A Top Secret memo, held for decades, exposes how the CIA used the FBI to breach the Chilean embassy and spy on Israeli diplomats while scrubbing the record for Senate investigators.
By Miriam Adler ·
A secret 1970 memo marked "Sensitive" details a plot to manipulate Chilean elections and stir fear of communism, while officials admitted the gambit could spark widespread violence.
By Desmond Okafor ·
An 'Eyes Only' directive demanded the overthrow of Salvador Allende through clandestine pressure and the delivery of sterile weapons to coup plotters in Santiago.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Kept as "Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only," these records show how U.S. officials plotted to buy a military coup in Chile and offered a president's flight into exile to stop a Marxist.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Kept secret as "Sensitive" in the Nixon files, this 1972 exchange shows how Washington viewed the suspension of Chilean civil liberties as a bargaining chip for a coup.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Two Chilean generals were courted in secret to thwart a democratic election, using promises of military aid that remained hidden for decades under 'Destroy Immediately' orders.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Kept under a "Secret; Eyes Only" stamp, this record shows how Washington targeted the Popular Unity front to ensure a leftist victory in Chile remained out of reach.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Salvador Allende's democratic mandate was treated as a security threat by a White House that kept its $10 million plot "Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only" to bypass its own diplomats.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Five and a half lines remain blacked out from a meeting where the US stockpiled Chilean escudos to fund operations against a president the public believed was safe.
By Harlan Pryce ·