was the year: 1973
Day: September 22
Location: White House, Washington.
On September 22, 1973 he was appointed secretary of state Henry Kissinger, German naturalized U.S. citizen. On
Kissinger can be said of all: that was a great statesman, a diplomat with the flakes, a pacemaking, etc.. etc.. For me, however, will always be a war criminal.
After the victory of the Unidad Popular in 1970, which led to President Salvador Allende (a moderate socialist traditions), many general of the Chilean would have liked to keep his office at the "La Moneda, the presidential palace in Santiago. It was a general, Rene Schneider, block it. The army's independence was guaranteed by this noble soldier who voiced as a result of what was called as the so-called "doctrine Schneider", namely absolute apolitical armed forces and their loyalty only to the Constitution. Well, October 25, 1970, Rene Schneider was the victim of an ambush. His death was attributed to one of the most reactionary general Chile, Roberto Viaux.
behind the murder bumped Kissinger's hand. Three years later, Salvador Allende died in his presidential palace, while the air force bombed and tanks besieged the residence of the president.
Eleven days after the coup, Kissinger became secretary of state of the Nixon administration.
In that year will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize!
advice:
Christopher Hitchens, Trial of Henry Kissinger, Fazi Editore, 2005.
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