Documents claim Kissinger backed ‘dirty war’
Near the outset of Argentina’s ruthless campaign against dissidents in 1976, Kissinger told the junta’s foreign minister: “If there are things that have to be done, you should do them quickly,” according to a newly-declassified document released yesterday.
The conversation left Argentine generals with the belief that Kissinger gave them “a carte blanche for the dirty war”, said Carlos Osorio of the National Security Archives.
