United States government documents report an antagonistic foreign economic policy toward the Allende government that was "articulated at the highest levels" during this time.[1]:33 Shortly after Salvador Allende was elected president, but before he assumed office, then-CIA-director Richard Helms met with President Richard Nixon and discussed the situation in Chile. Helms' notes from his September 15, 1970 meeting contain the indication: "Make the economy scream."