[lbo-talk] Junta's 'dirty war' had Kissinger OK...

[Mike Ballard]

In today's edition (December 6, 2004) of "The West
Australian" there is an article on page 30 which
states that, "newly declassified document reveals that
United States then secretary of state Henry Kissinger
told the Argentinian foreign minister during the
'dirty war' against leftists, 'our basic attitude is
that we would like you to succeed.'"

See also:

 Ambassador Robert Hill had just come back from
Washington where massacres of prisoners and widespread
human rights violations by Argentine security forces,
as well as mounting evidence of assassinations of
foreigners under Operation Condor, were cause for
concern. Hill was charged to raise the human rights
issues at the highest level of the Argentine
government. But, as Hill reported to Washington, "the
Foreign Minister said that GOA had been somewhat
surprised by indications of such strong concern on the
part of the USG in human rights situation in
Argentina. When he had seen SECY of State Kissinger in
Santiago, the latter had said he 'hoped the Argentine
Govt could get the terrorist problem under control as
quickly as possible.' Guzzetti said that he had
reported this to President Videla and to the cabinet,
and that their impression had been that the USG's
overriding concern was not human rights but rather
that GOA "get it over quickly."

http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB73/index3.htm

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