C 0 58 8 3 7 2 2 1ED U S Department of State Case No M-2015-14753 Doc No C05883722 Date 10 01 2015 RELEASE IN PART S'reRU Department of -· ·· STATE PAGE II INFO ADS·IIII lOG-liS �712 1121196• ORIGIN� TAGS E 1 2 ------- �'___'�-� G_H_T _R_E-PO-R-TS-DA_T_IN-G - PI�OCHET MANIPULATED SUPREME COURT JUSTICES CHI INVESTIGATION AND CHI'S THESE REPORTS TALLY 1 ITH PlY RECOLLECTIONS WHILE THEY ARE NINE YEARS OLD THEY IIERE NONETHELESS SOURCED TO EXTREMELY SENSITIVE INFORMANTS ACCORDINGLY I HAVE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED THEIR CONTENTS RATHER THAN REPEATING IF YOU SELIEVE YOU NEED FOR IHE Ftnn��uEZ INTERROGATION OIIE OR MORE OF THEM LET PIE KNOW APRIL 27 VALDIVIESO REPORTS DETENTION OF CONTRERAS BURGO� ESPINOZA • OF INTERROGATION AND FERNANDEZ F - - 51- G- c- 1- 63 GENERAL PINOCHET A 81 � INFORMATION ASOVE NOTES PRESSURE ON WHEN REST SITUATION SUBSEQUENT PARTICIPATION IN THE COVER UP DIRECTED BY THEM EN TOTO PRAISAL OF PINOCHET STONEWALL R _s- c CONSISTS POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF PINOCHET DOMESTIC FROM APRIL 78 TO AUC' -tnr-- --_ 1 ITH THE CHILEAN 3 Q i CHILEAN GOVERNMENT YIELDED TO CONTRERAS' BLACKMAIL ENTIRE TEXT NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JULY 23 WORD THE SUPREME COURT TO ASSURE THAT REQUESTS FOR EXTRADITION OADR I COT LAST NI CHT �f J � DIFFERENT SOURCE SAPIE SUBSTANCE AS ABOVE • ARE REJECTED AND PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN AT HOME LETELIER CASE � 11AY 8 STRATEGY DE� A 'I TJ l JED PINR SUBJECT OROZCO WITH THE US BUT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO LEGAL STATE 929964 DECL � DEATH EVIDENCE AGAINST PINOCHET ONLY CONTRERAS' SPECIAL ENCRYPTION FOR L M�O�� � t E O 123S6 CONTRERAS' J_DJ o- t EXCEPT THAT OROZCO SAID THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO COOPERATE TO AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 111MEDIATE ROGER CHANNEL S� PINDCHET AND THAT HE HAD LEFT SEALED DOCUPI NTS IN SEVERAL D 221922Z 38 Ftl SECSTATE WASHDC � 0I ORDERED THE RELEASE OF THE FORtiER DINA OFFICERS - ---·-----·------·29 217 0 2219S9Z JAN 87 3�TGEGRAM� �'£ _ 'L- I _P 7 7 INFORMED PINOCHET WHO SUSPE NDED THE INVESTIGATION AND 11118 R FI1CNEIL APPROVED BY INR D PLACES IN THE EVENT OF HIS FP1PICNEIL LJP DRAFTED BY INR c€ JULY 19 ·SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BORQUEZ SAYS US B1 PROBABLY HAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE ON FERNANDEZ TO ARRANT EXTRADION EXPRESSES COIICERN ON DIVISION ON THE COURT AND NOTES MILITARY PRESSURE AGAINST THE EXTRADITION OF CONTRERAS BUT SUGGESTS MILITARY IS WILLING TO THROW FERNANDEZ TO THE WOLVES G AUGUST I S GENERAL CARRASCO lARPIY CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE DOE NOT KNOll MUCH ABOUT LILL IANA IIALKER CLUB • CONTRERAS IS UPSET ABOUT HIS DETENTION JOIN THE PINOCHET - �EDpLES THE CODELCO COVER STORY TO A MEETING OF GENERALS AND ADMIRALS H AUGUST 7 SPLIT TING ON EXTRADITIOII • IRRELEVANT POSTURING AND LEGAL HAIR SHULTZ ---· ·'--- - ·-�- __ ' ·---·-·-·-· NO DETAILS MORE INTERESTINGLY PINOCHET IS REPORTED TO HAVE TOLD MEETING OF ARMY OFFICERS AT THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ABOVE THAT HE PlANNED TO DETAIN SOME OFFICERS FORMERLY COI NECTED 1 ITH DINA AS PART OF INVESTIGATION OF ISSUANCES DF FALSE PASSPORTS AIIO FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES HE SAID ANYONE THOUGHT GUILTY WOULD BE TRIED IN CHILEAN COURTS AND NOT THE US' B APRIL 2S CONTRERAS TOLD A CONFIDANT HE AUTHORIZED THE ASSASSINATION OF LETELIER ON ORDERS FROM PIHOCHET • OROZCO IIENT TO THE US IN PliO-APRIL 78 DETAINED THE DINA OFFICERS NAMED AEOVE SUBSEQUENTLY HE FERNANDEZ' WHO HAD FIRST DENIED ANY CONNECTION WITH TOWNLEY ADMITTED ·- THAT HE HAD DELIVERED DOLS �099 TD TOIINLEY ON ORDERS OF ESP·INO A FERNANDEZ SAID HE DID NOT KNOW liHAT THE MONEY - WAS FOR OR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT TOIWLY'S ACTIVITIES ESPINOZA ADMITTED THAT HE HAD SEHO FERNANDEZ WITH THE DDLS S90S TO BE DEll VERED TO TOWill Y THE FUNDS TO BE · USED BY TOIINLY TO ASSASSINATE LETELIER UPON THE ORDER OF COilTRERAS NOTE REPORT DOES NOT REPEAT 110 STATE FERNANDEZ WAS WITTING' CONTRERAS ADMITTED THAT HE HAD ORDERED THE ASSASSINATION BUT CLAIMED DIRECT ORDERS FROM PINOCHET CONTRERAS INDICATED HE liAS PREPARED TO TESTIFY TO A COVER STORY THAT HE· HAD SENT TOWNLEY TO INVESTIGATE LETELIER AND THAT WHAT HAD HAPPENED MUST HAVE OCCURED ON THEIR INITIATIVE C IIAY 11 - DRD2 CO CONFRONTED COIITRERAS ON 24 APRIL ON STATEMENTS FROM ESPIIlOZA AND FERNAilOEZ lAND COLONEL PANTOJA TELLING CONTRERAS TO MAKE HIMSELF READY ON A PROSECUTION OF IllEGAL ACTS COMMITTED Y D IliE CONTRERAS TOLD�RDLCD All fDR IGN OP ERATIONS HAD BEEN APPROVED BY SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2015-14753 Doc No C05883722 Date 10 01 2015