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I’m kickstarting the Chile strip again, so here’s where we left off, in the CIA field office in Santiago, Chile. Late Summer, 1970. Office chief Henry Hecksher and Field Agent David Atlee Phillips are discussing what to do next when a telegram arrives from Washington (the words AP reads out are direct quotes taken from the now unclassified files).
I know this throws a spanner in the works with the continuity of my Chile strip, but I’m so excited about it I had to put it up here. It’s the latest piece I’ve done for Bash Magazine on a recent anti-Prop 8 (that’s the recently passed resolution banning same-sex marriage in California) protest I went to in the SF bay area. It was headed by an activist group called The Raging Grannies, who are a lovely bunch of ladies who fight for social justice using street theatre, singing golden oldies and generally causing a fuss. See for yourself – just click here for the rest of the strip, which is hosted on the Bash website. It should hopefully be getting picked up by the folks at Indybay.org, the SF chapter of Indymedia.org.
Apologies for the delay in getting this next page up – as you can see, there’s a lot more going on, panel-wise. This scene shows Hecksher and Atlee Phillips, both CIA operatives based in Santiago, as they report back to Langley/Washington the current plan of action and situation on the ground. Dissatisfaction clearly arose from the diplomatic ‘Track 1’ route that Atlee Phillips mentions here, which refers to the non-confrontational means of preventing Allende’s inauguration as President. DCI Helms, AP’s boss back at the CIA, had proposed this two-track path under the ominous sounding project FUBELT, but as you will see in the next page, a far more harebrained scheme of direct action was already on the cards…
You’ll notice the title has changed too. This is to reflect the change of focus onto what happened before Allende’s inauguration as opposed to the now infamous coup that culminated in his murder.
Start at the beginning of this comic by clicking on the right hand nav bar link.The action has now moved to Chile and the CIA station where Field Agents Henry Hecksher and David Atlee Phillips are directing the CIA’s misinformation campaign against Allende.
Start at the beginning of this comic by clicking on the right hand nav bar link. This scene depicts the meeting between Richard Helms, Director of the CIA, President Nixon, Secretary of State Kissinger and Attorney General John Helms as they discuss the use of counter-intelligence to stop Salvador Allende’s inauguration as President of Chile in September 1970. The portrait of the Indian is taken from an actual painting hanging in the White House of an indigenous Indian Chieftain, which I thought would serve as a subtle hubristic reminder to the assembled gang of plotters.
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You know the drill by now – click on the right hand menu to go to the first page of this story about the 1973 Chilean coup. And thanks for reading! Any comments appreciated.
Start at the beginning of the story about the Chilean Coup of 1973 by clicking the link on the right hand nav bar. Thanks for reading!
Start at the beginning of the story by clicking the link on the right hand nav bar. Thanks for reading!
