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Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973

Staff report of the Church Committee, 1975. The report calls its judgments tentative.

4 links, 4 backed by primary records

Connections 4

The 1973 coup in Chile told in the Church Committee’s staff report Primary record 1
René Schneider the staff report: the group that staged the kidnap attempt apparently was not the one that received CIA weapons Primary record 1
Track II, 1970 told in the Church Committee’s staff report Primary record 1

Church Committee 1975 Primary record 1
The staff report’s preface says the report and any judgment in it are tentative.

Timeline 2 dates

Proof 1 source

Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973: Staff Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, U.S. Senate, 18 Dec 1975. Primary record Archived copy
Following the September 11, 1973, coup, the military Junta, led by General Augusto Pinochet
The group which staged the abortive kidnap of Schneider, which resulted in his death, apparently was not the same as the group which received CIA weapons.
That attempt, the so-called "Track II," is the subject of a separate Committee report
The report and any judgment expressed in it are tentative.

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