Word: chileanization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...documents painted a far more detailed picture. One plan that company executives had supported was the bizarre "Alessandri formula," in which Jorge Alessandri, a former Chilean President, would receive full but covert U.S. political help and thereby-if all went well-win the vote in the Chilean Congress. Soon afterward he would agree to resign. A new popular election would be called, in which former President Eduardo Frei, a moderate liberal, would, it was hoped, defeat Allende. Under Chilean law, Frei could not succeed himself, and therefore did not compete in the original vote...
...letter, Merriam suggested that "everything should be done, quietly, but effectively, to see that Allende doesn't get through the next six months." Among the recommendations: cut off U.S. aid and credit to Chile, financially support Chile's opposition newspapers and "get to reliable sources within the Chilean military." Merriam met repeatedly with the chief of the CIA's clandestine services branch for the Western Hemisphere to discuss alternatives...
...United States government also bears responsibility for Chile's economic difficulties. Before Allende took power, the U.S. was giving Chile substantial amounts of economic aid. Now, the United States has cut off all economic aid, and is giving money only to the Chilean military. Moreover, the U.S. has worked in international financial organization to cut off Chile's credit...
Despite Chile's difficulties, support for Popular Unity is growing. The profits from copper, once extracted for American corporate barons, now benefit the Chilean people, and the country is now the master of its own economic destiny. Social reforms have added to Allende's already broad base of support among the working class and peasant Chileans...
...applaud Allende's victory and recognize it as a triumph for the Chilean and other Third World peoples. We are confident Popular Unity will continue to reshape Chile along participatory socialist lines...