historian peter winn found "extensive evidence" of united states complicity in the coup. he states that its covert support was crucial to engineering the coup, as well as for the consolidation of power by the pinochet regime following the takeover. winn documents an extensive cia operation to fabricate reports of a coup against allende, as justification for the imposition of military rule. peter kornbluh asserts that the cia destabilized chile and helped create the conditions for the coup, citing documents declassified by the clinton administration. other authors point to the involvement of the defense intelligence agency, agents of which allegedly secured the missiles used to bombard the la moneda palace.