Here are a few highlights for you, straight from the ultimate horse's mouth:
"Allende's government is likely to move along lines that will make it very difficult to marshal international or hemispheric censure of him -- he is most likely to appear as an 'independent' socialist country, rather than a Soviet satellite or 'Communist Government.'"
"Allende was elected legally...[and] has legitimacy in the eyes of Chileans and most of the world."
Allende "has an admittedly profound anti-US and anti-capitalist bias....His policies are bound to constitute serious problems for us if he has any degree of ability to implement them."
"Allende and the forces that have come to power with him do have the skill, the means, and the capacity to maintain and consolidate themselves in power."
All this "poses some very painful dilemmas for us....We are strongly on record in support of self-determination and of free election....On the other hand, our failure to react to this situation risks being perceived in Latin America and in Europe as indifference or impotence in the face of clearly adverse developments in a region long considered our sphere of influence."
"The example of a successful elected Marxist government in Chile would surely have an impact on -- and even precedent value for -- other parts of the world....Chile would probably become a...source of disruption in the hemisphere."
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Luke Weiger Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 1:42 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Avoiding Bad Taste
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dawson" <MDawson at pdx.edu>
> You said there's no evidence to support the "threat of a good example"
> theory.
There isn't.
> Of course, there's tons of evidence, including the Kissinger-Chile memo
you never reacted to.
Only so much time in a day. That thread had already been beaten to death. I'll admit that I only gave the Kissinger-Chile memo a cursory reading, but nothing jumped out at me as supporting the "threat of a good example" theory.
-- Luke
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