Declassified UK

• “For British interests… there is no doubt that Chile under the junta is a better prospect than Allende’s chaotic road to socialism,” the foreign secretary said
• “The prospects for British business in Chile are clearly much brighter under the new regime,” Britain’s ambassador in Santiago agreed
• U.K. and U.S. officials feared Allende’s successful economic policies could be replicated throughout Latin America

This is an edited extract from Mark Curtis’ book, Unpeople: Britain’s Secret Human Rights Abuses, which includes full sources.

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