Kissinger’s Secret Memo to Nixon on Chile

Let’s talk realpolitik. This is an internal memo dated November 4, 1970 from Henry Kissinger to President Nixon telling him to reject the State Department’s recommendation that the U.S. seek a modus vivendi with Chile’s newly elected President, Salvador Allende. In an eight-page secret briefing paper, Kissinger emphasized to Nixon that “the election of Allende […]