what happened was, at that point, the attention taking place finally the president of argentina, christine peron, she removed amnesty from the military. we had a military that killed, it was unparalleled in latin american history. no one believed [ audio difficulties ] the secretary of state kissinger knew all about what was going on. not only tolerated but cooperated with it. >> let's go back to the 1970s, the final days of the ford administration, and we have hot places in africa, and burgeoning ones, and opposing the united states in various flashpoints around want world, what was the american attitude toward the military regimes in south america? >> you're dealing with hard facts. first of all, david rockefeller, who was extremely influential in the republican administrations at the time, was a profound friend of a number of argentine military officials. in a bit, the last meeting of the board of directors was held in argentine a the prime minister of argentine a the -- i remember a debate took place at princeton university, in which we made the position about the dirty war, and how many peo