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Harvard, by hiring a man who is responsible for the continuedeconomic repression of the Chilean people (25% unemployment and inflation exceeding 100%), seems to have abandoned any moral committment to the preservation of human and democratic rights, a morality which should be the backbone of any educational system in a free and democratic society...
Perhaps the University is unaware of the one million Chilean citizens forced into exile since the 1973 military coup? Or perhaps it hasn't heard of the more than 2500 "disappeared" persons in Chile, those kidnapped by Chile's secret police and never heard from again? Or the thousands more tortured and murdered following the coup...
...that isn't enough, one only has to remember the assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier 3 years ago in our nation's capitol -a murder for which the U.S. Justice Department has indicted members of Chile's secret police. These murders continue to roam freely in Chile, as General Pinochet has refused to extradite them to stand trial in this country...
While the Chilean government may have prominent friends in key places, the Chilean people can also count on world support in their struggle to resist. I applaud the Harvard community's continued protest of Harberger's appointment and I urge the Crimson to continue its front-page coverage of developments in this story...
...Chilean people will never forget the crimes, nor pardon the sins of their assassins. Harvard too should not reward the deeds of an accomplice. Amy Troubh University of California, Berkeley, California