17 SANfTJZED COPY Tele con Secretary Rogers 9 14 70 12 15 p m 0Page 2 19 f i R Okay On Chile CIA has prepared a paper with general con clusions which I think are pretty good- -our people agree But whatever we do I think there are two things we should take into consideration one we want to be sure the paper record doesn't look bad No matter what we do it will probably· end up dismal So our paper work should be done carefully I talked with the President at length about it My feeling - - and I think it coincides with the President's- -is that we ought to encourage a different result from the _ _ _ _ __ _ it doesn't backfire G j rlo f • but should do so discretely so that K The only question is how one defines backfire 11 R Getting caught doing something After all we've said about elections if the first time a Conununist wins the U S tries to prevent the constitutional process from coming into play we will look very bad K The President's view is to do the maximum possible to prevent an Aliente takeover but through Chilean sources and with a low posture R I have been disturbed by Corry' s telegrams They souid frent tic and somewhat irrational I know that he 1 s undee pressure but we ought to be clltreful of him He 1 s got tender nerve ends I don't know if you saw his telegrams K Yes I did R And I think we've got to be sure he acts with discretion high- strung fellow He 1 s a K I think what we have to do is make a cold-blooded assessment get a course of action this week some time and then get it done 0 -d 'c R I talked to I think it's important that he understand that what he's doing is not hfs doing but encouraging the Chileans to do what they should If it's our project as distinguished from Chilean it's going to be bad from a us I'm not sure he's the best man to do it I'm not sure he' s the most discrete fellow K Is it R Not that I know of right now We ought as you say to coldbloodedly decide what to do and then do it 17 f l DV