Event

Covert funding of Chile’s opposition, 1970–1973

U.S. covert money to Chilean media, parties and private groups after the 1970 election.

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Central Intelligence Agency spent eight million dollars between the 1970 election and the coup, in one passage of the staff report, and about seven million in another Primary record 1
United States government the 40 Committee approved over seven million dollars in covert support to opposition groups after Allende’s inauguration Primary record 1

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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
Eight million dollars was spent in the three years between the 1970 election and the military coup in September 1973.
The total amount spent on covert action in Chile during 1970-73 was approximately $7 million
Money was furnished to media organizations, to opposition political parties and, in limited amounts, to private sector organizations.
the 40 Committee approved a total of over seven million dollars in covert support to opposition groups in Chile.

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