For Country and Some

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"Communist infiltration, which I have firsthand exposed within the intelligence community, now ranges... into the highest echelons of political power... it is my most sincere recommendation that this element be removed."

-From a report to the president written by James Jesus Angleton, Chief of the Counterintelligence Staff (CIA)

"No doubt, were were knee deep in this conspiracy... the Chilean example has served us well. Of course, this was different. Removing the head of state of such a close ally, rather than a nominal one, was not something we could take lightly... but this was not hindsight, not at all."

-From the memoirs of Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State

"...um, we apologize for this interruption. We do not have much information at this time... yeah, we just got word... a British Army regiment, the Light Infantry, has taken control of Heathrow Airport. There are reports of military activity in other parts of London..."

-ABC News, 4/20/74
 
"I met with the Queen when all of this was happening. We decided to only hint to the Royal Family, the prospects of a coup, save for Lord Mountbatten... Her Majesty was displeased once I was granted an audience, and despite my pleas I was assured, in the frankest of terms, that the Family will not support our 'venture.' Too bad."

-From the diary of Michael Hanley, Director-General (MI5)

"...is missing. We, um, have not been able to get in touch with the Prime Minister's spokesperson. Our correspondent has counted ten or fifteen heavily armed infantrymen outside... um, sorry, this is a message from the Ministry of Defense: 'We urge all citizens to remain in their homes until further notice. Anyone caught outside their homes after 7:30 PM will be... be shot on sight. Repeat: we..."

-BBC News, 4/20/74

"We were watching on the television, with a bottle of scotch and Dominican cigars. I tell you, we never liked Wilson, but maybe we shouldn't have treated the end of one of the oldest European democracies as a football game."

-From the diary of James Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
 
"It didn't take too long for the protests to start... mostly college students, their leftist professors, some unionists too. They marched down the East End... all the way to Whitehall. The police were partly split over what to do, but the Army already had enough control. Of course, as the demonstration progressed, their numbers grew exponentially..."

-From the diary of Phyllis Stedman, Baroness Stedman of Longthorpe

"... units entered London. They are composed of... of armored cars, mostly, yes, armored cars. Some helicopters are assisting the men on the ground, apparently. Sorry, what's that... one of our men on the field is reporting snipers on the roofs... no shots yet..."

-CBS News, 4/21/74

"... fifty minutes until it broke down. That was pretty good, I'd say, considering the circumstances... British mentality, I guess. And it wasn't a massacre, nothing like Santiago: no executions in soccer stadiums, nothing of that. But it took a long time for the protests to fully disperse..."

-From the diary of William Colby, Director of Central Intelligence
 
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