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2. rSUM~Yi EMBASSY HAS BEEN TOLD BY A YiAN CLAIMINGTO BE A~ 2 OF THE CHILEAN ARMYTitAT PENN sTATE UNIvERszTB rirta'rt~TICS PROFESsoRBORIS WEZSFEILER WAS ALIVE AND BEING HELD IN THEGERYiAN IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT CALLED COLONIA DIGNZDADAS RECENTLY AS EARLY JUNE, 1987. THE SOURCE, WHO

HAS SO FAR REFUSED TO GIVE HIS NAME, CLAIMS TO HAVEBEEN A MiEMiBER OF AN ARMY PATROL WHICH ARRESTEDWEISFEILER AND DELIVERED HZM TO THE COLONIA, WHICHCONSIDERED HIMi A QUOTE JEWISH SPY UNQUOTE. SOURCELATER SAW WEISFEILER ONCE INSIDE THE COLONIA,PRIOR TO HIQ PATROL'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE AREA WAS

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PATROLLING NEAR THE COLONIA THAT HE HAD SEEN WEISFEILERIN THE COLONIA IN EARLY JUNE OF THIS YEAR. THE SOURCESAID THAT THIS INFORMATION SPURRED HZM TO CONTACTHUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, WHO PUT HIM IN TOUCH WITHTHE EMBASSY. SOURCE INDICATES THAT WEZSFEZLER WASDELIVERED TO COLONIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDING

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PROTE TS z=E COLONIA AND, ALOl?P WZT:-:

KATIONAL ZNFO~v&~ZON CEh~ER (Clv-- ) USES Im ~~S ATRAIhiNG CENTER. CHZL Al C~RAZINEROS (FOLIC ~ FCRi. HO HAVE REuEAmEDLY D N? D TO EMBOFFS Ah Y KNOWLEDG

W" I =:ZLER' 5 WHER A OL S W+ v AL- EGAD" v PWAR& 0HIS ZuRREST BY AN A3?MY PATROL AND DELIV R'' TO THE

OLONIA. THE SOURCE MET l'1TH EMBOF"S Oh Jl:LY 2 ANDPROM SED TC PHOKi US A WE K LAT P. ; HE HAS NO DOK" SO.'-AD MAY HAVE DEC DED TO BREAK OFF COh ACT. BY SEPTEL,W ARE REQUESTING EMBASSY BONN TO DIS USS THE CASEWZTii AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WHICH IS BEiNG SuED BY TiiECOLONIA. EhD SUMMARY.

3. THE SOUPCE: SOURCE STATED THAT HE IS~~ IN THE CHILEAN ~Y,CUP&ENTLY ASSIGhED TO QAND MODEPMTELY WELL EDUCATED.~ AND WAS STMA ZONED AT THE END OF 1983ZN AN ARMY UNIT ~r,WH RE SOUTH OF SAhTIAGO. SOURCERE~US D TO PROVIDE US WITH HZS NAME OR DETAILS ON HZSPOSTINGS, STATING THAT ZT WOUi D JEOPARDIZE HIS ANDOTilERS' SECURITY. HE FOP&iED PART OF A SEVEN-PERSONPA:i?OL, DRAWN FROM SEVERAL DZFFERENT UNITS, WHZCF. WASGUARDING THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE PERiMETER. OFTHE GEP&2J ERFECTIONIST RELIGIOUS COLONY COLONIACONFID' ZAL

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DIG¹DAD. (COMMENT: THE AREA ZN QUESTION LIESBETWEEN 71.00 AND 71.45 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE ANDBETWEEN 36.15 AND 36.45 DEGREES SOUTH LATITUDE. ENDCOMMENT) HEN QWN ADDED OTH R PATROLS IN TH AREA WEi?5'UhDER STANDING ORDERS FROM THE VICE-COMMAS)ER OF TiiECiiILEAN ARMY TO ARREST ANY STRANGERS FOUND ZN THE AREA

TO DELIVER THEM TO THE COLO¹A, AS W"LL AS TOFACILITATE THE GOINGS AND COMINGS OF COLONIA PERSONNEL.TiiE ONLY REASON HE WAS OFF RED FOR THESE UNUSUALPOLICIES WAS THAT THE COLONIA WAS "A GOOD ALLY. "

4. MOTIVATION: SOURCE CLAIMED THAT THE KNOWLEDGE THATWEISFEZLER WAS BEING HELD PRISONER TROUBLED HIM ASCATHOLIC, WEIGHING ON HIS CONSCIENCE, AND THAT HE WASPROVIDING THE INFORYiATION IN HOPES OF SAVING THE LIFEOF THIS AND PERHAPS OTHER PRISONERS. (COMMENT: THESOURCE NEVER NAMED THE PERSON HE HELPED ARREST ASBORIS WEISFEILER. DETAILS HE PROVIDED MATCHDR- WEISFEILER SO WELL, HOWEVER, THAT THERE APPEARS TO

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ViR UALLY NO P .SSZBZLZTY THAT ZT COULD B- SOMEUJJl24OWb' HIRL PERSON. END COMMENT. ) H. SAiD FEDEBATED "OR SOYE TIME WHE'THER 'TO APPROACH THE US MBASSYDiREC LY, OR ~~E ISRAELI .MBASSY, BEING Ulf .RTAZN OF T:='PRISONER'S NATIONALITY, OR THE 1 ICARZA DE LASOI ZDARIDAD, EVENTUALLY OPTING POR THE LA TER. THEViCARIATE OF SOLiDARZTY iS TEE HUMAN RIG:-. S ORGANIZATIONOF THE CHIZ"AN PTrIOLIC CHURCH AND ITS OFFICAILS HAVECONFIRMED SOURCE'5 APPROACH TG THrM.

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SKED HIM TO RECOUNT HIS STORY. P Q SET UP ASECOND MEETING AND THEN CONTACTED THE AMBASSADOR. THEEMBASSY PREPARED A SERIES OF WRITTEN QUESTIONS BASEDUPON THE FIRST TAPE. THE SECOND SESSZON TOOK PLACEON JUNE 25, AND LED TO THE SCHEDULING OF A DIRECTMEETING BETWEEN THE SOURCE AND TWO EMBOFFS ON JULY 2INL 3OFFZCE. SOURCE APPEARED TO BE ARMED ATALL THREE SESSIONS. DURING THE THIRD SESSION, THE

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SOURCE GREW INCReASINGLv NEPVOUS AND SKIT ISH. YF HADIliSZSTED miAT EACH MEETING 'AKE PLA E IN+O FICE, BUT/ Q SAZD FUTUPE Mr ETZNGS WOULD

TO BE AT SOb E OTH=P. SZ E IN ORDURE TO SHIELD HIS WORKWI, r P g THE SOURCE WOUZ DNQT XPLICITLv AGREE TO A FOURTri~MrEETING AT ANOTHERCO~DENTZA'

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SITE, BUT AGREED ~O CONTACT EMrBOFFS BY TELEPHONE ZN APRE-ARRANGED MANNER' HE.. FAILED. TO DO SO, HOWEVER, ANDTO DATE HA5 MADE NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH EITHER EMBASSYOR Q6. WEISFEILER' S AP&ESTr SOURCE TOLD US TiZAT THECiiILEAN ARMY HAS REGULARLY PROVIDED PERIMETER PATROLSFOR COLONIA DIGNIDAD. WiiAT THE SOURCE TERMED THE"EXTERIOR PERIMET R" OF THE COLO¹A APPEARS TO BE AONE-KILOMETER DEEP ZONE OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY LINE,WHICH ZQ¹ THE ARMiY PATROLS. THESE PATROLS AREAPPARENTLY LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINOUS EAST SIDE OF THECOLONIA, WHILE THE VALLEY SIDE ZS SECURED BY A WIREFENCE. ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, THE EAST EXTEP.IQRPERZMiETER NOW VIRTUALLY COINCIDES WITH THE UPPEr"; REACHESOF THE LOS SAUCES RIVER, WHILE THE SOUTH PERIMETER RUNSTiiREE TO FIVE KILOMETERS TO THE NORTii OF THE NUBLERZVEP. , ROUGHLY PAP~LELZNG IT. HE STATED THAT THE MAINENTiVXCE OF THE COLONIA IS ON Ti:E WEST SIDE, ABOUT FIVEKILOMETERS NW O'F THE VILLAGE OF SAN FABIAN DE ALICO,CLOSE TO WHERE TilE LAZED B GZNS TO RISE AWAY FROM THENUBLE RIVER VALLEY.

7. AT THE BEGINNING OF D. CEMiBER, 1984, SOURCE WASPOSTED TQ A +ATROL GUARDING A SECTION OF THE NORTHEASTPERIMiETER QF THE COLONIA, ON THE CORDILLERA SIDE OFTHE LOS SAUCES RIV R. THIS AREA IS NORTH OF THE CABLEWAY CROSSING THAT RIVFR, AS WELL AS NORTH OF THECONFLUENCE OF THE LOS SAUCES A%3 NUBLE WiiERE THEOFFZCAL ACCOUNT HOLDS THAT WEISFEILER PROBABLY DROWNED.EACH PATROL MEMBER USED A FALSE NAME AND WAS INSTRUCTEDNOT TO TELL HIS REAL NAME TO HIS PATROL MATES. THEPATROL'S OMMANDER TOLD OUR SOURCE THAT ARMY PATROLS IN

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DECEYiBER 1984 IN EXPECTATZON OF AN IMPOPTAhT 'ISITOR TOTHE CDLDNiA ARRIVING ROM BRAZIL VIA PARAGUAY AND l;HOW'hT BY TIKE NAYiE OF NR. SMITH. (CONYi" N:i ENiBASSY HADPREIVIDUSLY BEEN TOLD BY ANCTi=:R SOURCE &D~ TliEPE WAS APARTIC'JULY 1.EAVY YiiLI'TART &RESE vCE ZN I:5 AREA ZNDEC" YBER 1984 AND

JANUARY1985. END OMMEh~i. ) SMITH

WAS SUPPOSEDLY TO YiEET A CHZ AN BUSZNESSYiAN AT TliECOLONiA WHO WAS ARR VrKG Fl?ON THE SOUTH ADDED WHO WEN

BY Tli I.AYiE C. RAUSS Dl? RAUT (PHONETIC). (COMMENTH NAZi WAR RiMZNAL M=7 T R RAUF IS KNOWN TD HAVELIVED IN SANTIAGO. HE SUPPOSEDLY DIED SOMETIME ZN1984 BUT NO BODY WAS EXHIBITED AT THE FUNERAL. HISSON, BY THE SAME NAME, ZS Tli" PRESIDENT OF A CHILEANYiARITIYiE BROKERAGE FIRN-AND FS REPORTEDLY ACTIVE INRIGHT-WING POLITICAL ACTZVZTiES. WE HAVE NO WAY OFKNOWING ZF THERE IS ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RAU=FFAMILY AND THE VISIT OF THE MYSTERIOUS MR. SNZTH.END COMNENT.

B. IN THE FIRST HALF OF JANUARY 1985, SOURCE'S PATROLRECEIVED A RA&ID CALL FROYi TWO ARMY TROOPERS GUARDING THCABLEWAY 'zZAT THEY HAD TUFTED AWAY AN INDIVIDUAL TRYINGTO YiAKE USE OF ZT TO CROSS THE LOS SAUCES TO THE NORTHBANK OF THE ~TE RI~&R (COMMENTi IN THE FIRST TWOSESSiONS, THE Q STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TOREYiEYiBER THE DTTE IN 1985 WHEN THESE EVENTS OCCURRED. ITHE DIRECT INTERVIEW BY EYiBOFFS HE PROVIDED THE DATESUSED HEREIN. ACCORDING TO PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS OF AREARESZDFNTS, WEISFEILER WAS LAST SEEN ON JANUARY 4, 1985.END CD(eiYiENT. ) THE ARMY PATPOL, WHICH WAS UNDER STANDINGOFFERS TO ARREST ANYONE FOUND iN THE AREA, THEN MOVED

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LOS SAUCES. THE SOURCE STATES THAT THE PERSON WAS.75-1.B MiETERS TALL ATFLE ZC AND MUSCUI AR WITH QUOT

CASTANO OBSCURO UNQUOTE HAIR. (COMMiENT: WHILE CASTANOOESCURO LITERALLZ' MEANS DARK BROWN, CHZLEANS INVARIABLYDESCRIBE BLACK HAIR, WHICH WEZSFEZLER HAD, ZN THESETERMS. END COMMiENT. )

WIESFEILER HAD HIS BACKPACK-ON HZS RIGHT SIDE, ALONG WITHCANTEEN, WAS WEARING A PARKA, A CHERRY COLORED

SWEATER, TAN COLORED THICK WOOL PANTS AND MOUNTAIN BOOTSAND WAS APPARENTLY WASHINC SOMETHING IN THE RIVER. THEPATROL' APPROACHED WEISFEILER AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS FERMI'TTO ENTER THE AREA, WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED FROM THECARABI¹ROS AT THE NEARBY EL ROBLE OUTPOST. WEISFEILERCOULD PRODUCE NO SUCH PERMIT, AND SO WAS ARRESTED. THEPRISO¹R SPOKE POOR SPANISH AND APPARENTLY OFFERED NORESISTANCE. THE PATROL THREATENED WEISFEILER WITH THEIRWEAPONS, MADE HIM KNEEL DOWN WITH HZS HANDS BEHIND HIS

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¹CKAND SEARCHED HZM AND HIS BACKPACK BRIEFLY. ABOUTTHIS TIME, THREE CARABZ¹ROS, ACCOMPANIED BY A LOCALRESIDENT, ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. THEY ASKED THE PATROLCOMY&2JDER TO TURN WEISFEZLER OVER TO THEM. THECOMYiANDING LIEUTENANT REFUSED AND ORDERED THE CARABINEROSOUT OF THE AREA, APPARENTLY BERATING THEM FOR LETTINGWEISFEZLER -C T--PAST THEM AND ENTER A MILITARILYPESTRZCTED ZO¹.9. AMONG THE CONTENTS OF WEZSFEILER'S BACKPACK WERE AN"INFRA-RED NIGHT VIEWING DEVICE" (NFI), BINOCULARS, ABOWIE KNIFE, A DOCUMENT OR CARD INDICATING THE PERSONWAS A PROFESSOR AT AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, TWO PAIRS OFMOUNTAIN BOOTS, CLOTHES, TWO BOOKS, A SLEEPING BAG, TENTAND A DETAILED, COLORED FOLDING MAP OF THE AREA BETWEENCHILLAN AND PARRAL, MOST LIKELY MADE ZN THE UNITED STATE(COMMENTi THE SEARCH ITSELF WAS CONDUCTED BY THE PATROL

COMYiANDER AND A CNI MEMBER ATTACHED TO IT. OUR SOURCE WASPRESENT, HOWEVER. HE WAS QUITE INSISTENT THATWEISFEILER HAD BINOCULARS AS WELL AS THE "NIGHT VISIONDEVICE. " WEISFEILER WAS AT FIRST ASSUMED TO BE A RUSSIASPY, EITHER FROM HIS NAME OR SOMETHING FOUND IN HIS

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10. DE IV PY OF W iSF E?- TO THE OLONiA: HE PATROLTHEN CROSSED THE !.JBLE RIVER, MAKING US" OF A RUBBERBOA: KEPT AT A LOC:- '

' S HOUSE Hi H OVErJ OOKS H C"DLEWAYCRO= SING. WEZS- EZLER KAS TSJ!'=N DOWNSTR-AM ABOUT FIZ "Ki OMETERS AND Tr!EN STRIPPEL AND S~+CHED MORETr!OROUGHLY'. tHE COMMANDER OF Tl!E PATROL AGAIN ACCUS D

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AT THIS POINT, WEISFEILER BEGAN TO SHOUT HIS NAME, THEFIRST PART OF WHICH THE SOURCE SAID liAD TWO SYLLABLESALONG THE LiNES OF YURI OR BASIL AND ALSO BEGAN TO SHOUTTO COhrTACT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. DURING THE SECONDINTEPVZEW, SOURCE DREW A MAP OF THE LOCATION OF THEINCIDENT WHOSE ORIENTATION ?~ FEATURES CORRESPOND TO THELOS SAUCES-NUBLE RIVE?. AREA. IN THE THZRD INTERVIEW HEGAVE'. 'US THE NAMES OF THE TWO RIVERS INVOLVED, INDICATINGTHAT HE HAD CONSULT"D A MAP TO REFRESH HIS MEMORY.

ll. ZN ACCORDANCE WITH THEiR STANDiNG ORDE?S, THE PATROLTHEN CROSSED TO THE NORTH SIDE 0 Tr!E NUBLE AFTER HAVING?~IOED THEIR BASE CAMP INFORMING IT THAT THEY HAD TAKENA PRISONER. AT A GUARD SH LTER PJ ONG THE SOUTHERN EDGEOF THE COLONIA THEY TURNED WEISFEILER OVER TO THE COLONIA'SCHIEF Or SECURITY. THIS INDIVZDU&J, ACCORDING TO THESOURCE, WAS CALLED EITHER DOCTOR OR PROFESSOR AS ANICM~AME. AT THIS POINT, WEZSFEILER BEGAN TO SHOUTQUOTE ASSASSINS. , NAZIS AND I KNOW HE'S HERE END QUOTE.THE PATROL''S COMMANDER &~ THE COLONIA'S SECURITY CHIEFElrrERED THE COLONIA AND ZNTERROGATED WEISFEILER FOR APERIOD OF SOME TWO HOURS. WHEN THE INTERROGATION WASOVER, THE PATROL'S COMMANDER EMERGED AND STATED THAT THEPRISONER WAS NEITHER A RUSSZAN NOR A CIA SPY, BUT AJEWISH SPY INTERFERING WITH THE ARRIVAL OF MR. SMITH.SOURCE AT THIS POINT REMARKED TO EMBOFFS THAT WITH THISSEQUENCE OF IDENTIFICATIONS WEISFEZLER' COULD JUST ASPLAUSIBLY HAVE BEEN LABELED A CHINESE SPY, AND THAT HEDZDN'T SEE WHY A SIMPLE TOURIST SHOULD BE TREATED IN SUCHA MANNER. MOST OF WEISFEILER'S POSSESSIONS WERE SENT TOTHE CNI'S HEADQUARTERS IN SANTIAGO, WHILE OTHERS WERE

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BACKPACK WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTZL 10 DAYS AFTER HISDISAPP:"ARANCE. END COMM. hiT. )

12. SUBSEQUEhTT SIGHTINGS AND INFORYiATZON ~ THE SOURCE'SPATROL CONTINUED ON DUTY UNTIL MAY 1985, EXCEPT FOR ATWO WEEK P« RIOD IN FEBRUARY WHEN THEY WERE SUDDENLYWITHDRAWN FROM THE AREA. (COMMENTi A U. S. CONSULAROFFICER YiADE A SECOND VISIT TO THE AREA FEBRUARY 11-12,1985. END COF)MiENT. ) THE CARABZNEROS FROM THE EL ROBLEOUTPOST WERE WITHDRAWN IN YiARCH OR APRIL OF 1985,ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE'S RECOLLECTION, AND THE NEWGARRISON WAS UNDER STRICT ORDERS TO HAVE NO CONTACT WITHTHE ARMY PA ROLS. AFTER THE PATROL'S REFUSAL TO TURN~ISFEILER OVER TO THE LOCAL CARABINEROS, RELATIONSBETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS APPARENTLY BECAME VERY COOL. IN

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YiAY, ALL THE PATROLS THEN ZN THE AREA OF THE COLONIA WERWITHDRAWN, FOR THE OSTENSIBLE REASON THAT QUOTE: AWOMAN WAS ZN THE AREA SNOOPING AROUND. END QUOTE.COMMENTi NO FEMALE CONSULAR OFFICER BEGAN TO WORK ON

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HE CA E, QR VISIT D THE AR-A UN ZL OC-OBER, ' 98 . WEI'JuOW HAT HER VISIT CAUS"D ANXIETY AMONG LOCALAJ HQRITZES. BOTH THE CHILEAN YiATHEMATICS SOCIETY AND

YiAGAZihc. ANALYSIS ALSO COND' TED INvr, TIGATIONS BUW: DO NOT KNOW TH IF. ME&CLODS, PERSONNEL OR EKACT TIMIN -.END COMMENT.

D'JRZNG THE JANUARY- AY, 1985 PERIOD,Q."R SOURCE S ATES HAT HE SAW W:ISFEILERONCE FROMi A DISTANCE, DRESSED ONLY ZN ASHI T, MAKING ADOBE BRICKS NEAR A WOODENBUILDING ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE

'COLONIA. ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS, PQi EtuuTERED THE.. COLQNIA TO OBTAIN

WATER TROY. CAMOUFLAGED WELLS THE COLONZAMAZNTAZ¹D ALONG ITS EAST RN EDGE. FORSOMiE REASON THE PATROLS WERE UNDER ORDERSNOT TQ USE THE RIVER WATER ZN THE AREA.THIS NECESSITATED MAKING CONTACT WITHON OF THE CQLONIA'S GUAJ?DS WHQ WOULD POINTOUT THE WELL WHICH SHOULD BE USED. ON THETWQ QCCASZQNS, 4YOUNG (ABOUT 22 YEARS OLD) MEMBER OF E'COLONIA'S GUARD PATROL WHO ZS THE NEPH W OFAN EX-CARABZNERO (C~iLEAN~OLZCE) AND WHO

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+WAS TOLD BY THE GU&~ THAT HE WASDISTRESSED BY WHAT OTHER MiEMBERS OF THECOLONZA HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT THE ANIMAL-LIKECONDITIONS AND TORTUR 0 WHICH WEISFEILERWAS BEING SUBJECTED. LEARNED THATTHE GUARD HAD COME TQ E COLONIA FROM THEOUTSIDE WHILE IN HIS MiID TO LATE TEENS, WASOF G=RYiAN DESCENT, AND THAT HZS CARABINEROUNCIE P~ TRIED ON SEVERAL, OCCASIONS TO GETHIM OUT OF THE CQLONIA, BOTH BY VISITING ITIN PERSON AND BY JUDICIAL MiEANS. THE CQLONIAHAD RESISTED THESE ATTEMPTS AND THE CARABINEROWAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE GUARD f 3THAT HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO LEAM THE COLQrui. w.

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HE ALSO SAiD TlZATSOMi TIMiES THE YOUNG GUIJlD SEEMiED AS ZF HEWERE DRUGGED OR IN ANOTHER WORLD, AND THATHE WAS SOMETIMES INCOH. RENT AND HAD TROUBLE'PUTTING TOGETHER MEANINGFUL SENTENCES.COMMiENTi OTHER EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FROMTHE COLONIA REPORT SIMILAR BEHAVIOR FROMITS INHABITANTS. END COMMENT.

15. AFTER HZS WITHDRAWAL FROM THE COLONIAAREA, ZN MAY 1985, OUR SOURCE. ASSUMED THATWEISFEILER WAS NO LONGER ALIVE BECAUSE OFWHAT THE COIiONZA'S GUARD HAD TOLD HIM. INLATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE, 1987, HOWEVER, HEENCOUNTERED A MEMiBER OF HIS FORMER PATROL

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CO O¹A, AND THAT r. C i~BY AN ORD "R ii~~B'EEN C irEN TO QUOTE CLEAN OUT UNQIIOTE ANJlrDERGROUND BUNK R AREA 0 THE COLONZA.OJR SOURCE STATED THAT Tri" COLONIA IS USEDAgr A HOLDING TANK FOR EXTR"MISTS CAPTUPEDTRYING TO ENT R THE COUNTPY CLAND"STZlvr. LYARD , HAT TRES. PERSONS ARE LATER SHIPPED TOOTHER PARTS OF CHILE AND USED IN STAGEDSHOOT-OUTS WITH THE SECURITY FORCES. HEOFFERED THE OPZNION THAT THIS OSIER TO CLEANOiiT THE COLONIA WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO THESERIES OF SANTIAGO CONFRONTATIONS WHICHOCCURRED IN MZD-. JUNE' AND. RESULTED ZN. TIIED ATHS OF 12 PEi?SONS. IT WAS UNCLEAR FROMSOURCE'S ACCOUNT WHETHER THE "CLEAN-OUT"MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED WEISFr. ILER OR NOT.

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16 . ON e JULY 14, THE CHARGE AND THE ACTINGCHIEF OF THE CONSUMJ? SECTION MET WITH HANSSPOHN, Ti?E CHARGE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFGERMS~, TO DETERMINE ZF HE HAD ANY INFORMATIONON Ti?E COLONZA WHICH WOULD ENABLE US TO CONFIRMSOURCE'S STORY. A FORMER GERMAN AMBASSADORPPEV OUSLY VZSZTED THE COLONIA AND THERE ARES VERAL GERlrrAN CITIZENS ATTEMPTING TO EXTRICATE..ELA. IVES Fi?OM THE COLONIA. WiiZLE INTERESTEDAND WILLING TO BE OF ASSISTANCE, THE CHARGECOULD ADD LITTLE TO THE KNOWLEDGE WE ALREADY

SPECIFICALLY, THE GERYrAN EMBASSY DOESNOT HAVE AlW,-ACCESS OR CONTACTS INSIDE THECOLONIA WHICH COULD BE USED TO CHECK OURSOURCE'S INFORMATION, AND THE COLONIA HASREBUFFED ALL THEIR ATTEMPTS TO TALK TORESIDENTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY FOLLOWING UPON OTHER SOURCES WHICH MIGHT PROVIDE MOREINFORMATION ON, OR CHANNELS INTO, THE COLONIA.

17 COMMENT: WE ASSURE OUR READERS WE FINDTHIS ACCOUNT EVERY BIT AS BIZARRE AS THEY DO.THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT OCCURRED TO US ZS THATTHIS WAS SOME KIND OF ELABORATE, EXTREMELYDETAILED SET-UP TO ENTRAP AND EMBARRASS THEEMBASSY. ALTHOUGH WE STILL CANNOT DEFINITELYRULE THAT OUT, NEITHER CAN WE IMAGINE WHATTHE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT, OR ANYONE ELSE, MIGHT

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HOPE TO GAIN. IF NOT A SET-UP BY P-RSONS WITHPRIOR DETAiL D KNOWLEDGE OF TiiE WEISFEiLERCASE, THEN IT BECOMES DIF ?CULT TO DiSCOUNTSOURCE'S STORY, AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE INCIDENT

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OF THE ARREST IS CONCERNED. HZS STORY IS SODETAILED AND FITS SO WELL WITH WHAT WE KNOW

FROM MANY OTHER SOURCES OF WEZSFEILER'SWHEREABOUTS, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, AND WHAT

HE WAS CARRYING, THAT IT SEEMS TO US LIKELYTHAT SOURCE Z)ZD ZN FACT PARTICIPATE INWEISFEILER'S ARREST AND DELIVERY TO ?HECOLONIA. FROM THAT POINT ON, THE STORYBECOMES MUCH MORE IFFY -- WEISFEILER MAY NOTHAVE BEEN THE MAN SOURCE SAW AT A DISTANCEAND BASED ON HEARSAY FROM THE COLONIA GUA?J)AND THE SOLDIER WHO RECENTLY WAS ZN THE AREA.WE THEREFORE ARE LESS CONFIDENT OF WHEREWEISFEILER IS NOW.

18. THE STORY ALSO POSED A DILEMMA. IF WEISFEILER ISIN FACT ALIVE AND A PRISONER ZN THE COLONZA OR ~EREFLSE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOC, ANY INVESTIGATIONWE UNDERTAKE WHICH COMES TO THE GOC'S ATTENTION RUNSTHE RISK OF HIS BEING KILLED TO COVER UP THE AFFAIR.ON THE OTHER HAND, TO TAKE NO ACTION COULD BE EQUIVALENTTO —ABANDONING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TRAPPED IN THE HANDSOF PERSONS FOR WHOM PARANOID ZS ON- OF' THE KINDERADJECTIVES.

19. AS INDICATED ABOVE, WE OPTED FOR (1)ATTEMPTING T6 MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THESOURCE — AT WHICH WE MAY HAVE FAILED; (2)CONSULTING WITH THE GERMAN EMBASSY; AND (3)SPEAKING TO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABC'S TRUSTWORTHYPERSONS I~E CATHOLIC CHURCH RECOMMENDEDBY Q J IN ADDITION, BY SEPTEL, WE WILL

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COPY-01 ADS-00 AID-00 INR-10 EUR-00 CIAE-00ARA-00 NSAE-00 SSO-00 HA-09 L-03 INRE-00USSS-00 FBIE-00 DS-01 DSE-00 SCT-02 /035 W

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EO 12356: DECL: OADRTAGS: CASC, PHUM, PREL, . CISUBJ: W/W CASE OF BORIS WEISFEZLER, COLONIA DZGNIDAD

REQUEST EMBASSY BONN TO SPEAK WITH TWO AMNESTYINTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS ZN THE FRG WHO MAYHAVE ACCESS TO PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN INSIDETHE COLONIA WZTHZN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IF SO,THEY MAY BE ABLE TO CONFIRM OR REFUTE PARTSOF SOURCE'S ACCOUNT.

20. AFTER EXPLORING EVERY POSSIBLE AVENUEOF CONFZRYiATION OF SOURCE' S STORY, WE MAYWISH. TO APPROACH THE GOC AT A SENIOR LEVEL.BEFORE DOING SO, WE WILL REQUEST THEDEPARTMENT'S CONCURRENCE.

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