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Subject: Chile - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 13-Sep-83 22:32:31 EDT
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uiuccsb!grunwald    Sep 13 18:40:00 1983

   I have a question that I hope some of the older members of the net might be
able to answer.

   In the current issue of "In These Times", a newsweekly aimed towards
indpendent socialists, there is an article about the current unrest in Chile.
In the article, they mention that at the time Allende was assinated, there
was a significant majority who did not support his programs.
   Many of the unions and conversative parties felt that he would be too
radical of an influence on the country. It mentions that one party, the
Christian Democrates were ploting a coup to dispose Allende, even at the
expense of Chiles 136 years of democracy.
   Many of the parties who now oppose General Pinochet were supportive of
him at that time:

	He said he was "happy, because I thought the
	military was saving the country...later I
	realized - and deeply regretted - that they
	were turning the country into a strong
	dictatorship and that I would be called on to
	lead the opposition against the very ones I was
	so happy to see take power"

				original qoute from In These Times, July 13
				this qoute taken from ITT sept 14

The preceeding quote was by Rodolfo Sequel, the leader of the Copper Union, one
of the groups now opposing the Pinochet government.

SO. Anyway, my question is: What evidence is there that the CIA or any american
body instrumented the assination of Allende in '73? I was just a little squirt
back then and didn't really care about the situation in Chile. Since then, I've
been trying to find information on it, but haven't had the chance to consult
any of the more recent books on the matter.