If Jim Buchanan had qualms about helping to design a constitution for a dictatorship or about the process by which the final product was ratified, matters widely reported in the press, he did not commit them to print. Instead, he wrote Sergio de Castro with thanks for “the fine lunch you held in my honor” and shared how he “enjoyed the whole of my visit to Chile.” Mrs. Buchanan, who accompanied him, appreciated “the nice gifts, the beautiful flowers, the Chilean jewelry, [and] the wine.”
