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On the U.S. and the Overthrow of Allende: A Reply to Professor Sigmund's Criticism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

James Petras  and
Morris Morley
James Petras
Affiliation:
SUNY at Binghamton
Morris Morley
Affiliation:
SUNY at Binghamton
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Fundamental issues are raised in Sigmund's attack on our book, concerns that pertain to what has probably become one of the most controversial policy debates in recent times: the role of the U.S. in the overthrow of the Allende government. Measured by the amount of time and space devoted to the issue by Congress, the media, and academia, this question certainly requires careful consideration. Unfortunately, Sigmund presently and in the past has not dealt adequately with either the pertinent questions or the relevant data. The numerous errors and distortions require a thorough response.

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Communications
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , 1978 , pp. 205 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by the University of Texas Press

References

Notes

1. Paul Sigmund, “Chile: What Was the U.S. Role? (2) Less than Charged,” Foreign Policy, no. 16 (Fall 1974):142–56. Also see “The ‘Invisible Blockade’ and the Overthrow of Allende,” Foreign Affairs 52, no. 2 (January 1974):322–40.

2. James Petras and Morris Morley, The United States and Chile: Imperialism and the Allende Government (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1975), p. 81.

3. Ibid., p. 73.

4. Ibid., p. 76.

5. Ibid., p. 73.

6. Ibid., pp. 22, 92.

7. U.S. Congress, Senate, Select Intelligence Committee, Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders, 94th Congress, First Session, Report No. 94–465, 20 November 1975 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975), p. 227.

8. Petras and Morley, The United States and Chile, p. xv.

9. Ibid., pp. 92–94.

10. Ibid., p. 10.

11. Ibid., pp. 97–98.

12. Sigmund, “The Invisible Blockade,” p. 329.

13. Petras and Morley, The United States and Chile, p. 195.

14. Ibid., p. 104.

15. Ibid., pp. 3–5.

16. Ibid., p. 5.

17. Ibid., p. 204.

18. Conversation between U.S. ambassador to Chile, Edward Korry and President Richard Nixon in late 1970 or early 1971 (quoted in Washington Post, 10 January 1977, p. A8).

19. U.S. Congress, Senate, Select Intelligence Committee, Covert Action in Chile, 1963–1973, 94th Congress, First Session, 18 December 1975 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975), pp. 9, 17.

20. Ibid., p. 37.

21. Petras and Morley, The United States and Chile, p. xvi.

22. U.S. Congress, Covert Action, pp. 28–29.

23. Petras and Morley, The United States and Chile, pp. 134–35.

24. U.S. Congress, Covert Action, pp. 30, 40.

25. Ibid., pp. 36, 38, 39.

26. Petras and Morley, The United States and Chile, p. 82.

27. U.S. Congress, Alleged Assassination, p. 231.

28. Petras and Morley, The United States and Chile, p. 70.

29. Ibid., pp. 99–100.

30. Ibid., p. 135.

31. See “Loans from Abroad Flow to Chile's Rightist Junta,” New York Times, 20 February 1976, pp. 1, 47.

32. See John Marks, “On U.S. Support for the World Bank Loan to Chile,” New York Times, 4 January 1977, p. 27.