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<snip>There were things that should never have been done:
like the CIA killing President Allende in Chile. <snip>

@Adak, It's one thing to express a political position, but it takes some
sort of documentation or reference to support a statement of fact.
I did not, and still do not, know if your statement above is true or not.
Below is a link to a website report that explicitly contradicts your statement.

So, I offer you a challenge...
Provide an authoritative source that supports your statement that
the CIA killed Allende, or acknowledge that your remark is false.
... nothing in between and no diversions on to something else. OK ?

CIA.gov Home > Library > Reports > General Reports > Chile
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Activities in Chile
Sept 18, 2000

Summary of Sources/Methodology
This section is the details of the review of documents and interviews
with involved CIA officers in the preparation of the report

Summary of Response to Questions
1. Q. All activities of officers, covert agents, and employees
of all elements of the Intelligence Community with respect to the
assassination of President Salvador Allende in September 1973.

A. We find no information — nor did the Church Committee —
that CIA or the Intelligence Community was involved in
the death of Chilean President Salvador Allende.
He is believed to have committed suicide as the coup leaders closed in on him.

The major CIA effort against Allende came earlier in 1970 in the
failed attempt to block his election and accession to the Presidency.
Nonetheless, the US Administration’s long-standing hostility to Allende
and its past encouragement of a military coup against him were
well known among Chilean coup plotters who eventually took action on their own to oust him.
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The “Assassination” of President Salvador Allende
In 1962 the CIA received authority to carry out covert action projects
in support of the Chilean Radical Party and the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
These programs were designed primarily to assist the parties in attracting larger followings,
improve their organization and effectiveness, and influence their political orientation
to support US objectives in the region.

A secondary purpose of these programs was to support efforts to split the Socialist Party.
At the request of the US Ambassador in Chile, with the support of the Department of State,
in 1963 the 5412 Group approved a one-time payment to the Democratic Front.
Propaganda efforts to support public media consisted primarily of funding and guidance
to recruited assets within selected Chilean radio stations and newspapers.

In preparation for the 1964 [Chilean] elections, a political action
campaign was approved on 2 April 1964 by the 303 Committee.
The goal of the campaign was to prevent Dr.*Salvador Allende,
the leftist candidate for President, from winning.
Eduardo Frei of the Christian Democratic Party was the principal beneficiary of these efforts.

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Early Allende Presidency
On 10 September 1973—the day before the coup that ended the Allende Government—
a Chilean military officer reported to a CIA officer that a coup was
being planned and asked for US Government assistance.
He was told that the US Government would not provide any assistance
because this was strictly an internal Chilean matter.
The Station officer also told him that his request would be forwarded to Washington.

CIA learned of the exact date of the coup shortly before it took place.
During the attack on the Presidential Palace and its immediate aftermath,
the Station’s activities were limited to providing intelligence and situation reports.

Allende’s death occurred after the President refused an offer
from the military to take him and his family out of the country.
Available evidence indicates that President Allende
committed suicide as putchist troops entered his offices.

A credible source on Allende’s death was Dr.Patricio Guijon,
a physician who served on the President’s medical staff.
Guijon was in the Presidential Palace, La Moneda, with Allende during the assault
and claimed that he witnessed Allende shoot himself with a rifle.
The Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation in 1991
also concluded that Allende took his own life.

There is no information to indicate that the CIA was involved in Allende’s death.
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