1970 Chilean Presidential Election event
also: the election, failed election operation, campaign of 1964, election, first run of Salvador Allende, second time he ran, Chilean election, election interference in Chile, 1958 elections, 1952, 1970 Chilean election, new Chilean presidential election, upcoming election, Chilean runoff, runoff
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Henry Hexer carried_out_attack
1970 Chilean Presidential Election book_quoted
“the 60s and early 70s, which is where we're at in time frame, just so everybody can get reoriented. Okay, we're on page 406. Henry Hexter aimed a half dozen covert action projects towards shaping the Chilean election. Agency officers like D…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy part 35 (37) @ 2:02
Henry Kissinger covered_up
1970 Chilean Presidential Election book_quoted
“In April of 71, Ambassador Corey completed a report on the failed election operation, which presumably dotted I's and crossed T's. On Haig's instruction, Kissinger's NSC staff handled the report outside of normal channels, preventing it fro…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38) @ 10:36
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She developed an early interest in government after reading a Time magazine article, according to her. Time magazine is a CIA front on the 1980 presidential election when she was 12 years old. I don't know about you guys, but I wasn't readi…
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a director's fee of $100,000 a year. What did Goode get in return? Well, in 1988 presidential election, he was invited to Houston for the Bush victory party. In addition, Goode and his affiliated companies did about $77 million worth of bus…
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characterization as simply an intervention in the 1964 Chilean presidential election. You know, because we routinely do that. That's not that big of a deal. In fact, the CIA functioned as the U.S. government's action agency for a wide-rangi…
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but that was not inclusive of Allende's party. In 1952, Allende's first, he finished last of four candidates. In 1958 elections, Allende lost again, but barely. The margin of his defeat was razor thin. By 64, there could be no doubt he was …
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but that was not inclusive of Allende's party. In 1952, Allende's first, he finished last of four candidates. In 1958 elections, Allende lost again, but barely. The margin of his defeat was razor thin. By 64, there could be no doubt he was …
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of the CIA activities. Richard Helms related that Fitzgerald had learned what he had learned to the special group, which met again on April 14th, directing McCone to disburse $1.25 million from his contingency fund to fund election interfer…
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but primarily the Christian Democrat. There would be no CIA task force, but an interagency group that periodically reviewed political payments would monitor the election interference operation. At the CIA, Helms began daily sessions with De…
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In all, the propaganda operations cost more than $3 million. Langley considered the scarce campaign the best part of the Chilean operation. Gomez conducted a second political project distinct from the CIA's help to the Christian Democrat Pa…
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but supposedly the 303 committee rejected those offers. And it's weird that the author doesn't put those in because they're well-established by the time this book was written. That's PepsiCo, Anaconda slash Freeport Mining, and ITT. We know…
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The cost per favorable vote cast in the Chilean election came in higher than what the combined Democrat and Republican parties in the U.S. spent per vote in the U.S. election of 1964. In September election, Fry won 55.7% of the vote, outpol…
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Salvador Allende's party gained seats, leaving the Christian Democrat party very vulnerable. Hexter, no doubt, was further alarmed when Fry reopened the terms of the trade with U.S. copper companies, settled two years earlier. Fry also canc…
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Thus was the stage set for a new Chilean presidential election and for the Nixon administration to confront it. To some degree, Washington feared Salvador Allende's victory in Chile. Conversely, among some officials in the new Nixon adminis…
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The agency simply could not compete with Salvador Allende's popular front. The alliance between the Chileans in those neighborhoods were basically tamper-proof. At this 303 session, CIA Director Helms asked what the U.S. intended to do abou…
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Christian Democrats stood any chance in the upcoming election. Fry, though personally popular, could not succeed himself under the Constitution. But Kissinger's account misleads by what it fails to say. Far from not facing Chilean realities…
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Hexter heavily favored Alexandre, who could not get a hearing from the ambassador. He wore Corey down only in December of 1969, using the argument that unless they did something, they would have to answer to Salvador Allende's victory. The …
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because it envisioned supporting the Christian Democrat Party again, which they believed did not have a practical chance, and because it thought mere money insufficient to help Alexandria. Corey and Hexter revised their plan, which State De…
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Alessandri ahead of Allende, with the supposition he might be defeated. On June 27th, the 40 committee added another $300,000 to the pot. State still argued against Corey's latest idea, a two-phase proposal, which included a contingency pla…
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agencies on the special group approved cash. Langley ordered Hexter to sharpen his propaganda and aim it more directly at Salvador Allende. The late hour did not prevent the CIA from accomplishing a great deal in Chile, nor did the 40 commi…
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interfering in the Chilean election. Huh. He was well aware of business offers to help in 1964. He knew exactly whom to talk to at Langley, still an agency consultant. McComb met Richard Helms twice at the CIA and another time in California…
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Other corporations matched funds as well. In ITT's case, its representative in Santiago dealt directly with Hexter. Bill Brough told the other companies where to put their money, which amounted to the same thing as the CIA backing candidate…
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the 60s and early 70s, which is where we're at in time frame, just so everybody can get reoriented. Okay, we're on page 406. Henry Hexter aimed a half dozen covert action projects towards shaping the Chilean election. Agency officers like D…
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Henry Kissinger convened the 40 committee on March 7th to review progress. By now, the situation did not seem so favorable. Poll data had been skewed. It's always skewed. Allende's gain had gained ground despite the best the CIA was doing. …
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That will go hand in hand with whatever the multinational corporations want. As Washington moved ahead, the game in Chile went to the next level. On September 4th, Chilean voters gave the plurality to Salvador Allende, though his margin of …
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group against Allende would have little success unless undertaken soon. The Pentagon nodded in agreement. To be effective, the action had to be immediate. Alex Johnson and Charlie Meyer warned that intervening against Allende's election mig…
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Edward Corey believes that he lost credibility in the Nixon White House when he advised against adventures in Santiago. They don't take no for an answer. There existed an important counterweight to Corey, ITT. Within days of the election, I…
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who also talked with ITT executives the day before, the economic pressures would feature in the 40-committee track, and they would endure long after Allende took power. The final Chilean runoff, set for October 24, 1970, loomed in Santiago.…
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for track two out of the White House. Haig says nothing at all about Chile in his memoirs. Caramene Senez's key encounter took place on October 15th, with fewer than 10 days left until the runoff in Santiago. The deputy director of operatio…
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While a tough position would accelerate Chile's move to other places, you know, the communist. That's only logical. And in any event, a failed coup would, from a U.S. perspective, look awful. Kissinger and Haig listened to Cara Menendez, ev…
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Vioxx, I don't know how you say his last name, it's V-I-A-U-X, used both channels to demand money and weapons. For a time, Weimert carried riding boots stuffed with cash in the trunk of his car. On October 17th, several machine guns were se…
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murdered Snyder. They assassinated the senior general in Chilean army. The assassination created a backlash in Santiago, increasing Salvador Allende's vote in the October 24th election, and Congress elected him president of Chile after they…
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I'm sorry, you just can't make this shit up. Nixon began the NSC meeting by asking Director Helms for an intelligence update. The CIA chief summarized the Chilean election and its political background, attributing an immobilism of those who…
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Kissinger asserts that what our opponents called destabilization was in fact an effort to help the institutions of civil democratic society survive Allende's pressure to destroy them. You can't make this shit up. And he insisted that there …
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In Kissinger's account, he makes a point of Castro's month-long visit not long after the election. But Ambassador Nathaniel Davis' memoirs actually shows that contacts between Castro and Allende were very cool. While nationalization of indu…
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In April of 71, Ambassador Corey completed a report on the failed election operation, which presumably dotted I's and crossed T's. On Haig's instruction, Kissinger's NSC staff handled the report outside of normal channels, preventing it fro…
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That's their New York Times that basically the CIA has taken over. In the fall of 71, that became the focus of Kissinger and the 40 Committee. Based on a new CIA proposal, Nixon administration approved a $700,000 subsidy. Agency payments to…
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He was directly responsible for the strikes. Despite widespread chaos, Allende's popular unity gained in the March 1973 elections. So even though they're throwing everything in the kitchen seat at Allende, his party success is not showing t…
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who was the Christian Democrat that ran against Salvador Allende. But ITT and Pepsi-Cola were not convinced that Free was going to do what they wanted him to either, but he was definitely the better of the two choices. And when Free began m…
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Nixon is actually the president at that point. This is initially when we were just interfering in the election. And we interfered enough in the first run of Salvador Allende that he didn't get elected. The second time he ran, they didn't in…
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Not only were they donating to his opponent's campaign, but there was a $700,000 amount that was passed to his campaign from the United States. And $350,000 came from ITT to his campaign in Chile.…