104-10050-10210 Mr. David W. Belin | Executive Director ._ ‘Deer Mr. Belin: oS ce . Attachments: als RIL lee dL RAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY _WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505. Executive Ragistry | ; eect acne L277 eee Fs _ INSPECTOR GENERAL Commission on CIA Activities . _ Within the United States a 7 a : oe In accordance ‘with your request, I am forwarding copies * of sensitive Agency documents concerning Chile. One is a copy © of Director Helms! notes of a September 15, 1970 meeting with the President. The other is a memorandum for the record pre- a a. pared by William Brée, then Chief of the CIA Western Hemisphere ‘ Division. — It's the last sentence of paragraph 2. of Mr. Broe's © memorandum that reflects. > apparent Presidential provisos. re » Faithfully 3 yours,, : — Assistant to the Director, Classified by 0 1 4 3 59 Ezampt from general declassitcatian cchadute of E.0. 11632 exemption sci2cule 3 (1), (2), - Automaticaly eaciassitigd or fate iazessizia ta Oeleraine DEURL | att to Doct 4048
14-00000 . MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD ey SUBJECT: [ ‘Genesis of £ Project FUBELT “| the task force would be Mr. David Phillips! me 1.. On this date the Director called a meeting in connection J ./. with the Chilean situation. Present in addition to the Director were © - soe General Cushman, DDCI;,Col. White, ExDir- Compt; Thomas ©. - Oe - _., Karamessines, DDP; Cord Meyer, ADDP; William V. Broe, Chief . "WH Division; James Flannery, Deputy Chief, WH Division, Thomas me “. “ Polgar, | | Chief, : we Covert Action, WH Division; and Raymond Warren, Chief, WH HI, . | 2. . ‘The Director tola the group that President Nixon had : te 7. 7, decided that an Allende regime in Chile was not acceptable to. the. . . United States.. The President asked the Agency to prevent Allende. from coming to power or to unseat him. The President authorized ten million dollars for this purpose, if needed. Further, The Agency 7 ‘is to carry out this. ‘mission without coordination swith the Departments 7 7 of State or Defense. 7 3. ‘During: the meeting it. was “decided that Mr. ‘Thomas De ‘ Karamessines, DDP, would have overall responsibility for this — 7 - a . project. He would be assisted by a special task force set up for this purpose in the Western Hemisphere Division. The Chief of 4, Col. White was ‘asked by the Director to make all ree necessary support arrangements i connect tion with the project. 5. The Director said he had been asked by Dr. Henry ne : co Kissinger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, : | SECRET/SENSITIVE re EYES ONLY | lf September 1970 | a mS and Deputy Chief.of the task force would bel : - ee ne toes ee eet en eee 0 4
14-00000 . * > aan weemamacinenateeemere neve tern mm a “to meet with him on ‘Friday, 18 September to give him the Agency's s al . 7 views on how ‘this mission could be & accomplished. — rere William v. “Broe ne , eo, . Chief - , PO ae | Western Hemisphere I Division & oe eee re Gene eee Ge Deon - SECRET/SENSITIVE oo ot EYES ONLY
14-00000 SETI We (PRES DENT | elie. AT heieae ae . | ra _ MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT DC ne ON CHILE . 1525, 15 SEPTEMBER 1970 - - PRESENT WERE: JOHN MITCHE ELL AND HENRY KISSTNOER
14-00000 . 4. on 9 October 1969 ur. WALLds “a | Hhogunda, Secret - Service Agent, said that tho Seeret Service preferred to | - weit until the complete debrie?ing re pox “¢ had been reeaived ‘before submitting Dignero to a polyfyvaph examination, Ga — 20 October Mv. Rhodunds said thet it apostra that his ..-gemyies will want a polyara rph emanmine Goa of Dighero , gonducted and requested tha at, 2 poacibla &, this fsconcy - ., ‘provide the polygraph operator He said. that the Yeeret _ Service would provide cover for tt 2@ operater in San Fas eeniaichis oe - BL, Yt is recommended that the Lge Boy 7 support reguested by the Sceret Service in orde . te resolve the matter of the nlot agsinst the 14if |, President Nixon as reported by Dirhero. Thorefor “aS requested to honor the Eccret tervice? 8 expressed: = that this Agency make a nolygrach onerator and a '. ppeaking Wi Division of ‘ficer avail able ior travel |. Braneisco. ° a ace Lar) Go 3 bbe. gy e>F oo 2 a3 Hak / > re er Oe By g ae re be 7) Paty Peat H - & af seer ADD _ Office oF Security ; ke yocomuendation eontrined an ae paragraph five. az APPROVED Eh ae rare Hw al Leputy Director for Plans ~ “TR ste ye ray Yes ted eee A. Cet deb noes 7 On free Lect ue a thar age Lowe. the