Why Allende had to die.

A reprint is presented of an article from the March 1974 issue of the political magazine "New Statesman," in which the author discusses the death of Chilean President Salvador Allende and his conflict with General Augusto Pinochet. U.S. involvement in Chilean politics in the 1970s is discussed, as well as the attempted nationalization of Chile's copper and coal mining industries in the 1930s and Allende's opinions on the relationship between the Chilean government and public opinion.