Alternately called the greatest
statesman that ever lived and a blood thirsty war criminal, Henry Kissinger is
no stranger to controversy. In newly released memos it is made perfectly
clear that in 1976 the former Secretary of State gave his approval for a
campaign of political repression and assassinations in Argentina’s Dirty
War.
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Depending on your source, Henry
Kissinger’s approval for the Dirty War suppression, imprisonment and murder
lead to the deaths of around 9,000 to 30,000 activists, and suspected
socialists. The Dirty War of Argentina was only one part of a larger plan known
as Operation Condor. Condor was a campaign of political repression
and terror involving assassination and intelligence operations implemented in
1975 by the dictatorships of South America. The former Secretary of State was
heavily involved in Operation Condor.
That Kissinger influenced
Argentina’s decision to move forward with their repressive campaign has been
suspected for years and confirmed since at least 2004 when the National Security Archive released a secret memo
recounting a conversation between assistant Secretary of State for Human
Rights, Patt Derian, and the US ambassador in Buenos Aires, Robert Hill.
The two met in April 1977 and discussed a meeting between Henry Kissinger
and Argentine Foreign Minister Cesar Augusto Guzzetti. Kissinger gives
Guzzetti explicit permission to move forward with whatever they must do to
repress “terrorism”.
In 1987 Martin Edwin Andersen
reported that Kissinger had given the Argentine Generals permission to carry
out their state sponsored terrorism. However, the latest memo released by
Andersen is even more clear than the National Security Archive file. The memo
contains the conversation between Ambassador Hill and Secretary Derian discussing
Argentina’s fears of lecturing from the United States.
“The Argentines were very worried
that Kissinger would lecture to them on human rights. Guzzetti and Kissinger
had a very long breakfast but the Secretary did not raise the subject. Finally
Guzzetti did. Kissinger asked how long will it take you (the Argentines) to
clean up the problem. Guzzetti replied that it would be done by the end of the
year. Kissinger approved.
In other words, Ambassador Hill
explained, Kissinger gave the Argentines the green light.”
