424-10291-1004 AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: — FBI . RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10291-10042 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 109-12-207-3360 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: DOCUMENT INFORMATION. CIA CIA 11/11/1976 5 ~ OBA, ASSOC, POLIT, VENEZUELA PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret NEW “ CLASSIFICATION: 07/07/1998 UPDATE DATE: Redact . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) INC ADMIN PAGE HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306902 Page 1
ann. 1075 WINE REDITIONS . . SEGRE (yYYNen riled in) Ce ee EB ite 2 NS , oy : a oe _ _ —_ a “¥ntelligence Information Cable © ROUTINE’ | INO93225. PAGE .1 OF. 4 PAGES WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED OER STR BIC STATE/INR JCS/MC (DJA) CIA/NMCC SWS NSA TREAS NSC/S SDO NIO. CRS STATE (SY/I/PIB) SS/ID SECUR CIEP ..-. | | EFonded Reporting Officer. Exempt from General Declassification Schedule of E.O. 11652 Exemption ' Category | 5B a) ((2). Impossible to. Determine Date of Automatic Declassification. lassified By DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS woo. DECLASSICATIOR REFER AT REGINNING AND END OF REPORT. eee. am RS SR AA! 1 ay ‘ Le SECRET IN GOS Uae? ae ; aire me inet Ne REPORT class SECRET- - WARNING NOTICE--SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES. AND. FR DB-315/11301-76_ | terres ane DIST. 4] NOVEMBER - 1976 . "METHODS INVOLVED-NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS-NOT RELEASABLE am, CONTRACTORS OR SONTRACTOR/ CONSULTANTS . - ce ots rot on COUNTRY CHT LE/VENEZUELA peoussiigal aed ’ 21-22 OCTOBER 1976 mH eet Ave SUBJECT “ ‘VISIT OF AN EMISSARY OF VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CARLOS ANDRES v OO ete TO EXPLAIN LATTER'S MOTIVES, IN ATTENDING FUNERAL OF: - . V8. O Bar 3% (68 ORLANDO LETELIER - ie ACQ » CHILE, SANTIAGO (5 NOVEMBER 19%) Dé-4g FIELD NO. 3 ope 778 aw) SOURCE . A RETIRED MILITARY OFFICER WITH GOOD CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE memeramraes5 | pee “MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. HE IS A FAIRLY RELIABLE REPORTER.. uw ; a | 'B NOV 19 1976 Yeu. éele ~ ‘1. ON 21 OCTOBER 1976, ENRIQUEXR I v A SYCGOMEZ, | SELF-- py i IDENTIFIED AS A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CA a _ CARLOS. ANDRES P ERE Z, ARRIVED IN CHILE AND REQUESTED A. ae Sa MEETING: WITH GENERAL custavol\ E IG H, ATR FORCE MEMBER OF THE 7 | § 5 4 emle_ SS 4 2. ~ fore! XY 2 } 70 ¢ VR 7: _ 7] : (elassijication | HY 50953 DBoctd: 323060902 Page 2?
WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED x a, WNO93225 0 — cIVED . | ‘ TDFIRDB - 515/11501- 7 INTE i U6 E NCE DIN. PAGE 2 OF4 PAGES | “. 9 BURTHER prssemanarttn AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT « SECRET To CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT 7 chi, cemnnaegeisse™ controls) JUNTA. THE FOLLOWING DAY, RIVAS MET LEIGH AND TOLD HIM THAT co, HE HAD BEEN SENT BY PRESIDENT PEREZ TO EXPLAIN THE LATTER'S INTENTIONS IN. PERSONALLY ATTENDING, ,THE FUNERAL OF ORLANDO L ETE L IE R, FORMER CHTLEAN sotBASSADOR TO THE UNITED. STATES WEO: WAS ASSASSINATED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1976 AND -BURIED IN ‘CARACAS . 2. RIVAS TOLD LEIGH THAT PRESIDENT PEREZ DID NOT MEAN TO AFFRONT .THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT BY HIS ACTION, BUT RATHER THAT. HE ATTENDED THE FUNERAL TO ‘SHOW: HIS RESPECT FOR VENEZUELA'S _ _ DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS. RIVAS SAID THAT PRESIDENT PEREZ HOPED HIS | ACTION HAD NOT BEEN MISINTERPRETED BY THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT AND. THAT THERE WOULD BE NO HARD FEELINGS BETWEEN THE TWO “GOVERNMENTS OVER THE MATTER, | | .. '3. GENERAL LEIGH SAID THAT PRESIDENT, PEREZ' ACTION HAD | BEEN BADLY, REGEIVED IN CHILE AND THAT HE PERSONALLY FOUND IT’ DIFFIGULT..TO’ ‘UNDERSTAND “tHE RESIDENT'S MOTIVES. LEIGH SAID. maar HE UNDERSTOOD" PEREZ RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY, BUT HE FELT THAT IN | _ LETELIER'S CASE, _ IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT TO SEND A * Seon a a : : a : af SECRET o~ _ gldist fication) ; controlsy HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306902 Page 3 M9 41: daa a SECRET (When Filled In) © Hy/ “(ae ] —
oe Te - | ae 37 3413 "Editions a SECRET (Wiien Filled In) an ne, X WARNING NOTICE i SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED o, Co Oo IN 093225 _ ; TOFIRDB-315/11301-76 PAGE 3 OF 4 PAGES , amu FURTHER DISSEMINATON AND USE OF THTS INFORMATION SUBJECT SECRET. To CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT - mem LESCOL ON) mab HiSem™ Controls) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE, THE DECISION TO” ae. PERSONALLY ATTEND THE FUNERAL HAS ‘BEEN USED BY CHILE'S ENEMIES TO EMBARRASS THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT. | ; -4,° WHEN QUERIED ABOUT THE VENEZUELAN INVESTIGATION INTO . THE LETELIER ASSASSINATION, RIVAS SAID THAT VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES ‘AD GONE ABOUT AS FAR AS THEY ‘WANTED TO GO IN QUESTIONING ORLANDO Sennen a Cuba . | 7 RIVAS POINTED OUT THAT BOSCH HAD POWERFUL FRIENDS. CLOSE TO THE: B O S GH, CUBAN EXILE: LEADER, REGARDING HIS POSSIBLE’ INVOLVEMENT. a Yea” VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT AND. THAT PRESSURE WAS BEING ° APPLIED ON oe ; , BOSCH'S BEHALF. HE EXPRESSED DOUBT THAT ANY MORE INFORMATION WOULD. . BE, REVEALED BECAUSE. OF ‘THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT '' Ss) RELUCTANCE TO PRESS THE: MATTER TOO FAR. Se (SOURCE COMMENT: THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF RIVAS' ‘TRIP WAS og TO EXPLORE THE CHILEAN ATTITUDE TOWARD A PROPOSAL BY PRESIDENT © _ PEREZ TO HOLD A MEETING OF PRESIDENTS OF THE ANDEAN PACT COUNTRIES. TO ‘TRY TO RESOLVE: THE IMPASSE BETWEEN CHILE AND THE OTHER PACT MEMBERS OVER IMPORT DUTIES AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT. VENEZUELA DID a SNOT PLAN TO APPROACH ANY OTHER COUNTRIES UNTIL THE CHILEANS AGREED ToT THE IDEA; "HOWEVER, "THIS MATTER WAS OVERTAKEN, BY” EVENTS WITH, he oe - SECRET . alclasstfieation) _ ai dissem controls) : HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306902 Page 4
FORM 793: _ SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE PEREZ ADMINISTRATION, SUCH AN . HY SECRET TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT _ (olasrifteation) . (dissem controls) - =: erasers sumrseeecmmemmaaranameerencisnans a REPORTERS. 11 TT RE RE ENC IED ‘3 1413 3 eae ; ; SECRET (When Filled in) ; an . “WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN093225 DFR DB -315/11301-76 -PAGE4 OF q PAGES _ FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT ° 3 CHILE'S FORMAL WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PACT ON 30 OCTOBER.) , - . { 6. _IN REQUESTING HIS _MEETING WITH: LEIGH, -RIVAS ASKED | THAT HIS.-PRESENCE IN CHILE NOT BE MADE A MATTER OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, FOR THIS REASON, THE MEETING WAS ARRANGED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE MINISTRY OF .DEFENSE RATHER THAN AT DIEGO PORTALES . GOVERNMENT HOUSE, WHERE THERE IS A GREATER RISK OF DISCOVERY BY — Ts. (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS AGENCY | comenrED THAT ALTHOUGH RIVAS HAS, ON OCCASION, HANDLED . ve. ASSIGNMENT AS DESCRIBED. IN THIS REPORT IS. UNUSUAL.” IT IS OUT. OF CHARACTER FOR PEREZ TO EXPLAIN OR APOLOGIZE FOR HIS ACTIONS AND IT APPEARS STRANGE THAT A PEREZ REPRESENTATIVE WOULD ADMIT THAT BOSCH HAS POWERFUL FRIENDS IN THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS GONE TO GREAT LENOTHS TO ATTEMPT TO HIDE THIS FACT. ) 8. FIELD DISSEM: EMBASSY AT SANTIAGO; SENT: TO CARACAS. | REPORT CLASS SECRET- -WARNING NOTICE-- SENSITIVE. INTELLIGENCE. SOURCES, AND METHODS INVOLVED-NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS-. - NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR/ CONSULTANTS | 5 > CLASSIFIED BY REC DED REPORTING. OFFICER. XG_,-2. 3 a” os 2 CEoDET ee ee ee _ _ Li 0953 Docid: 323069027 Page 5