many people in different parts of the world immediately suspected the u.s. of foul play. in early newspaper reports, the u.s. denied any involvement or previous knowledge of the coup. prompted by an incriminating "new york times" article, the u.s. senate opened an investigation into possible u.s. interference in chile. a report prepared by the united states intelligence community in 2000, at the direction of the national intelligence council, that echoed the church committee, states that the report stated that the cia "actively supported the military junta after the overthrow of allende but did not assist pinochet to assume the presidency." after a review of recordings of telephone conversations between nixon and henry kissinger, robert dallek concluded that both of them used the cia to actively destabilize the allende government. in one particular conversation about the news of allende's overthrow, kissinger complains about the lack of recognition of the american role in the overthrow of a "communist" government, upon which nixon remarked, "well, we didn't – as you know – our hand doesn't show on this one." a later cia report contended that us agents maintained close ties with the chilean military to collect intelligence but no effort was made to assist them and "under no circumstances attempted to influence them."