 Complete the following phrase:  The Nixon administration drastically cut economic aid to Chile and convinced World Bank leaders to block aid to Chile. Extensive covert efforts continued as the U.S. funded black propaganda, organized strikes against Allende, and provided funding for Allende opponents. When the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio requested significant funds for covert support in September 1971, Nixon personally authorized the funds in a rare example of presidential micromanagement of a covert operation. In September 1973, General Augusto Pinochet assumed power in a violent 