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International Telephone and Telegraph

U.S. company that owned Chile’s national telephone company in 1970.

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Also known as
ITT, ITT Corporation
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Q582418

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  • Chile’s presidential election, 1970 1970 offered the CIA $1 million in 1970, which the CIA rejected; at least $350,000 of ITT money reached the opposition candidate and party Primary record 1
  • Chile’s presidential election, 1970 1970 in early 1970 an ITT businessman asked a CIA station officer in Santiago for support for Alessandri, and was given the name of a channel for ITT funds Primary record 2
  • Chile’s presidential election, 1970 Sep 1970 on 9 September 1970 its chairman said he would put up as much as $1 million to assist any government plan to stop Allende; on 29 September a CIA proposal of economic disorder drew no active response, or was rejected, in the staff report’s two wordings Primary record 1
  • Senate hearings on ITT and Chile, 1973 16 Mar 1973 its chairman and a director were to testify in March 1973 Primary record 3

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Timeline 6 dates
  1. 1970 Harold Geneen chair of International Telephone and Telegraph
  2. 1970 International Telephone and Telegraph intervened in Chile’s presidential election, 1970
  3. 1970 International Telephone and Telegraph intervened in Chile’s presidential election, 1970
  4. 1970 John McCone board member of International Telephone and Telegraph
  5. Sep 1970 International Telephone and Telegraph intervened in Chile’s presidential election, 1970
  6. 16 Mar 1973 International Telephone and Telegraph intervened in Senate hearings on ITT and Chile, 1973
Proof 3 sources
  1. Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973: Staff Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, U.S. Senate, 18 Dec 1975. Primary record Archived copy
    Harold Geneen, ITT's Board Chairman
    In subsequent meetings ITT offered to make $1 million available to the CIA. The CIA rejected the offer.
    Eventually at least $350,000 was passed by ITT to this campaign.
    he is prepared to put up as much as $1 million for the purpose of assisting any government plan designed to form a coalition in the Chilean Congress to stop Allende.
    ITT rejects the proposal.
    ITT took note of the CIA presentation on economic warfare but did not actively respond to it.
    John McCone, a former CIA Director and a member of ITT's Board of Directors in 1970
  2. CIA Activities in Chile (report to Congress, 18 September 2000), Central Intelligence Agency, 18 Sep 2000. Primary record Archived copy
    In early 1970 a Station officer was contacted by a United States businessman employed by International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) urging the US government to provide financial support to one of Allende’s opponents, Jorge Alessandri.
    The Station provided the businessman the name of an individual who could securely funnel ITT funds to Alessandri.
  3. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, 16 March 1973 (FRUS Chile 1969–1973, doc. 322), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 16 Mar 1973. Primary record
    Mr. McCone and Mr. Geneen of ITT will testify.
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