Attitude of The United States Government
Declassified cables from the National Security Archive reveal the attitude of the US government toward the Dirty War, particularly that of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Kissinger was quoted as telling the Junta in 1976:
Look, our basic attitude is that we would like you to succeed. I have an old-fashioned view that friends ought to be supported. What is not understood in the United States is that you have a civil war. We read about human rights problems but not the context. The quicker you succeed the better… The human rights problem is a growing one. Your Ambassador can apprise you. We want a stable situation. We won't cause you unnecessary difficulties. If you can finish before Congress gets back, the better. Whatever freedoms you could restore would help.
There were attempts by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón to call former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a witness in the investigations into the disappearances, as well as unsuccessful attempts at arrest warrants in the United Kingdom.
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