I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves. – Henry Kissinger, 40 Committee meeting, June 27, 1970, cited in The Price of Power by More

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