NIXON: "BRAZIL HELPED RIG THE URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS," 1971
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB71/National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 71
Edited by Carlos Osorio
20 June 2002
Newly declassified documents detail the Nixon administration's broad-gauged efforts to prevent a victory by the leftist “Frente Amplio” in the Uruguayan presidential elections of 1971. The documents show that Nixon was aware of – and may in fact have been complicit in – Brazilian efforts to influence the election results. Six weeks ago, an Associated Press report by Ron Kampeas, citing a newly declassified document from the Nixon collection at the National Archives, first revealed that during a meeting with then British Prime Minister Edward Heath President Nixon admitted, “Brazil helped rig the Uruguayan elections.”
Responding to these new revelations, the National Security Archive’s Southern Cone Documentation Project today releases 15 additional documents pertaining to U.S. policy toward Uruguay during this period. The documents show that the U.S. was concerned that leftist groups not succeed in Uruguay as they had in Chile the previous year with the election of Socialist candidate Salvador Allende. This concern was shared by Brazil as well as Argentina, whose military intelligence components were carrying on close consultations on – and had previously had an agreement to intervene in – Uruguay's political affairs. The U.S. Embassy recommended overt and covert activities to counter Frente publications and also suggested cooperation between Brazil and Argentina to support Uruguay's internal security operations.
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The Documents .... U.S. government tried to stop an electoral victory by the “Frente Amplio.” Significant State Department and Agency for International Development (AID) documents on Uruguay have been declassified periodically by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ......
Note: The following documents are in PDF format ....
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