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US Hegemony
> This loathing quickly communicated itself to President Nixon. He was
> personally beholden to Donald Kendall, the president of Pepsi Cola, who had
> given him his first corporate account when, as a young lawyer, he had
> joined John Mitchell's New York firm. A series of Washington meetings, held
> within 11 days of Allende's electoral victory, essentially settled the fate
> of Chilean democracy. After discussions with interested parties, and with
> CIA director Richard Helms, Kissinger went with Helms to the Oval Office.
> Helms's notes of the meeting show that Nixon wasted little breath in making
> his wishes known. Allende was not to assume office. “Not concerned risks
> involved. No involvement of embassy. $10,000,000 available, more if
> necessary. Full-time job—best men we have … Make the economy scream. 48
> hours for plan of action.”
>
> Declassified documents show that Kissinger—who had previously neither known
> nor cared about Chile, describing it offhandedly as “a dagger pointed at
> the heart of Antarctica”—took seriously this chance to impress his boss. A
> group was set up in Langley, Virginia, with the express purpose of running
> a “two track” policy for Chile: one the ostensible diplomatic one and the
> other—unknown to the State Department or the US ambassador to Chile, Edward
> Korry—a strategy of destabilisation, kidnap and assassination, designed to
> provoke a military coup.
>
Via my dog wants to be on the radio, [1] Why has he got away with it? [2]
Reading articles like this explains why the United States isn't well liked
overseas. I think I'll just remain quiet on this; I'd rather not have the
Secret Service pay a visit.
[1]
http://gweezlebur.com/~ivey/weblog/
[2]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,442151,00.html
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