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"I am not the president of all the Chileans. I am not a hypocrite that says so."

— Salvador Allende

January 1, 1970

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Quoted by Chilean newspapers as a remark at a public rally (17 January 1971). Allende sent a public letter to El Mercurio newspaper to deny the quotation — Citied in Jonathan Haslam's "The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile"

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Quoted by Chilean newspapers as a remark at a public rally (17 January 1971). Allende sent a public letter to El Mercurio newspaper to deny the quotation — Citied in Jonathan Haslam's "The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile"