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    A second declassified U.S. diplomatic cable refers to a letter from then-U.S. Ambassador Harry Barnes giving further detail of McCain's meeting with Pinochet. From his meeting with junta member Merino, however, McCain passed on an tidbit of political intelligence that the embassy found useful. "The most interesting part of the conversation, according to the congressman, was Merino's statement that he and other members of the Junta had recently told Pinochet that he should not expect any support from the junta if he should decide to be a candidate for president in 1989."

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    A second declassified U.S. diplomatic cable refers to a letter from then-U.S. Ambassador Harry Barnes giving further detail of McCain's meeting with Pinochet. From his meeting with junta member Merino, however, McCain passed on an tidbit of political intelligence that the embassy found useful. "The most interesting part of the conversation, according to the congressman, was Merino's statement that he and other members of the Junta had recently told Pinochet that he should not expect any support from the junta if he should decide to be a candidate for president in 1989."

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    Harry Barnes's Instructions To McCain About Meetinhg Pinochet.

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    A second declassified U.S. diplomatic cable refers to a letter from then-U.S. Ambassador Harry Barnes giving further detail of McCain's meeting with Pinochet. From his meeting with junta member Merino, however, McCain passed on an tidbit of political intelligence that the embassy found useful. "The most interesting part of the conversation, according to the congressman, was Merino's statement that he and other members of the Junta had recently told Pinochet that he should not expect any support from the junta if he should decide to be a candidate for president in 1989."

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    UatLROoWth eesee SNE _LcenSTTENT Sm Page: 175 DECAPTIO! SHES ise Nunber: 5199900030 Chile Project (#31: PAGE 01 SANTIA 00448 2221112 US. Department of Sie a Re te ACTION $S-25 Decagtcs, cise i Pa, fata INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 SS0-00 ( AS-01 sce orga iru ‘Sasa 2519002 a © 2219072 JAN 86 FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO TO WHITEHOUSE WASHDC IMMEDIATE INFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4809 ott in COMBE DB: ae 1 AL SANTIAGO 00448 DMLAU QE ©, 5 “TxETS DES ft Te FOR ADMIRAL POINDEXTER FROM DCM GEORGE JONES E. 0, 12356: DECL:OADR TAGS: PREL, CI SUBJ: YOUR APPOINTMENT WITH CHILEAN AMBASSADOR 1. -CONBEDBNPEML ENTIRE TEXT. 2. I UNDERSTAND YOU WILL VERY SHORTLY BE SEEING CHILEAN AMBASSADOR ERRAZURIZ, IN RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST TO DELIVER A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM PRESIDENT PINOCHET. THIS IS PRESUMABLY PINOCHET’S REPLY TO THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER OF NOVEMBER 7, WHICH AMBASSADOR BARNES DELIVERED WHEN HE PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS. YOU WILL RECALL THAT THAT LETTER HAD ITS GENESIS IN THE AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH YOU LAST FALL, WHEN YOU DISCUSSED ANALOGOUS SITUATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 3. AMBASSADOR BARNES IS ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ANOTHER PART OF CHILE, BUT WD IAVE DISCUSSED THB FORTHCOMING MEETING WITH EBRRAZURIZ AND THE POINTS YOU MIGHT WISH TO INCLUDE IN YOUR COMMENTS TO HIM. FIRST, IN A MEETING IN CARTAGENA WITH ELLIOTT ABRAMS, FOREIGN MINISTER DEL VALLE MADE THE OUTRAGEOUS SUGGESTION THAT THE PRESIDENT MAY NOT —CONRIDENTIAL PAGE 02 SANTIA 00448 2221112 HAVE BEEN AWARE OF WHAT HIS NOVEMRER 7 WRTTER SATD (85 STATE 380128). ALTHOUGH ERRAZURIZ HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO TASK FOR THIS, I RECOMMEND YOU TOUCH ON THIS ars Cerer DENTEAL Page: 175 UNCLASSIFIED Page: 176 a Case Nultber: $199900030 AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IF PINOCHET’S LETTER SAYS ANYTHING SIMILAR. 4. SECOND, YOU MIGHT ASK BOB GELBARD TO GIVE YOU THE GIST OF THE AMBASSADOR‘S LETTER TO HIM OF JANUARY 14, REPORTING ASPECTS OF PINOCHET'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN MCCAIN. IF PINOCHET'S LETTER REFLECTS HIS CURRENT MOOD, AS REPORTED BY MCCAIN AND BY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS WE RECEIVED ON THE EARLIER STAGES OF ITS DRAFTING, THEN IT MAY INCLUDE A STIFF REJECTION OF U. S. POLICY TOWARD CHILE. IF SO, YOU MAY WISH TO COMMENT ON THE SPOT. 5. FINALLY, I UNDERSTAND YOU ALREADY PLAN TO REINFORCE MIKE ARMACOST’S PROTEST TO ERRAZURIZ CONCERNING GOC HANDLING OF SECURITY FOR SENATOR KENNEDY'S VISIT, DURING WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO LEAVE THE AIRPORT FOR TWO HOURS AND THE AMBASSADOR’S CAR WAS STONED, SMASHING A WINDOW. (STATE 18743.) SINCE THEN, WE LEARNED THAT A MAID EMPLOYED BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO MET WITH KENNEDY, THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHILEAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WAS KIDNAPPED AND INTERROGATED FOR 12 HOURS BY UNKNOWN PERSONS ABOUT HER EMPLOYER'S MEBTINGSWITH KENNEDY, KENNEDY STAFFERS, U. S. EMBASSY PERSONNEL, AND TIE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR (SANTIAGO 382). YOU MIGHT WISH TO TELL ERRAZURIZ THAT WHEN ARMACOST ASKED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE KENNEDY INCIDENT, THE MAID’S INTERROGATION WAS NOT WHAT WE HAD IN MIND. BARNES CONFIDENTIAL << END OF DOCUMENT >> 176 EXD” CONFIDENTIAL Pag

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