Item COLD WAR 4/1 - Transcript of interview with Isabel Jaramillo Edwards, secretary to President Salvador Allende, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Isabel Jaramillo Edwards, private member of staff to Salvador Allende (Gossens), President of Chile, 1970-1973, relating to US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activity to destabilise the government of Chile, 1970-1973; attempts by the USA to prevent Allende assuming the Presidency of Chile, 1970; the reaction within Allende's administration to the US interference in Chilean affairs, 1970-1973; US intervention in the internal affairs of Guatemala, 1954, and the Dominican Republic, 1965; the reaction of Allende to the possibility of a military coup d'etat in Chile, 1972-1973; the coup d'etat against Allende's government by the Chilean armed forces, led by Gen Augusto Pinochet, Sep 1973; Edwards' escape from the Presidential Palace to the Cuban Embassy, Santiago, Chile, 11 Sep 1973; the announcement of the formation of a Chilean military junta and the death of President Allende, Sep 1973; the summons by the Chilean military junta for all members of Allende's government and staff members to report to the Chilean Ministry of Defence, Sep 1973; the influence of the USA on the Chilean coup d'etat, Sep 1973. 29pp