Date

Sep 21, 1970

Description

CIA Director Richard Helms, who met with Agustín Edwards privately on September 14, 1970, sends Henry Kissinger a summary of a more extensive debriefing at the CIA on September 18, 1970. The debriefing focused on potential coup leaders within the Chilean armed forces, as well as political figures who would support a military takeover to block Salvador Allende’s inauguration. Edwards warned the CIA that the Chilean military would need “clear and specific guarantees” of U.S. support before they moved to undermine Chile’s constitutional political order. The Archive obtained the full unredacted title of the CIA-Edwards report from a separate White House legal document.

Source

Gerald Ford Presidential Library

Document published in following posting(s):

CHILE’S COUP at 50
Kissinger Briefed Nixon on Failed 1970 CIA Plot to Block Allende Presidency

Aug 8, 2023

CIA, Memorandum of Conversation, “Conversation with Agustin Edwards, Owner of El Mercurio Chilean Newspaper Chain, 18 September 1970,” with transmittal memo from Richard Helms to Henry Kissinger dated September 22, 1970; Secret/Sensitive, September 21, 1970.