• genuine national organisation, they instend tend to operate locally according to the most pressing needs of the situation. Within the CP there appears also to be a great deal of political divergence.
It is reported that there is a considerablo rift between the leadership of the CP, who as we shall see have learnt nothing from the coup, and the base of the party. Information on this is however extremely limited.
The MIR was the organisation most prepared for the coup. Despite the fact that it has been the main target for the junta's repression it has heen able to survive. Only the MiR was able to engage in some armed resistance during the coup and the majority of its leadership have remained inside Chile, which has meant that its credibility has enormously increased inside the working class. In fact the MIR now bas a higher standing than it did before the coup.
It is clear that there is much still to be done before the organisations of the working class are rebuilt, but that is only one side of the probler which chese parties face.
When it comes to the working out of general political statements and perspectives there have been major difficotties. So far anly two. statements fron the United Chilean Left, which have been sigred by the parties of Popular Unity and the MIR. have been produced.
Both these statements hare been Red Weekly 12 Secterber 1974 Page 4 Frei won, were kept especially well primed.
gentlemen have learned nothing whatsoever from the crushing defeat of Allende's strategy.
They advance several reasons for Their failure. The prime reason is apparenty that, a process of that character confi not have heen tolerated by those who had contro Hed the wealth and power for 150 years. But this is a meaningless banality! I is no ose attempting то суна away the lasure of che UP by relerring to the pernicious natare of its coemy It was precis ely the task of the UP to create the The American ruling class has a very clear undesstanding of interiational clas solidarity, and hia not besitated to act on it. Information revealed this week confirms that the Nixon administration paid out over E3 million for covest action against the Popular Unity Government in Chile between 1970 and 1973.
These funds, allocated by the CIA, were desigand to "deatahilise" the situation in Chile - a polite expression for Allende's hrutal overtloe. The information comes from Democratic Congressman Michael Harrington, who says: "Funding was provided to individuals, potitical parties, and modia vullets in Chile".
Masterioding the operation was none other than the Amerienn ruling class' knight in shining armonr, Dr Henry Kissinger, who loaded the '40 Committes" in Washington, a secret espionage and counter-revolutionary gringWashington gold first began pouring into Chile in 1964, under the Johnston administration, when the CiA decided that the Christian Democatic Party needed financial sipport in running is presidential candidale, Ernest Frei, againt Allente Mote money was authorised in 1969 to fund Indeviduals who could beep the anti-Allende forces active aud intact, and during the 1970 election which Allende cventuaily won, handouts were despalched bo bribe the Chilean Congress:
Batit was during Popul Unity's thace-year rile that the forces of reaction Congressman Harringion's revelations reflect the growing need now felt by large sections of the American ryling class Tor in interational policy of delente undisturied by the CLA free-booting of the Chilean Armed Forces which hindered collaboration hetween the popular movenient alisd sectons.
as to what sort of alliances should have been created: *narrow minded, sectarian. left wing opportunist notions played into the hands of Frei and his supporters in pusing the Christian Democruts into a position of intransigent hostility with regard to the Popular Government.
Chilean CP! means.
The documen! leaves no doubt
adones Industriales", It did not se the atming of the workers and asants. That was why it was feated The document does not stop at its demanding of the UP period - it in puts forward a strateev to ht the junta. What is the ture of the strategy? A broad #i fascist front must be greated which, the purticipation of the iristian Democracy......... is a Thus front connot include the bourg contie. What is more while this front can and must fight for democratic rights and other concessions in the battle against the junta - the only correct framewark for this struggle is in the context of the fight for socialism.
The task, both in the fight against the junta, and after its overthrow is to reign of bloody terror jecied to violent and systematic The date 11 September 1973 remains engraved on the thoughts of the international working class. It was on that day the Chilean culing class and the military junta unleashed their The Chilean working class was subbarbarisen. The junta are still cany-