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For once, no, actually. The CIA tried to overthrow him a few years earlier and failed. Pinochet's coup caught the CIA by surprise, as Pinochet had... very effectively given the impression of being 'nonpolitical' and loyal to the government, to the point where Allende himself was shocked to hear of his involvement.
I would be curious on your sources...mine are Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine... Which I read years ago and maybe I'm blurring something but a quick Google search took me to the George Washington University website with this on it..https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/chile/2024-09-09/cia-chile-scandal-50
There the CIA is falsely denying spending money to attempt to destabilize Allende's administration. They absolutely tried. But as I noted