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Richard Nixon

1913 – 1994 American President of the United States

President who ordered covert action against Chile's Allende.

Religion
Quaker
Affiliations
President from 1969 to 1974; authorized covert action to undermine Salvador Allende in Chile; resigned over the Watergate scandal.

Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. In 1970 he ordered the CIA to prevent and then undermine the elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile. He resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal.

Connections

  • associate of E. Howard Hunt — Worked for his White House and was jailed for Watergate.
  • successor of Gerald Ford — Succeeded by Ford after resigning.
  • associate of Henry Kissinger — His national security adviser and Secretary of State.
  • associate of Henry Kissinger — Served as his national security adviser.
  • connected to Mao Zedong — Received Nixon in Beijing in 1972, opening US-China relations against their common Soviet rival.
  • rival of Salvador Allende — Ordered covert operations to undermine his government.

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