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...such an incident could cause further damage to an already fragile relationship. It is also mindful that negotiations will soon be held to determine the value of U.S. copper properties that are to be nationalized by the Chilean government. Accordingly, Washington has adopted a stance of calculated ambiguity toward Chile. Last week the Administration decided to grant Santiago $5,000,000 in credits for the purchase of paratroop equipment and a $4,000,000 C-130 military transport. It was the first new military aid since the Allende government came to power last October...
...industry has been hit by layoffs, slumping orders and a threatened collapse of Lockheed unless Congress approves federal loan guarantees, as the Administration has requested. Some Latin Americans, however, saw Washington's move as a typical capitalist plot. The U.S., charged Chile's Marxist President Salvador Allende, was out to "unleash an arms race" in Latin America. That did not, of course, keep Allende from accepting $5 million worth of U.S. State Department military-assistance credit last week for Chile's own armed forces. The money will be used to buy a Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft...
Leftists in other countries have learned from the Papandreou government's mistakes, and are heeding his cautionary remarks. When I was in Chile (a few weeks back) leaders of the MIR (the Leftist Revolutionary Movement) alluded more than once to Mr. Papandreou's experience and understanding.News Editor, Boston After Dark
Though he frequently takes a nationalist line, Allende knows that he has nothing to gain by antagonizing the U.S. unnecessarily. He is also acutely concerned about the steady decline in the flow of credits to Chile from the U.S. In recent weeks, accordingly, Allende has sought to offer assurances that his nationalization program is not an act of revenge against the U.S. He has emphasized that Chile will not allow the Soviet Union or any other power to use its territory for military purposes. He is angry over several recent slights by the U.S., including the Nixon Administration...
Allende stresses his preoccupation with his own country's problems. "I want to be a man of Chile," he says. "We are a small country, but we have national feelings and we will never be at the service of any great power. Chile will never be a base for the U.S. nor China nor Russia and that should be enough for you. Your problems are Russia and China. These are not my problems. My troubles are milk, bread, work...