* * Lessons of Chile 1973 <http://www.marxist.com/lessons-of-chile-1973.htm> *Written by Alan Woods**Thursday, 11 January 1979*
[image: Salvador Allende-th]*Today is the 40th anniversary of the coup that overthrew president Salvador Allende in Chile and installed the brutal Pinochet dictatorship. We take advantadge of this opportunity to publish a document written in 1979 by Alan Woods analysing the history of Chilean labour movement and specially the period of the socialist coalition government of Allende. Who was behind Pinochet's coup? What interests was he defending? What were the policies of the Allende government and why despite all warnings was unable to prevent the coup?* * * *To read the article-* *http://www.marxist.com/lessons-of-chile-1973.htm * *Chile* and the United States: Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973<http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm> ... film The Battle of *Chile* (First Run/Icarus Films) Washington, D.C. – September 11, 1998 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the military ... ... intervention in *Chile*, and the repressive character of General Pinochet's rule, the coup became the most notorious military takeover in the ... ... talk" with *Chile*'s Ambassador Trucco. National Security Council, Disarray in *Chile* Policy, July 1, 1975 This memorandum, from Stephen Low to ... ... collaboration with *Chile*'s security forces, including the promise of surveillance of subjects inside the United States. Fuentes was detained through ... ... Jack Kubisch, and *Chile*'s foreign minister General Huerta on the controversy over two U.S. citizens--Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi--executed by ... ... ," 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 ... *http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm* * *
