the u.s. government's hostility to the election of allende in 1970 in chile was substantiated in documents declassified during the clinton administration, which show that cia covert operatives were inserted in chile in order to prevent a marxist government from arising and for the purpose of spreading anti-allende propaganda. as described in the church committee report, the cia was involved in multiple plots designed to remove allende and then let the chileans vote in a new election where he would not be a candidate. the first, non-military, approach involved attempting a constitutional coup. this was known as the track i approach, in which the cia, with the approval of the 40 committee, attempted to bribe the chilean legislature, tried to influence public opinion against allende, and provided funding to strikes designed to coerce him into resigning. it also attempted to get congress to confirm jorge alessandri as the winner of the presidential election. alessandri, who was an accessory to the conspiracy, was ready to then resign and call for fresh elections. this approach completely failed in 1970 and was not attempted again.