Il pleut sur Santiago (It Is Raining on Santiago) Page #2

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knows I'm coming.

Wait here.

The leaders of the Unidad Popular

have formed a delegation...

to meet with

the Minister of the Interior.

They demand an explanation for the

delay, which they consider inexcusable...

and disclaim any responsibility

for its consequences in any district.

- This way, please.

- Thank you.

- Good evening. If you please?

- General.

Thank you.

General, the presence of army tanks

at government headquarters...

implies the threat of military action

in matters of internal policy.

Senator Allende's victory

is now beyond doubt...

and he would appreciate it if you,

as commander in chief...

would take an official stand.

Allende:
76, 435.

Antofagasta:

Tomic, 82,938...

Allesandri, 52,124...

Allende, 87,914.

We'll continue

with these results later.

I believe there's a new development.

That's right.

I have confirmation

that Senator Radomiro Tomic...

the Christian Democratic candidate...

has just paid a visit

to Senator Salvador Allende...

to offer him, and I quote...

"the honor due the victor

from the vanquished."

Mr. Tomic has therefore

conceded Mr. Allende's victory.

But no word as yet from

the headquarters of President Frei...

who is in the same party as Tomic.

The results could hardly be

more conclusive...

and if there were any doubt...

Mr. Tomic would never make

what amounts to an unconditional...

Tomic is a traitor!

Major Ibanes, aide-de-camp

of General Schneider.

I'm here to bring you the orders

of the commander in chief.

General Schneider has decided

to authorize any demonstrations...

that may take place in support

of the successful candidate...

no matter who that is...

as soon as the Minister of the Interior

has proclaimed the official results.

The hours which

I have just lived through...

are surely the most painful

and most cruel of my life.

I wouldn't have believed

that a man...

as deeply Christian...

and as democratic as I am...

could be made to suffer

a more cruel experience.

I'm asking

the Minister of the Interior...

to publish the election results

immediately.

I assure you...

it's one thing to acknowledge

the results of an election...

but it's quite another to hand

the country over to communists.

Parliamentary procedures

leave us a lot of power.

We won't make his life easy.

Salvador Allende has won!

Comrades, President Allende,

the president-elect...

invites everyone to assemble in front

of the Chilean Student Federation.

Quiet, please. Hold it.

The president insisted on this.

Don't provoke the enemy!

Assemble quietly!

I will not be

simply another president.

I will be the first president...

in the history of Chile...

to lead a truly democratic...

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