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Chile and the Cia (1974-09-20)
About this film
Salvador Allende--who had been democratically elected President of Chile in 1970, but who was a Marxist with ties to Castro's Cuba--had died (very possibly by his own hand) during the coup against his government. Questions had been raised in the American press and in Congress as to whether the CIA had had a hand in "destabilizing" the Allende regime. In the highly charged post-Watergate atmosphere, there was talk of bringing action against various officials, including Ambassador Korry. On this show, Mr. Korry is not at liberty to say everything he knows, but we still get some fascinating stories and serious analysis. WFB: "So therefore you tilted in the direction of helping them [the Allende government]." EK: "I didn't tilt. I walked in to their foreign minister, who described himself in that period as an all-out Maoist--and this was in the period of the Red Guards-- ... and I said, 'You know my view of what I think Dr. Allende and you represent in the way of political forces ... You know that I was opposed to you; but you are now the representative of a sovereign power, and I am a representative of a sovereign power, and we are both mature individuals.'..."
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Chile, CIA, Salvador Allende, 1973 Chilean coup d'état, United States foreign policy, Cold War, Marxism, Fidel Castro, Intelligence operations, Covert action, US Congress, Anti-communism, Latin American politics, Interventionism, Political history, US-Chile relations, Democracy, Sovereignty, Geopolitics, Central Intelligence Agency history, South American history, Cold War foreign policy, International relations
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