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U.S. Department of State
Office of the Spokesman
Press Statement | 
Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman
October 8, 1999
Release of Newly Declassified and Other Documents
Related to
Events in Chile From 1968-78
Today the Department of State, the Central Intelligence
Agency, the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
and the National Archives and Records Administration are releasing
newly declassified and other documents related to events in Chile
from 1968-78. These documents are part of a discretionary review
of U.S. Government files related to human rights abuses, terrorism,
and other acts of political violence prior to and during the Pinochet
era in Chile. National Security Council staff are coordinating
this interagency effort on behalf of the President.
Agencies made an initial release of approximately
5,800 documents on June 30, concentrating on the period from 1973-78,
which corresponds to the period of the most flagrant human rights
abuses in Chile. The focus for this second release was on documents
dated from 1968-73, although many relate to the period 1973-78.
The process of review continues, and a final release of documents
from 1968 though the final years of Pinochet's rule will take
place early next year.
This second release consists of over 1,100 documents,
including approximately 350 from the Department of State, 160
from the CIA, 115 from the National Archives, 430 from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and 60 from the Department of Defense.
Information has been withheld from some of the released documents
to protect the privacy of individuals, sensitive law enforcement
information, and intelligence sources and methods; or to prevent
serious harm to ongoing diplomatic activities of the United States.
A complete set of the released documents is available
for public review at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.
They also are being released simultaneously in Chile. Copies of
the documents will be available on the Internet.
Also available at this website is a copy of a descriptive guide
to previously released State Department and other agency records
in the National Archives relating to Chile during this period.
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