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...speak at funeral services for Palme, scheduled for March 15 at Stockholm's city hall. A panoply of world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, will attend. In keeping with the slain Prime Minister's disdain for dictatorships, five countries--Chile, Afghanistan, Paraguay, Kampuchea and South Africa--were pointedly excluded from the ceremonies...
What conclusions are we to draw? It is true that for the upper middle class who make no waves and think no subversive thoughts, Chile may be a better place to live than a typical Soviet client-state. But the U.S. is not going to change the Soviet system by our support or non-support. We may persuade them to reunite a few spouses or release a dissident or two, but our overall policy must be based on the recognition that we have to work with the Soviets as they...
...Chile, however, the United States has not only enormous influence, but tremendous responsibility. We can take a large part of the credit for both the birth and life of the junta under Pinochet. But we also have the potential to be a force for good...
...token actions of the new U.S. ambassador--holding a candle at a funeral for a "disappeared" Chilean, and mentioning the words "human rights" to Pinochet--triggered an outburst of hopeful speculation in Chile that is hard to believe. According to Apsi, because of Ambassador Barnes actions and the recent demonstrations, the junta will fall within a year...
Apsi's assessment may be naive, but there is no doubt that events are coming to a head in Chile as they have recently in the Philippines. The Chilean resistance, like the regime it opposes, is not what it seems. America will soon face a dilemma with Pinochet similar to the situation we are in now with Marcos. It is time we looked to the part of Chile that is too often hard to see: the people who quietly struggle for freedom, and those who struggle just to survive...