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	U.S. Dept. of State FOIA - Church Report (Covert Action in Chile 1963-1973)
		However, the United States sought in 1970 to foment a military coup in Chile; after 1970 it adopted a policy both overt and covert, of opposition to Allende; and it remained in intelligence contact with the Chilean military, including officers who were participating in coup plotting.
		Chile has an advanced social welfare program, although its activities did not reach the majority of the poor until popular participation began to be exerted in the early 1960's.
		Chile had the extensive bureaucratic infrastructure to plan and administer a national development program; moreover, its history of popular support for Socialist, Communist and other leftist parties was perceived in Washington as flirtation with communism.
	foia.state.gov /Reports/ChurchReport.asp (14136 words)

	Chile - 1973 coup
		Allende's heroic death in 1973 - as he defended the presidential palace - is proof enough that the sincerity and even the heroism of the workers' leaders was not in question.
		In Chile, in comparison with Russia in 1917, the working class had an extremely powerful position in society: 46.3% of the employed population were wage earners, with only 22% working on the land.
		The coup in 1973 preceded the revolutionary upheavals that developed in the next two years in Greece and Portugal.
	www.geocities.com /socialistparty/chile.htm (5063 words)

	House Would Require CIA Report on 1973 Coup in Chile
		The 1973 military coup in Chile was a tragic interruption of Chile's proud democratic history.
		The assumption for admitting Chile to NAFTA membership is that she is a functioning democracy.
		According to the Church Committee Report of December 1975, ``The CIA attempted, directly, to foment a military coup in Chile.'' Before Allende was inaugurated, it passed weapons to coup plotters.
	www.fas.org /sgp/news/1999/02/chilerep.html (7405 words)

	1973 Chilean coup d'état - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the book in which he recounts the coup (El Día decisivo), General Pinochet affirms that he was the leading plotter of the coup and used his position as Commander of the Army to coordinate a far-reaching scheme with the other branches of the military.
		Over the years, both the perpetrators of the coup and their supporters have argued that it was essential for preserving freedom, democracy and prosperity in Chile.
		As Chile had been a democracy since 1932, the coup was an unprecedented and inexcusable outrage against democracy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973 (3489 words)

	The role of the USA and CIA in the 1973 Pinochet coup in Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chile was more a nuisance, although Nixon feared Allende's victory might erode the image of U.S. strength.
		Cables focused on a scheme to derail formal ratification of Allende's victory by Chile's congress on Oct. 24, 1970.
		On Sept. 11, 1973, amid the mounting chaos, Chile's military struck.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/mexico/usa/chile_1973.html (3282 words)

	Equipo Nizkor - Covert Action in Chile 1963-1973
		Chile's export-oriented economy remained, in 1970, dependent for foreign exchange earnings on a single product -copper- much as it had depended on nitrate in the 19th century.
		Chile was able, through the Paris Club, to re-negotiate $800 million in debts to foreign governments and medium-term debt to major U.S. banks in early 1972.
		The Chile case demonstrates that in at least one instance, the so-called Track II activity, the President instructed the CIA not to inform nor coordinate this activity with the Departments of State or Defense or the ambassador in the field.
	www.derechos.org /nizkor/chile/doc/covert.html (18788 words)

	Archive special: Chile 1973 \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		September 12 1973: Chile is today in the grip of a military regime, with every indication early this morning that President Salvador Allende had committed suicide after the presidential palace had been subjected to air and ground attacks.
		September 13 1973: Fighting continued in several areas of Santiago yesterday, in spite of the strict curfew imposed by the military junta which seized power in Chile on Tuesday.
		September 16 1973: Regis Debray, a French Marxist writer and a close friend of Allende, explains why the President was powerless to prevent his own downfall.
	www.guardian.co.uk /chile/history/0,13843,1025953,00.html (340 words)

	Chile Under Allende (1970-73) and Pinochet (1973 ff)
		He was overthrown in a coup by General Augusto Pinochet on 11 Sep 1973.
		Chile's aggressive "War of the Pacific" (1879-83) won her the nitrate and mineral-rich northern deserts (25 to 18 degrees South) from Bolivia and Peru.
		Chile tried to inject her new wealth into the economy through massive public works schemes, state industries, and protectionism.
	www.cyberussr.com /hcunn/for/chile-73.html (3143 words)

	Socialist Voice (Sept 03): History: 11th September 1973 - Coup in Chile
		The President of Chile, Salvador Allende of the UP shot himself rather than be taken prisoner and tortured by Pinochet's forces.
		The leaders of the SP and CP of Chile reiterating their confidence in the "constitutional loyalty" of the armed forces.
		For the first time in Chile's history, here was a government that was acing on behalf of the most downtrodden and poor in society.
	www.socialistparty.net /pub/pages/voicesept03/centrepages1.htm (1249 words)

	The Pinochet files \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		In this never-before-published photograph, General Augusto Pinochet (second from left) and President Salvador Allende (in white jacket) are seen on a trip in northern Chile in the months before the 1973 coup that left Allende dead and Pinochet in command of the government.
		Now, on the 30th anniversary of the coup, professors, journalists and citizen activists around the world are continuing to expose the full role of the US government in financing and promoting this bloody coup, which ushered in the 17-year military dictatorship headed by General Augusto Pinochet.
		While conservative Chileans argue that the coup was a home-grown affair, the current Chilean minister of education, Sergio Bitar, says: "That internal crisis was activated by the North American policies against it.
	www.guardian.co.uk /chile/story/0,13755,1038615,00.html (927 words)

	Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup
		The main objective of the US-supported military coup in Chile was ultimately to impose the neoliberal economic agenda.
		The latter, in the case of Chile, was not imposed by external creditors under the guidance of IMF.
		The situation was not ripe for a military coup as long as General Carol Prats was member of the cabinet, commander in Chief of the Army and Chairman of the Council of Generals.
	www.globalresearch.ca /articles/CHO309A.html (3579 words)

	U.S.-Chile Documents
		He characterizes September 11 as "our D-Day," and states that "Chile's coup de etat [sic] was close to perfect." His report provides details on Chilean military operations during and after the coup, as well as glowing commentary on the character of the new regime.
		CIA, Cable Transmissions on Coup Plotting, October 18, 1970: These three cables between CIA headquarters in Langley, VA., and the CIA Station in Santiago address the secret shipment of weapons and ammunition for use in a plot to kidnap the Chilean military commander, General Rene Schneider.
		CIA, Notes on Meeting with the President on Chile, September 15, 1970: These handwritten notes, taken by CIA director Richard Helms, record the orders of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, to foster a coup in Chile.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8.htm (1647 words)

	Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup in Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		September 11, 1998 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet.
		Revelations that President Richard Nixon had ordered the CIA to "make the economy scream" in Chile to "prevent Allende from coming to power or to unseat him," prompted a major scandal in the mid-1970s, and a major investigation by the U.S. Senate.
		Since the coup, however, few U.S. documents relating to Chile have been actually declassified- -until recently.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm (447 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Chile remembers 1973 coup
		The door he came though was sealed, lest it become a shrine to the deposed president.
		The flag covering the entrance was removed and Mr Lagos walked through the newly remodelled door, to the delight of the assembled guests.
		In his speech that followed he said the opening of the door was an expression of the freedom that can now be found in Chile.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3101898.stm (287 words)

	Salvador Allende
		James Petras and Morris Morley, The United States and Chile: Imperialism and the Overthrow of the Allende Government (NY: Monthly Review Press, 1975).
		Chile Vive : Una pagina abierta a las utopias -- includes downloadable Allende speeches.
		"U.S. Responsibility for the Coup in Chile" - by Daniel Brandt, NameBase, November 28, 1998
	www.neravt.com /left/allende.htm (372 words)

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