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A short telegram in the morning papers of July 4, positively telling of the destruction of Spanish fleet, at once changed gloom to joy and created for the day a patriotic climax of an extraordinary kind. The victory seems incredibly complete. The comparative inefficiency of the Spanish navy does not detract from the credit due the Americans, if it does go far to explain the amazing one-sidedness of the battle. The destruction of Spanish fleet accomplishes the main purpose of the U.S. military and naval operations in Santiago, Chile, and leaves the Spanish forces in the island of Cuba isolated.

The article discusses the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) involvement in the destabilization of the Chilean Marxist government under President Salvador Allende. It reports that former U.S. President Richard Nixon had authorized the agency to wage an 8 million dollar campaign to aid the opponents of the Chilean Administration from 1970 to 1973. It notes that the Nixon and Ford Administrations bluntly denied the allegations and insisted that the CIA was not responsible for the 1973 coup.

The article focuses on several political events related to the U.S. The Chilean government has destroyed the office of the newspaper "Ultima Hora." This reveals the condition of non-communist mass media in Chile. In this, the American press can play an important role, as it did in the ultimate rehabilitation of another great South American newspaper. The United States has failed to cajole Egypt into a satisfactory Suez settlement. Robert Morris should resign as counsel for the Senate Internal Security Committee. Morris should not be associated with any phase of the government of the U.S. The article also analyzes the new foreign aid program in the U.S.

This article presents information on political and social issues. The documents published on Sunday and Monday, in relation to the conduct of U.S. diplomatic and naval representatives in Chili during the civil war in that country, are made public in the best way to secure the attention which their importance calls for. The opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the case of the United States against Holy Trinity Church is now reported at length, and contains some reasoning that deserves attention.

War clouds are gathering between Chile and Peru, according to the widespread advertisement. Recent telegraphic dispatches have reported the withdrawal of the Peruvian Boundary Delegation from the Commission headed by General Pershing to settle the Tacna-Arica frontier dispute. The Peruvian delegation, allege attacks on their members and other extreme measures used by Chileans to intimidate Peru and influence the result of the coming plebiscite, and demand guaranties from Chile that the plebiscite will be carried on without any attempt to coerce or prejudice voters.

The article reports on various issues in the U.S. An increasing number of students of labor and capital, studying in various colleges in the U.S. have sought in their vacations or on leaving college to win an understanding of the human problems of industry, by entering mills and mines as individuals, without letting either employer or fellow-worker know that they bear the brand of a college education. The Couzens committee had recently made charges against the U.S. Treasury Department that they had deprived the country of millions of dollars in income taxes through favoritism to various large companies. Chile gets the best of it in the decision which U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, as arbitrator, has made in regard to the long-standing dispute over the provinces of Tacna and Arica.

The article presents the political condition and the military relations in Chile. Air Force General Gustavo Leigh Guzmán claimed that the junta was taking temporary measures to rid the country of the Marxist disease spread by the late President Salvador Allende Gossens. It mentions that the goal of military was to achieve reconstruction and normalcy. It adds that the military government appeared to be infected with an irrational xenophobia in which one of its reasons was the conviction of the junta that Chile's chaos had been brought about by the Latin America radicals who had been granted asylum by Allende.

The article offers an outlook for the political and business conditions of several countries in 1965. The significance of the victory of the Christian Democrat Party of President Eduardo Frei in congressional elections in Chile is noted. The U.S. government intends to offer financing for the expansion plans of copper companies. A scheduled visit to Germany was postponed by King Hassan II of Morocco.

Salvador Allende, President of Chile, has sent to the Congress a constitutional amendment which would lay the legal groundwork for the takeover by the state of the copper industry in Chile. Allende came to power with promising to return the basic elements of Chile's economy to the state and to regain control of the country's financial machinery. He said he would nationalize all copper, iron and nitrate companies. Allende seems eager to demonstrate that he is not imposing anything unwanted upon the public. Moreover, Allende has also tried to improve his relations with neighboring countries, Chile has also agreed to exchange prisoners in Brazil. The presidents has been intent on effecting social and economic changes within Chile.

During the international complications of the last few months, one have heard so much, about what would have happened if politicians William Howard Taft or Theodore Roosevelt had been elected U.S. President in 1912, that it may be of interest to look back at recent Administrations which have had threats of war dinned in their ears and see what happened. One needs revert no further than to politician Benjamin Harrison's term, when some of the seamen from the U.S. state Maryland were maltreated by a mob in the streets of Valparaiso, Chile, and the Government of Chile was called upon for reparation. Chile had, just then, enough troubles of her own to excuse, in her opinion, a little delay, even if no account were taken of the local manana habit. The President, weary of fruitless negotiation with Chile, allowed a hint to escape from the White House that he should cut short her dilly-dallying by a given day.

Describes how Chileans received Cuban President Fidel Castro during his visit to their country in November 1971. Number of days which Castro stayed in Chile; Factor that made most Chileans ignore the visit of Castro; Unpopular effects of Castro's visit.

Presents news briefs related to politics, foreign policy and culture in Chile as of November 1971. Warning by Charles A. Meyer, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, to the Chilean government regarding the seizure of Chile Telephone Co.; Periodical published by Zig-Zag Corp., a news monopoly and government controlled company; Bills to be debated in parliament in the winter of 1971; Requirement of the Ministry of Foreign Relations relating to tourism; Reasons for the seizure of MADECO, a copper manufacturing company.