The Condor Years (58 page)

and Contreras’s meetings in Washington,
103
,
104

and early U.S. attitudes toward Latin American democracy,
19–20

and 40 Committee,
157

and Hill’s message on human rights in Argentina,
201–5

Kissinger cable,
6–7
,
8
,
182–90
,
196–98
,
212
,
248
,
251–52

and Koch assassination threat,
218

and Letelier,
160
,
162
,
176

and Letelier assassination plot,
179
,
181
,
248–49

meeting with Pinochet,
156
,
159–62

and Pinochet regime,
12
,
61–62
,
157

and Shlaudeman’s report on Condor,
172–74

subpoenaed in Le Loire investigation,
243

and U.S. actions surrounding Condor and human rights atrocities,
103
,
156–74
,
201–5

and U.S. policy toward Pinochet government,
61–62
,
157–61

Koch, Edward

on Condor assassinations,
166

human rights concerns,
214–15

and Kissinger policy toward Pinochet government,
158

Koch amendment,
215
,
216
,
217

plot to assassinate,
16
,
117
,
214–18

Koch amendment,
215
,
216
,
217

Krasnoff, Miguel,
108

Kubisch, Jack,
61–62

Kubitchek, Juscilino,
229

Lacerda, Carlos,
229

Landau, George,
8
,
179–80
,
181
,
187–88

Landau, Saul,
5
,
27–28

Latrash, Frederick,
215
,
216–18

Le Loire, Roger,
243

Leighton, Bernardo,
82

DINA plot to assassinate,
130–32
,
133
,
190

investigation of assassination attempt against,
236
,
241–42

prosecution for assassination attempt of,
241–42

Letelier, Orlando

influence of,
160
,
162
,
176–77

at Institute for Policy Studies,
28
,
191

Kissinger and,
160
,
162
,
176

Pinochet and,
7
,
160
,
162
,
175–77

and U.S. Congress,
160
,
162
,
176–77

warnings to,
75
,
77

See also
Letelier, Orlando, assassination of

Letelier, Orlando, assassination of,
15–16
,
190–98

account of,
1
,
7
,
190–92

as blowback incident,
248

Chilean investigation of,
28

CIA and knowledge of,
69
,
179
,
197
,
248

CIA investigation of,
28
,
192
,
216

Contreras and,
28
,
69
,
175

Cuban exiles and DINA plot,
177
,
190–91

DINA and,
7
,
69
,
177
,
190–92
,
193–94

effect on later Condor operations,
221–22
,
228

evidence of prior detailed knowledge of,
194–96
,
248–49

FBI investigation,
7
,
28
,
93
,
193
,
228
,
232

Fernández and,
175
,
177–79
,
190

Justice Department investigation,
28
,
193
,
247

Kissinger cable and failure to prevent,
188
,
196–98
,
248
,
251–52

“martyr theory” of,
193

official story regarding,
193–95

Osorio and,
78

Pinochet’s authorization of,
175–76
,
192–93

prosecutions for,
231
,
242–43

question of U.S. knowledge before,
5
,
8
,
193–98
,
248–49

Scherrer cable about,
194–95
,
197

State Department and,
28
,
179–80

Townley and,
30
,
73
,
175
,
177–79
,
190–91

U.S. investigation of,
28
,
192–93
,
228

Levi, Edward,
218

Liberty Hotel (Buenos Aires),
115
,
145
,
146–47

London, Pinochet’s arrest in,
31–36
,
242–43

Los Años Locos (restaurant),
224

Lucas, Enrique,
151
,
152–53

Luers, William,
170
,
173–74
,
181–82
,
188–90
,
192
,
251

Malloco raid against MIR,
112–13
,
114–15
,
119

Marcondes, Regina,
142
,
143

Martínez, María E.
See
Perón, Isabelita Martínez de Hoz, José Alfredo,
154

Martínez Platero, Efraín Luis

Condor operation against,
144–47

and JCR,
51
,
55
,
56–57
,
59
,
85–86
,
144

Massera, Emilio,
135–36
,
233

Mattini, Luis

and ERP,
50
,
51
,
57

and JCR,
51
,
54
,
57
,
59
,
86
,
87

“Mauro” (Orletti prisoner),
208
,
209–10

McGovern, George,
176

Mena Burgos, Carlos,
15
,
117
,
152

Mendes Fleitas, Epifanio,
225

Méndez, Aparicio,
189

Méndez, Sara,
211

Menem, Carlos,
233

Menna, Domingo,
51

Michelini, Margarita,
149–50
,
211

Michelini, Zelmar,
145–47

assassination of,
135
,
146–49
,
165
,
166
,
201
,
210
,
215
,
245
,
246

and Martínez Platero,
145–46

personal characteristics of,
145–46

Milicia (fascist group),
74
,
78

MIR (
Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria
)

Allende presidency and,
43

Amílcar Santucho and,
87

DINA operations against,
84
,
112–13
,
114–15
,
119
,
219–20

Edgardo Enríquez and,
35
,
51
,
87
,
88
,
115
,
144
,
220

ERP support for,
50

Fuentes and,
87

guerrilla strategies prior to Pinochet coup,
43–44

held prisoner at Orletti in Argentina,
206–7

JCR and,
50–51
,
53
,
54
,
55
,
59
,
60
,
83
,
84
,
87
,
98

and JCR mission to Paraguay,
87
,
98

Malloco raid against,
112–13
,
114–15
,
119

Miguel Enríquez and,
43
,
84
,
100

military arm of,
100

Pascal and,
43
,
44

Tucumán Province offensive and,
83

Miravet, Miguel,
25

Mitrione, Dan,
42

Moffitt, Michael,
7
,
191

Moffitt, Ronni,
7
,
191
,
196

Montoneros

Condor operations against,
111
,
205
,
226–27
,
228

kidnappings by,
18
,
137–38

late Phase Two operations against,
226–27
,
228

Stroessner assassination plot and,
85

Morel de Letelier, Isabel Margarita,
28
,
191

“Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo,”
227–28

Movement of National Liberation.
See
Tupamaros

Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),
29
,
245

National Commission of Truth and Reconciliation (Chile),
25
,
143

National Commission on the Disappeared (CONADEP),
139–40

National Information School (Brazil),
101

National Intelligence School (DINA),
70
,
101

New York Times
,
59
,
92
,
139
,
161
,
192

Nixon, Richard,
19

Novo, Guillermo,
128
,
190

Nuevo Tiempo,
145

Nunca Mas
(Sábato Commission report),
232

Nuremberg principles,
24
,
36–37
,
245

Oduber Quirós, Daniel,
163

Olderock, Ingrid,
221

Operation Colombo (DINA propaganda),
235–36

Operation Condor, creation and guidelines for,
4
,
10–17
,
108–11
,
112–13
,
120–25

Contreras and,
105–10
,
116
,
117
,
119
,
120–25

coordination of intelligence and interrogations,
108–10
,
112
,
121–23

DINA and,
12
,
49
,
64
,
105–16

documents of,
118–19
,
121

first joint meeting (November 1975),
10–17
,
116–25
,
241

and intelligence data bank,
13
,
121–23

meeting attendees at,
15
,
117–18
,
164

name of,
4
,
15

Phase One and information/intelligence,
13
,
121–23
,
124

Phase Two operations,
13–14
,
16
,
124

Pinochet and,
106–8

second joint meeting in Santiago,
164
,
167

signing of agreement,
15
,
121
,
124

three phases,
10–17
,
116–24

U.S. knowledge of,
5–9
,
16–17
,
250

See also
Operation Condor’s Phase Three assassination plans

Operation Condor’s Phase Three assassination plans,
2
,
5
,
6–9
,
164–74
,
182–88
,
193–98
,
250–53

CIA knowledge,
6
,
69
,
80–81
,
167
,
170
,
179–82
,
197
,
212–13
,
214
,
215–22
,
248

early knowledge of cooperation in assassinations,
5–6
,
164–66
,
179
,
212–13

end of,
221–23
,
228

European plans,
218–22
,
252