US Embassy in Chile suspects death of Chilean refugees resulted from crossborder cooperation

In this document, the US Embassy in Chile responds to a telegram from the US State Department to the Embassies of the Southern Cone expressing concern regarding the international ramifications of the violent assassinations of political figures abroad. The Embassy suspects that the death of Chilean refugees could have resulted from institutional cooperation between the Chilean military regime and groups or governments abroad.

State Department raises concerns regarding Condor's assassination attempts

In this telegram to US Embassies in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, Brasilia, and Asunción, the State Department acknowledges that while it accepts that cross-border intelligence sharing may be 'useful', it firmly opposes alleged plans to assassinate 'subversives' in Condor member countries and abroad. It calls the US Embassies to 'engage with the highest level of government' in Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay to dissuade such attacks.

US Ambassador to Paraguay mentions existence of central communications system in Panama (Condortel)

In this Department of State cable, the US Ambassador to Paraguay reports on his second meeting with the Paraguayan Chief of Staff General Alejandro Fretes Davalos. During the meeting, Fretes Davalos affirmed that Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay used to regularly meet to tackle the threat of subversion, but that these meetings are no longer particularly useful anymore.

FBI statement to Chilean government following assassination of Chilean politician Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt in Washington

This Department of State memorandum discusses extradition documents relating to the Letelier/Moffitt assassination being presented to the Chilean government, including an FBI Statement that had not been circulated before. The memorandum states that the Department has 'no basis upon which to question the FBI assertion that international assassinations were part of the Condor system.'

State Department assesses Condor operations outside of member countries

In this document addressed to the US Embassies in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Chile, the State Department reports on the development of Condor from intelligence sharing to potential assassination operations outside of member countries. The security services of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay originally committed to send teams to Europe, but Uruguay is now reconsidering further participation following a failed mission.

Urgent appeal of UNHCR for resettlement of refugees in Argentina

In this telegram, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the State Department, Harry Shlaudeman writes to the Secretary of the State Department regarding the recent appeal of the UN High Commission for Refugees to the US and 33 other countries requesting the urgent resettlement of one thousand refugees in Argentina, alongside further refugees in the future.

Arrest and refoulment of PVP militants in Argentina

This telegram from the US Ambassador in Uruguay to the Secretary of State in Washington reports on the round up of militants from the Party for the Victory of the People (PVP) by the Uruguayan military regime. This includes the arrest of 22 PVP militants in Argentina and their subsequent refoulment to Uruguay. It reports on the cooperated psychological warfare between the Argentine and Uruguayan military regimes used to cover up the appearance of PVP militants disappeared in Argentina through the media.