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...SAVAK, as long as we have subversive Communist activities in the world, that is going to remain here. If my enemies are trying to ruin this country, I will stop them. But for your information, SAVAK numbers fewer than 3,000, not 30,000 or 60,000. I would not care even if we had 100,000 but the truth is that SAVAK is not even 3,000. So you can guess at the accuracy of the rest of what the critics...
...junta leaders are determined never to permit a return to the rule of old-style politics and politicians who, they feel, brought the country to the brink of ruin. "Elections divide, political parties divide," explained one veteran diplomat in Santiago. "There isn't any room for either in this government's thought." Instead, the junta seems bent on building up family units, communities and unions, all carefully controlled from the top, as the best way of expressing Chilean interests...
Colby's testimony was also embarrassing to the military rulers of Chile. The disclosures cast doubt on the junta's claim that it was misrule by Allende and the politicians that brought ruin to Chile. Indeed, some experts believe that the CIA disruptions, combined with the curtailment of U.S. foreign aid credits and bank loans, contributed greatly to Allende's economic woes...
...student orientation toward jobs has even contributed to the comeback on campus of beer and liquor, since many students fear that a drug arrest might ruin their chances for a successful career. Moreover, they often find alcohol to be cheaper than drugs, which have been hard hit by inflation. At Boston University, Quaaludes have gone from 300 a tablet to as high as $3; at the University of Michigan, an ounce of marijuana costs as much as $15, up from $12 last year...
...idea that they should be recreation areas rather than simple nature preserves was humane and revolutionary. At the time most people were justifiably delighted. As he pressed on, Moses did have a few prescient critics who clearly foresaw that his highways would encourage more cars and ruin public transport as people shifted from rail to rubber. Moses scorned them of course. Visions of cloverleafs danced in his head. He was, moreover, increasingly isolated by arrogance, power and growing deafness...