What exactly did Kissinger and Haig tell the Church Committee about October 15, 1970?
Research question: What do the Church Committee's Chile hearing transcripts say word for word about the stand-down testimony attributed to Kissinger and Haig after 15 October 1970, and who gave each account?
The verified facts do not include any word-for-word transcript text, so the exact wording of the stand-down testimony cannot be quoted from them 123. Former Secretary of State William Rogers is recorded, at a November 21, 1975 hearing, as saying the CIA turned off its involvement in the Chilean plot on October 15, 1970, though CIA representatives may have stayed in touch with the plotting groups beyond that date 1. A 2018 analysis describes the order as Kissinger's: after he ordered direct contact turned off on October 15, 1970, the CIA kept interacting with the plotters for an unknown period 2. No verified fact attributes any stand-down account to Haig, and the only Kissinger-related fact is that Senator Church interrupted him in 1974 and asked him to address the substance of the question on US activities in Chile 3. The newest fact is from 2018, about eight years before October 2026.
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"He told former Secretary of State Rogers that “if you read it carefully you will see that the group that did it under no theory had anything to do with us. By all evidence we turned it off on October 15… the CIA representatives staying in touch with the plotting groups and activity might have been more than reporting on what was going on.”"Keeping the US Hand Well Hidden: The Role of the Church Committee in Rethinking US Covert Intervention in the 1970s (2018)
"for an unknown amount of time after Kissinger gave the order on October 15th to turn off direct contact the CIA continued to interact with the plotters and furnish them"Keeping the US Hand Well Hidden: The Role of the Church Committee in Rethinking US Covert Intervention in the 1970s (2018)
"Senator Church asking Secretary Kissinger, “Mr. Secretary, in all deference to you, my question was –” to which Secretary Kissinger responded “I will deal with the substance of your question next.”"Keeping the US Hand Well Hidden: The Role of the Church Committee in Rethinking US Covert Intervention in the 1970s (2018)