95 Memo, George Lister to Elliott Abrams, “Harkin: Chile,” August 10, 1983, Papers <strong>of</strong> George Lister, p. 1. 96 Interview <strong>by</strong> Tracy Wahl and Karen Engle with Edmundo Vargas, Former Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington, D.C., June 2006. 97 Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela, “Is Chile Next?” pp. 65. 98 Ibid., p. 66. 99 Ibid., p. 65. 100 Memo, Elliott Abrams to the file, “George Lister, Intermittent Expert: Performance Evalu<strong>at</strong>ion,” p. 4. 101 Interview <strong>by</strong> Tracy Wahl and Karen Engle with Claudio Grossman, Dean, Washington College <strong>of</strong> Law, American <strong>University</strong>, Washington, D.C., June 2006. 102 Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela, “Is Chile Next?” p. 59. 103 Library <strong>of</strong> Congress, Authoritarianism Defe<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>by</strong> its Own Rules. Online. Available: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cl0114). Accessed: May 3, <strong>2007</strong>. 104 David P. Forsythe, Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: Congress Reconsidered (Gainesville: <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Florida Press, 1988), p. 123. 105 Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela, “Is Chile Next?” p. 72. 106 Memo, George Lister to Elliot Abrams, “Petra Kelly: Chile,” September 22, 1983, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 107 Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela, “Is Chile Next?” p. 72. 108 Ibid. 109 Memo, George Lister to Elliott Abrams, “USG: Chile,” July 15, 1983, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 110 Memo, George Lister to Elliott Abrams, “Harkin: Chile,” August 10, 1983, p. 1. 111 Ibid. 112 Ibid. 113 Ibid. 114 Memo, George Lister to Elliott Abrams, “Congress: Department’s July 11 Chile Policy St<strong>at</strong>ement,” August 16, 1983, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 115 Letter from Members <strong>of</strong> Congress to <strong>The</strong> Honorable George P. Schultz, Secretary <strong>of</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e, August 5, 1983. 116 Memo, George Lister to Elliott Abrams, “Yesterday’s NGO Meeting,” September 27, 1983. 117 Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela, “Is Chile Next?” pp. 62-63. 118 Ibid., p. 72. 119 Ibid., p. 59. 120 Ibid. 121 Bernard Gwertzman, <strong>The</strong> New York Times, “U.S. in Reversal, Faults Chileans over Rights Issue,” March 13, 1986, p. A-1. 122 Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Bureaucracy and Diplomacy (New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1988), p. 19. 123 Letter from Martin Poblete to George Lister, Senior Consultant, Bureau <strong>of</strong> Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, February 18, 1986. 124 Memo, George Lister to Jim Montgomery, “Chile Resolution: Schifter Convers<strong>at</strong>ion,” March 5, 1986, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 1. 125 Ibid. 126 Memo, George Lister to John Sh<strong>at</strong>tuck, “Human Rights Work,” June 24, 1993, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 3. 127 Memo, George Lister to Jim Montgomery, “Chile Resolution Impact,” March 15, 1986, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 128 Ibid. 125
129 Library <strong>of</strong> Congress, Authoritarianism Defe<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>by</strong> its Own Rules (online). 130 Ibid. 131 Library <strong>of</strong> Congress, Chile: <strong>The</strong> Constitutional Reforms <strong>of</strong> 1989. Online. Available: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cl0115). Accessed: May 3, <strong>2007</strong>. 132 Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela, “Is Chile Next?” pp. 72-73. 133 Interview <strong>by</strong> Tracy Wahl and Karen Engle with Edmundo Vargas, Former Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 134 Speech <strong>by</strong> George Lister, “Notes for November 17 Congressional Luncheon Comments in Valparaiso,” November 17, 1992, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister; Speech <strong>by</strong> George Lister, “Notes for November 18 Ministry <strong>of</strong> Foreign Rel<strong>at</strong>ions Luncheon Comments,” p. 1; Speech <strong>by</strong> George Lister, “Notes for November 18 U.S. Embassy Supper Comments,” November 18, 1992, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 135 Interview <strong>by</strong> Tracy Wahl and Karen Engle with Elliott Abrams, Deputy N<strong>at</strong>ional Security Advisor for Global Democracy Str<strong>at</strong>egy. 136 Memo, Elliott Abrams to the file, “George Lister, Intermittent Expert: Performance Evalu<strong>at</strong>ion,” p. 5. 137 Ibid., p. 7. 126
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