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...tape-recorder, defending his career before an imaginary judge. He claims that the multi-millionaires of California's Bohemian Grove--the real rulers of America's industry and military--put him in the presidency. He didn't really want to continue war in Vietnam or get involved in the Chilean counter-revolution, but rather those filthy moneymongers forced him to. Finally, sick of prostituting himself and his country, he resolved to stop being their puppet. As a result, they organized the Watergate scandal to boot him out of office. Nixon reveals all sorts of other things too--his dreams...
Even in the face of fierce repression, even greater numbers of Chileans are finding the courage, born of desperation, and of hope, to openly demand an end to the 10-year dictatorship of General Pinochet and a return to democracy. Every month, with tear-gass, attack dogs, clubs and bullets, police attrack the non-violent protests and rallies of unarmed Chileans. Because of press censorship, the Chilean people cannot fully know what the world hears about events and conditions in their country: they do not know whether their cause has found support or anonymity in the outside world...
Mail is often opened and inspected as it passes through the Chilean mail service, a Chilean friend ran a considerable risk to send me the following letter which I would like to share with readers (my translation...
...months before. When students and faculty fought President Bok's initial choice for head of Harvard's clearinghouse on research and advice on economic development. Arnold C. Harberger of the University of Chicago turned down the position, but not until after concerns had arisen about his association with the Chilean government and his policies. Which some said stressed economic efficiency over social welfare...
...SPECIAL PROSECUTOR Archibald Cox was fired 10 years ago last week, he didn't know that the last head to roll so unceremoniously at the whim of a U.S. President was Salvador Allende's only months before. While Cox's booting was a boon to his career. Allende, the Chilean leader murdered in a CIA-backed military coup, was not so lucky. That abuse of presidential power, like Cox's firing, was discovered only in its wake. Sometimes that's too late...