Il pleut sur Santiago (It Is Raining on Santiago) Page #3

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and revolutionary

people's government.

General, may I remind you...

that we still have an armored unit

in front of the presidential palace?

Recall the 2nd Armored Regiment.

THE DAY OF THE COUP D'ETA

Come in, Valparaiso.

It's over an hour.

Valparaiso was

in touch with us at 5:16.

Since then, nothing.

- And the army?

- We're looking for it.

Don't worry. If there's a loyal regiment

left, we're bound to find it.

I'll tell the president.

- What about Valparaiso?

- Nothing, Mr. President.

Valparaiso doesn't answer.

We have no contact at all.

It was only yesterday that

the commander in chief...

told the president that the army

would respect the constitution...

and support

the government in power.

General Pinochet

gave his personal assurance.

- I'm optimistic.

- Don't let him fool you.

Pinochet is with the others.

In fact, he's really their leader.

They'll do whatever he says.

Don't you realize

Valparaiso will never reply?

- What time is it?

- 6:
30.

Ask the operator how long

for a line to Paris.

Operator, how long a wait

for Paris, please?

One hour.

No, I don't have time.

I'll call later.

Thank you, operator.

I'm a student at the polytechnic.

I want to talk to your leaders.

Listen, Monique. If you don't hear

from me in an hour...

you must call Paris, okay?

It's 6:
35.

Take this down. "Santiago,

the 11 th of September, 1973.

Yesterday, the Chilean fleet

suddenly broke off joint maneuvers...

Wait.

"It appears that

the authorities at Santiago...

have lost all contact

with Valparaiso."

Poor Augusto.

He said it was going

to start like this.

Remember the other evening

when he said that?

I know, and he was right.

Put this down.

"A usually reliable source..."

No. "A very reliable source...

stated that President Allende

had been informed...

that several ships

of the Chilean navy...

had aboard them intelligence agents

of the American navy...

and of the Brazilian navy.

The situation in Santiago

is still unclear...

but a confrontation seems imminent

in the next few hours."

Say hello to our comrades

in the other factories.

- What's your name?

- Hugo.

- Good luck, Hugo.

- Best of luck to you too.

I have to go to my house

for a few minutes, okay?

We have one aim:

To destroy Marxism!

A single opponent:

Every single friend of Marxism.

After today, it won't exist.

Our mission is clear.

We've been told that

not all the left is Marxist.

That may be so, but the left

plays into the Marxists' hands.

It plays into their hands

by splitting the country in two!

Since the communists

came to power...

they have been setting

one half of Chile against the other.

And so we hear our glorious Chile

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