ABSTRACT
From the beginning of the Harriman-Solomon mission, the governments of both Chile and the United States (US) successfully kept the mission and the agreement unpublicized. The Harriman-Solomon mission presents an example of positive economic coercion applied by the US Within the US economy, the Chilean copper deal had its desired effect. Economic assistance from the US had played a growing role in Chile since the beginning of the Alliance for Progress. On January 25, 1966, under Chile’s new legislation, the Chilean Copper Corporation (CCC) replaced the Copper Department. The CCC made the agreement public, stressing that Chile would receive not only the $10 million loan and the extra taxes but also the chance for new credits and loans from the US The result of the Harriman-Solomon mission was an agreement among the US, Chile, and the relevant copper companies to make a special price arrangement for copper sold for consumption in the US.
