Word: pinochets
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...Pinochet indicated that there might be restoration of U.S. corporations' ownership of mines and factories taken over by Allende's leftist government. An economic team, the general revealed, is studying "all possibilities," including turning back nationalized firms to their former owners. "We will try to offer the greatest margin of liberty," he promised, in determining just who gets what...
...coup take place? "We did this," Pinochet answered, "because the President had exceeded the constitutional limits of his office. He had made fools out of the judiciary and the legislative branch. On the one hand he told us [the military] that he did not want a civil war. Yet day after day our intelligence service reported the presence of arms even in his own house. While he said to us that he was the victim of civil war, we had documentation that he was preparing...
When the fighting for Moneda Palace began, Pinochet went on, the junta asked Allende to surrender four separate times. "But the only thing he wanted was to gain time, possibly in the hope that our unity might break. We guaranteed his safe conduct out of the country. We even put off the air force attack for an hour to allow Señor Allende to consider his options...
...presidential palace was attacked, Pinochet said, "because Allende was protected by a guard who had heavy weapons, even bazookas." What about the prospect of a "reaction" to his junta from the dead President's numerous and apparently well-armed supporters? Said the general, calmly but firmly: "We have taken the necessary precautions...
...censor, he was told: "We know all about your file. Naval intelligence was listening closely." Eisendrath protested the intimidation in a conversation with two army officers, arguing that journalists find it hard to report fairly while under duress. He was told to take his complaint to General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, the junta leader whom Eisendrath was waiting to see. After his interview with Pinochet, censorship was lifted...