Covert Action in Chile 1963-1973 (Church Committee Staff Report, 1975)

Government Record · Tier 1 — Primary Document · Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee) · December 1975

The Church Committee staff report on a decade of CIA covert action in Chile, including election spending and the 1970 effort to foment a military coup. Note: the summary gives three million dollars for 1964 election spending, while the report's detailed section gives more than $2.6 million.

Covert United States involvement in Chile in the decade between 1963 and 1973 was extensive and continuous. The Central Intelligence Agency spent three million dollars in an effort to influence the outcome of the 1964 Chilean presidential elections.

p. 1