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SANTIAGO, Chile--Cuban and American paratroops landed here today, linking up with revolutionary Chileans and toppling the military dictatorship. The Chilean military, crippled by last month's cut-off of American arms, offered little resistance...
...plan by monitoring telephone calls into the palace. "We started thinking," recalled Leigh, "what does Zeta mean? We thought it would be dangerous for the security of the country. But we were worried by a lot of other more important things. Allende was cheating us, cheating the Chilean people. The country was paralyzed-industry, transport, everything...
...coup; an estimate based on official figures puts the toll at 588, but observers estimate it much higher, probably more than 1,000. In its economic policy, the junta was moving to restore free enterprise. Junta leader General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte announced that more than 300 foreign and Chilean companies taken over without compensation by the Allende regime would probably be returned to their owners. The companies include around 40 U.S. firms-but not the three large American copper companies of Kennecott, Anaconda and Cerro Corp. Combined assets for the copper firms is more than $500 million, and Pinochet said...
...decision to launch a coup was not an easy one, claimed Leigh, since the military had generally remained outside Chilean politics for the past 41 years. "I tell you, we sweated a lot," he said. "It was like childbirth." The speed with which Allende's government was crushed surprised even the military. "Never did we think we would rule the country so soon," Leigh admitted. "We were not prepared. Now we are in a real emergency. We have no agriculture. We are spending $600 million for food alone. We have a $4 billion debt...
None of this means that ITT, the most celebrated American company in Chile, will get a cent for its expropriated properties. Chileans who took a conciliatory line toward Anaconda and Kennecott pointedly said nothing at all about ITT. After the scandal about ITT's alleged interference in internal Chilean politics, it would be difficult for any Chilean government of whatever ideological complexion to befriend the giant conglomerate...