El Mercurio organization

“Both the United States government and ITT were funneling money into the hands of individuals associated with the paper…”

“Other assets placed CIA-inspired editorials almost daily in El Mercurio and after 1968 exerted substantial control over the content of that paper's international news section…”

“The U.S Government calculated that El Mercurio under pressure from the Allende government would not survive without covert U.S support…”

“Concerning the press the record there does indicate that Allende was exerting some pressure on the opposition press especially El Mercurio…”

“on three separate occasions the 40 Committee did approve funding for these private sector organizations…”

“I take shared responsibility for the support of the fourth estate in Chile…”

“El Mercurio newspaper which is published in eight cities in the morning…”

“When we talk about a benign intervention in Chile involving a contribution by our Government to El Mercurio one of the most important newspapers in Chile and suggest what's wrong with that…”

“Both the United States government and ITT were funneling money into the hands of individuals associated with the paper…”

“Augustin Edwards the publisher of the Santiago daily El Mercurio…”

“Augustin Edwards publisher of the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio…”

“By far the largest and probably the most significant in this area of propaganda was the money provided to El Mercurio the major Santiago daily during the Allende regime…”

“By far the largest and probably the most significant in this area of propaganda was the money provided to El Mercurio the major Santiago daily during the Allende regime…”

“for other operations because they were so visible. Among the most vital resources was the Chilean paper, El Mercurio, the country's biggest daily. It's basically their version of the New York Times, published by Augustine Edwards, who owned…”

“That's their New York Times that basically the CIA has taken over. In the fall of 71, that became the focus of Kissinger and the 40 Committee. Based on a new CIA proposal, Nixon administration approved a $700,000 subsidy. Agency payments to…”

“In the early days, we tended to go whole hog, acquiring entire newspapers by funding them at the top. But we gradually learned that it was usually more effective to have a relationship with an individual and to get out messages into print t…”

“Long had the agency wooed it. Although details remain shrouded in secrecy, official reports indicated the CIA penetrated throughout the 60s into this newspaper. Moore joined the CIA payroll until almost everyone there was being paid by the …”

“for other operations because they were so visible. Among the most vital resources was the Chilean paper, El Mercurio, the country's biggest daily. It's basically their version of the New York Times, published by Augustine Edwards, who owned…”

“that I remember is right here. It says, Augustine Edwards, who is the publisher of the Chilean newspaper, El Mercurio, an associate of Richard Nixon's friend, Donald Kendall, who ran PepsiCo, Edwards foreboding.…”

“Long had the agency wooed it. Although details remain shrouded in secrecy, official reports indicated the CIA penetrated throughout the 60s into this newspaper. Moore joined the CIA payroll until almost everyone there was being paid by the …”

“Consider the case of the newspaper. Long considered a friendly source by CIA, whose task force leader Dave Phillips had worked for in his early days in Chile, the newspaper subsidies from the agency quadrupled during the Allende years for t…”