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| | SULAIR: ITT |
 | | The featured corporation is the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, which in 1970 owned 70% of Chitelco, the Compania de Telefonos de Chile, (Telephone Company of Chile) or about $153 million. |
 | | On Sept. 13, 1970, Nixon authorized "track two" intervention (an upgrade from track one, which permitted milder involvement) in Chile, paving the way for the CIA to intervene in the economic and political affairs of Chile in whatever way they deemed necessary. |
 | | Because of ITT's economic position in Chile, the CIA used the company to filter money to Allende opposition campaigns, including large sums of money for the right-wing opposition newspaper, El Mercurio. |
| www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/hasrg/german/exhibit/GDRposters/ITT.html (242 words) |
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