• I pa c1ASs1nm a y 11ncc b6 08-2 9-2022 __ _ _b7C FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence To PRIORITY Date Investigative services Attn Criminal Investigat ive Attn Santiago Washington Field Attn At tn From 03 27 2000 SSA SSA __ --_ _ _ __ __ __ Legat _ __ _ _ _ _ ____ SAC Ken caruso ASAC '- - - - - - - 1 SSA I- - - - - - b6 b7C b7E Washington Fiel' - w u u __ _ _ Contact SA Approved By b6 b 7C Drafted By ll Case ID # U Title • tUI Synopsis l85A-WF-l84222 Pending - 3-5° f CHILBOM MAJOR CASE 00 WF 5 To r equest that DTOU obtain Attorney General approval for the possible interview of potential witnesses and others in Chile in this matter Details U In March 2000 a team of DOJ Trial Attorneys FBI agents and translators arrived in Santiago Chile to conduct over forty interviews of f ormer and current h i gh ranking civilian and mi l itary officials of Government of Chile GOC through a letter rogatory reques t made through the DOJ t o Chi l ean authorities These interviews which wi l l be conducted starting 03 28 2000 and continuing for several weeks by court j udge Juaquin Billard DOJ Trai l Attorney's L____ I land FBI agents wil l be in a y room when the judge wFll gues ioning t he wi tnesses _ noJ hi red Chi lean attorney L- - - - - ----'Jwill be actually present when the intervi ews are ta 1 ng pace b c · criminal b6 b7C U As receiving offices are aware the FBI has been aggressively pursuing leads in the major case relating to the assassinat ion of former Chil ean Foreign Minister landof- I e f SEAR cf-v- SERIALIZED- - 1- -b6 INDEXED_- -- - - - b7c FIL E D cP -u ' l ___J tU To Re • Investi gat ive s ervices From l85A-WF -1 84222 03 27 2000 • Washington Field Office Lete lier and his secretary Ronnie Moffit in Washington D C on September 21 1976 This assassination of Minister Letelier and his U S citizen assistant was a particularly notorious and vici ous criminal act committed on U S soil U For years this ca se has been a priority of the FBI and the U S Department of Justice DOJ which has vigorously pursued the The actuai bombers have been · den · · v· in the S In addition b6 were indicted but efforts tq '-e x 'r 'a i t' e--- t' '·r-e m- w' 'e r 'e u ' n u ' s c 'c e' s' s 'ul were prosecuted under Chilean law for this cr i me and are still in jail in Chile Notwiths till1ding s uch convictions there are still unre solved aspects of t he case The intellectual authors of the crime are still being sought and this may lead to the hi ghest levels o f the former Chilean government which at the time of the bombing was led by General Agusto Pinochet I U As stated the DOJ FBI has prepared a formal and sealed l etter rogatory for the GOC requesting the interview of 46 witnesses and potential targets in Chile to determine if there is any additional evidence that could shed light o n these murders This case is particularly sensitive due to the recent return to Chil e of f ormer dic tator Pinochet from the United Kingdom whose extradi t i on was being sought by Spain in connection to human r ights abuses during his regime U The case continues to make front page news in Chile The DOJ trial attorney's and FBI agents have already been photographed by the media and their names are being quoted in the newspapers U · The Attorney General Guidelines for Extraterritorial FBI operations and Criminal Investigations requires approval from the Attorney General under sensitive cir cums tances Sensitive cir cumstances include •other activity that may have a significant adverse impact on fore i gn relations with or l aw enforcement act i vities within any country or group of countri es In applying this section i t i s intended t hat any activity that r easonably could be expected t o cause s ignificant diplomatic governmental or public controversy if disclosed should be treated as i nvolving sensitive ci r cumstances U It is anticipated that because of the extensive publicity this cas e is generating and because of the ant icipated b7C l J • To I nvestigative Services Re j S f lSSA-WF- 1 84222 03 27 2000 From • Washington Field Office cooperation of interested parties that indivi duals and potential witnesses may reach out for Legat Santiago to cooperate in this case and or vol··-' - nrov ' e i -mat -- - at- ive t o the - -- -- --- --- __ investiaation I ___________________ bS b6 I b7E b c I _ _ _ _ _ X Ul X U X 3