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...total of $3 million was sent in 1964 to the Christian Democratic Party in Chile that was opposing Allende in the national elections. Also in 1964, unidentified American corporations suggested that the CIA serve as a conduit for corporate funds that would finance anti-Allende activities, but that idea was rejected as unworkable. Approximately $500,000 was authorized in 1969 to fund individuals who could be nurtured to keep the anti-Allende forces active and intact...
...that position, I am merely a conduit ... I am a conduit to other people. That is the problem...
...AMPI was also concerned with influencing farm policies on the state level. In 1969 the cooperative gave $9,500 to the campaigns of five Democratic legislators in Texas in amounts ranging from $500 to $4,000. The conduit was Texas Deputy Agriculture Commissioner Bill Pieratt, who received the funds from AMPI Executive Lilly, then distributed them to the candidates...
Berkeley's listener-supported FM station KPFA, which has been used by the S.L.A. as a conduit for messages, also complied. Oakland's KDIA, an AM station catering to the black community, has broadcast almost all the S.L.A. statements. Says News Director Ray Wills: "We thought it incumbent on us to follow the instructions." Ironically, leftist and underground papers have generally printed very little unedited S.L.A. propaganda...
...pressing me beyond my recollection. I want to be very clear that I do not regard myself as being involved in this thing other than when circumstances made me a conduit...