The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House
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"It is firm & continuing policy that [the democratically elected government of] Allende be overthrown by a coup...We are to continue to generate maximum pressure toward this end utilizing every appropriate resource. It is imperative that these actions be implemented clandestinely & securely so that the USG [US Government] & American hands be well hidden."—10/1970 cable to CIA operatives in Chile from Henry Kissinger's "Track Two" group
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"The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."
"I don't see why we need to stand by & watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people."
—Henry Kissinger commenting on Chile, prior to Augusto Pinochet's US-supported/CIA-facilitated military coup against Chile's democratically-elected President Salvador Allende
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