “Approved by President with changes per Memorandum from Gen. Haig to Mr. Eliot dated 10/13/71.” The changes to the attached draft statement were the addition of a penultimate paragraph which reads as follows:
267. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Henry Kissinger Telephone Transcripts, Box 11, Chronological File. No classification marking. A tape recording of Nixon’s side of the conversation is in the National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Conversation No. 288–6.
268. Memorandum From Ashley Hewitt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Secret. Sent for information. Kissinger initialed at the top of the page.
269. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Confidential; Limdis. Drafted by Meyer on October 26. The meeting took place in the Waldorf Towers. Nachmanoff sent this memorandum of conversation to Kissinger under cover of a November 4 memorandum in which he stated that Frei “believes that Chile faces an economic disaster, that there is growing disenchantment with the Popular Unity government, that the opposition is more cohesive than before, and that the military is very largely antagonistic to the Popular Unity government. Frei, who told Korry after Allende’s election that he saw no hope for democracy in Chile, is still pessimistic, but apparently now feels there is some hope. He urges that the United States maintain close relations with the armed forces no matter what, and expresses his opinion that the best hope for the preservation of democracy in Chile lies in the U.S.’s ability to avoid giving Allende the chance to blame his inevitable failure on the U.S.” Kissinger initialed the covering memorandum. (Ibid.)
270. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile, Minutes of 40 Committee. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only; Outside System. Sent for action.
271. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, 40 Committee Minutes. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted on November 15. A copy was sent to Mitchell, Packard, Johnson, Moorer, and Helms. In a November 22 memorandum, Broe detailed suggested revisions to the minutes. (Ibid.) Broe’s comments are noted in footnotes below.
272. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only; Completely Outside System. Sent for information. Kissinger and Haig initialed the memorandum at the top of the first page.
273. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Secret. Sent for information. Written on the in an unknown hand at the top of the page is “HAK has seen.”
274. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Petty) to Secretary of the Treasury Connally
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 56, Secretary’s Memos, 1971: FRC 74 A 17, Memos to Secy 11–12/71. Confidential. Hennessy signed the memorandum for Petty on November 24.
275. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Petty) to Secretary of the Treasury Connally
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 56, Secretary’s Memos, 1971: FRC 74 A 17, Memos to Secy 11–12/71. No classification marking. Drafted by E.J. Gordon; cleared by Hennessy. A copy was sent to Walker. The December 3 memorandum was signed by Petty on December 4.
276. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL–2 CHILE. Secret; Priority; Exdis.
277. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Petty) to Secretary of the Treasury Connally
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Confidential. A copy was sent to Volcker. In a December 10 covering memorandum to Connally, Petty stated, “You will recall that this sprang from my dinner conversation with Dr. Kissinger. The idea is to make the point [regarding the threat of increased numbers of expropriations of foreign investments in developing world areas] at the summit meetings—beginning in the Azores—that we should concert more on these matters, especially in the World Bank.” (Ibid.)
278. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the 40 Committee (Jessup) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile, 1971–1972. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only; Out of System. Sent for action. Attached is a December 10 memorandum to the 40 Committee explaining the proposal in detail. It is Document 93 in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. E–16, Documents on Chile, 1969–1973. Also attached is a December 14 memorandum from Jessup to Mitchell, in which Jessup assumed his approval, but requested Mitchell to telephone with his decision.
279. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL CHILE–US. Secret; Priority; Exdis.
280. Memorandum From Robert Hormats and Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VI. Secret. Sent for action. Haig initialed the memorandum.
281. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Irwin) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–220, NSDM 93. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis.
282. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of the Treasury Volcker to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–220, NSDM 93. Confidential.
283. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile, 1971–72. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Sent for action.
284. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Chile
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO 15–2 CHILE. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Drafted by Feldman; cleared by Hunt, Weintraub, Fisher, and Holly; and approved by Crimmins.
285. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO 15–2 CHILE. Secret; Priority; Exdis.
286. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Debt Renegotiation (Weintraub) to the Senior Review Group
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VII. Secret. Sent through Meyer as Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Chile. Distributed to Kissinger, Irwin, Connally, Nutter, Moorer, and Helms.
287. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Connally to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VII. Secret.
288. Memorandum from Ashley Hewitt and Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VII. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only; Completely Outside the System. Sent for information. The memorandum is addressed to Haig, but Haig wrote HAK over his own name, and Kissinger initialed the memorandum. Tab A, entitled “Incoming Correspondence Returned,” is attached but not printed.
289. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VII. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only; Outside System. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. Under a January 17 covering memorandum to Kissinger, Hewitt recommended that Kissinger send this memorandum to the President. Hewitt characterized the triumph of the anti-Allende politicians in Chilean congressional elections of January 16: “Their victory arises in part from the unity the opposition parties were able to generate, but must represent some degree of turning away from the Allende government and its policies on the part of the electorate. Your memo notes our contribution to the victory in providing some clandestine support to the opposition parties to assist them with campaign expenses.” Hewitt concluded, “it is important that there be no official comment on the Chilean election from the administration. Allende will be looking for a way to explain his defeat and would be delighted to attribute it to our intervention.” (Ibid.)
290. Memorandum From the Assistant Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (McAfee) to the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Cline)
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR/IL Historical Files, Chile, Jan–June 1972. Secret. Drafted by Gardner on February 24. Printed from an uninitialed copy.
291. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 2 CHILE–US. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis.