Word: chiles
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...government wants to contact in a country. The American ambassador in a particular country nominates potential visitors. Porter says that the nature of the country plan is determined by U.S. policy towards a country and "who the U.S. is interested in working with." It seems clear that in Chile the U.S. government was not interested in "working with" the Allende government...
...product of the policies of the U.S. government towards Chile was the military coup that occurred in September 1973, almost three years after Allende's election. The U.S. knew about the coup at least 12 hours in advance but chose not to inform Allende of it. Whether the U.S. actually planned the coup remains in doubt. However, it is clear from the record that the U.S. did all in its power to bring about conditions that would aid a coup by fomenting economic collapse, using the CIA to "destabilize" Allende, maintaining political contacts with anti-Allende elements, funding the opposition...
...difficult to define what elements in the ITT effort influenced U.S. policy towards Chile. ITT did have incredibly intimate contact with the White House, State Department, Henry Kissinger, and the CIA. It is true that all of the proposals made by ITT in 1970 to topple Allende were eventually implemented by either the State Department, the Pentagon, the Treasury, or the CIA. It is also true that the CIA had been involved in Chilean politics since 1964 and possibly earlier. Chile's experience demonstrates that every tie between the U.S. and another country is a potential political lever that...
Leaving Santiago in early April 1972, I caught a taxi to the bus station. Jack Anderson's disclosures concerning ITT were still big news. The cab driver decided I was an American and proceeded to tell me that the U.S. and ITT were making "a big mistake" in Chile. In a pained voice he said, "What I don't understand is how a country that loves democracy like the United States could try to use the CIA to stop democracy in Chile. Salvador Allende is the president of the Chilean people, we elected him. I respect the people of America...
Give $1 million to the CIA to stop election of Salvador Allende as President of Chile. CIA refused the offer...