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As the historian Sebastián Hurtado summarizes it "The United States had no direct participation in the coup (itself), neither in its planning nor in its coordination, and I would dare to say that not even in its incitement [...] but it did want Allende to fall (and did actions to promote that with no relation with the successful coup itself)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-sabado/noticia/sebastian-hurtado-historiador-estados-unidos-no-tuvo-participacion-directa-en-el-golpe-pero-si-queria-que-allende-cayera/3UXITS4IUNB3RPPB57ILMYDO64/|title=Sebastián Hurtado, historiador: “Estados Unidos no tuvo participación directa en el Golpe, pero sí quería que Allende cayera”|date=August 26, 2023|publisher=La Tercera|language=es}}</ref>

As the historian Sebastián Hurtado summarizes it "The United States had no direct participation in the coup (itself), neither in its planning nor in its coordination, and I would dare to say that not even in its incitement [...] but it did want Allende to fall (and did actions to promote that with no relation with the successful coup itself)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-sabado/noticia/sebastian-hurtado-historiador-estados-unidos-no-tuvo-participacion-directa-en-el-golpe-pero-si-queria-que-allende-cayera/3UXITS4IUNB3RPPB57ILMYDO64/|title=Sebastián Hurtado, historiador: “Estados Unidos no tuvo participación directa en el Golpe, pero sí quería que Allende cayera”|date=August 26, 2023|publisher=La Tercera|language=es}}</ref>

The election of [[Marxist]] candidate [[Salvador Allende]] as President of [[Chile]] in September 1970 led President [[Richard Nixon]] to order that Allende not be allowed to take office.<ref name="The Pinochet File">{{cite book|last=Kornbluh|first=Peter|title=The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability|year=2003|publisher=The New Press|location=New York|isbn=1-56584-936-1}}</ref> Nixon pursued a vigorous campaign of covert resistance to Allende, first designed to convince the Chilean congress to confirm [[Jorge Alessandri]] as the winner of the election.  When this failed, [[false flag]] operatives approached senior Chilean military officers, in "some two dozen contacts", with the message that "the U.S. desired....a coup."<ref name="The Pinochet File"/> Once Allende took office, extensive covert efforts continued with U.S.-funded [[black propaganda]] placed in ''[[El Mercurio]]'', strikes organized against Allende, and funding for Allende opponents. When ''El Mercurio'' requested significant funds for covert support in September 1971, “...in a rare example of presidential micromanagement of a covert operation, Nixon personally authorized the $700,000—and more if necessary—in covert funds to ''El Mercurio''.<ref name="The Pinochet File"/> Following an extended period of social, political, and economic unrest, a Military Junta assumed power after a military intervention on September 11, 1973, possitioning General [[Augusto Pinochet]] as the Head of State and Government; among the dead was Allende who commited suicide.

The election of [[Marxist]] candidate [[Salvador Allende]] as President of [[Chile]] in September 1970 led President [[Richard Nixon]] to order that Allende not be allowed to take office.<ref name="The Pinochet File">{{cite book|last=Kornbluh|first=Peter|title=The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability|year=2003|publisher=The New Press|location=New York|isbn=1-56584-936-1}}</ref> Nixon pursued a vigorous campaign of covert resistance to Allende, first designed to convince the Chilean congress to confirm [[Jorge Alessandri]] as the winner of the election.  When this failed, [[false flag]] operatives approached senior Chilean military officers, in "some two dozen contacts", with the message that "the U.S. desired....a coup."<ref name="The Pinochet File"/> Once Allende took office, extensive covert efforts continued with U.S.-funded [[black propaganda]] placed in ''[[El Mercurio]]'', strikes organized against Allende, and funding for Allende opponents. When ''El Mercurio'' requested significant funds for covert support in September 1971, “...in a rare example of presidential micromanagement of a covert operation, Nixon personally authorized the $700,000—and more if necessary—in covert funds to ''El Mercurio''.<ref name="The Pinochet File"/> Following an extended period of social, political, and economic unrest, a Military Junta assumed power after a military intervention on September 11, 1973, positioning General [[Augusto Pinochet]] as the Head of State and Government; among the dead was Allende who commited suicide.

The Chilean Chamber of Deputies accused Allende of support of armed groups, torture, illegal arrests, muzzling the press, confiscating [[private property]], and not allowing people to leave the country.<ref>[[s:Agreement of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile|"Declaration on the Breakdown of Chile's Democracy,"]] Resolution of the Chamber of Deputies, Chile, August 22, 1973.</ref> Mark Falcoff credits the CIA with preserving democratic opposition to Allende and preventing the "consolidation" of his supposed "totalitarian project".<ref name="Kissinger and Chile">Falcoff, Mark, "Kissinger and Chile", ''Commentary,'' 2003.  See also his ''Modern Chile.''</ref>  However, Peter Kornbluh asserts that the CIA destabilized Chile and helped create the conditions for the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]], which led to years of Military rule under [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref name="The Pinochet File"/>

The Chilean Chamber of Deputies accused Allende of support of armed groups, torture, illegal arrests, muzzling the press, confiscating [[private property]], and not allowing people to leave the country.<ref>[[s:Agreement of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile|"Declaration on the Breakdown of Chile's Democracy,"]] Resolution of the Chamber of Deputies, Chile, August 22, 1973.</ref> Mark Falcoff credits the CIA with preserving democratic opposition to Allende and preventing the "consolidation" of his supposed "totalitarian project".<ref name="Kissinger and Chile">Falcoff, Mark, "Kissinger and Chile", ''Commentary,'' 2003.  See also his ''Modern Chile.''</ref>  However, Peter Kornbluh asserts that the CIA destabilized Chile and helped create the conditions for the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]], which led to years of Military rule under [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref name="The Pinochet File"/>