This documents is an official cia memorandum dated september 917. 00 and its a note curiously titled discussion of the chilean political situation but its contents what it exposes is pretty incriminating. On the 14th of september mr holmes met with edwards the owner of the independent newspaper. Mr edwards expressed the following view on the chilean political situation. Until 2017 nearly all of this paragraph was brought out redacted meaning that for more than 40 years oh Steve Edwards the owner of the most influential newspaper in chile and made kept to a story that yes he did meet with the director of the cia Richard Helms here in washington d. C. And ok he did talk about some other you know theres a direction but you know there was never talk of hoopla thing not true. Years later these now deep cuts a fight cia and white house documents prove thats exactly what he did and that the cia financed this newspaper funding both negative coverage of the a and the government and the positive
Oh Steve Edwards the owner of the most influential newspaper in chile and it kept to a story that yes he did meet with the director of the cia Richard Helms here in washington d. C. And ok he did talk about some other guy and theres a direction but you know there was never talk of. Not true. Years later these now deep cuts of fight cia white house documents prove thats exactly what he did and that the cia financed his newspaper funding both negative coverage of the a in the government and the positive coverage of the dictatorship that followed i must set up this article i was born in chile and im going to tell you about why maybe 50 years on we still need to talk about the mic or deal. Chileans will tell you cant really understand the history of this country without understanding the history of women and the farming. If you need a modern equivalent think of the murdoch media empire only its much older dates but in the 19th century when the Edwards Family amassed a fortune bunking minin
African foreign nationals are treated in south africa. Or what. Other African Leaders spoke fondly. Africas to own their own resources including land without interference from western nations and the honor of this goal and so on. A corner on leaders are the people. To be. Under guard against negative interest. Was given a 21 gun salute the highest of honest. The military helped keep him in power for 37 years but they also removed him in a coup and 2017 people who attended the Memorial Service say it was a fitting sendoff for a man who ruled him for nearly 4 decades this is 830000 seaters stadium the beginning to be in the capital but its not even half full many people did not come to the memorial or are carrying on with their lives trying to make ends meet in a struggle or earth was controversial in life and there was even a dispute between the government and the family over women should be buried now its been decided his final resting place will be at the National Heroes acre symmetry
Campus commemorating the breakthrough and exploring the experiments longterm impact and defense has presented opportunities to engage scientist, are artists, policymakers and the public around a set of issues that grow from that original event 75 years ago. Now, this evenings discussion im particularly delight because it brings social science into the conversation in just the way it should be. Our panelists will be introduced in just a moment. Each is a scholar in International Relations and national security, and theyll offer different viewpoints on military decisions, the role of nuclear arms and the formation of alliances and aids and obstacles to nonproliferation efforts. This events sponsored be by television of social sciences at the university of shack and also sponsored by the center for International Social Science Research at the institute of politic and the chicago project on security and threats. Now im going introduce or moderateow, steve edwards, steve will introduce the