Project FUBELT

Project FUBELT (also known as Track II) is the code name for the secret Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations that were to prevent Salvador Allende rise to power before his confirmation, and promote a military coup in Chile.[1]

The highlights of Project FUBELT are cited in declassified U.S. government documents released by the National Security Archive on September 11, 1998, 25 years after the coup, as well as in papers uncovered by a 1975 congressional inquiry.

CIA memoranda and reports on Project FUBELT include meetings between United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and CIA officials, CIA cables to its Santiago station, and summaries of secret action in 1970—detailing decisions and operations to undermine the election of Salvador Allende in September 1970 and promote a military coup.

In November 1970, the United States National Security Council issued National Security Decision Memorandum 93 which replaced FUBELT.[2]

Revelations from declassified documents

Among the revelations in the formerly secret documents were the following:

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