Sidewalk Small Talks

DC Embassy Row Assassination Story w/ Dharma Bhatt


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What if I tell you that 9/11 is not the first foreign state-sponsored terrorist attack on US soil?

Apparently, a National Security Archive blog highlights a forgotten foreign state-sponsored terrorist attack that took place in Washington, DC. The Leterlier-Moffitt Assassination took place in 1976, three years after Pinochet's 9/11 coup in 1973. The former Chilean Ambassador to the United States-- Orlando Letelier, who was a political refugee in 1976-- was assassinated on his way to work in Sheridan Circle. Listen to learn more about this story and its impact.

Sidewalk Small Talks' first guest, Dharma!

Dharma Bhatt is a master's student at George Mason University. He studies International Security and holds a bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. While he is not at school or studying, you will find him running or writing about international affairs.

Learn more about the assassination... (Neither is Sidewalk Small Talks nor Evelyn sponsored; all resources shared here are Evelyn's personal recommendations for further digging)

  • Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: a very well-researched book written by historian Alan McPherson
  • Archive: George Washington University's National Security Archive offers a lot of primary sources to dig thru
  • Spy Tour of Embassy Row: a walking tour in DC that features "historical stories of conspiracy, politics, cover-ups, and assassinations."
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