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About the Mitrokhin archive from the Times Online:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1786802_1,00.html

In October 1971, on instructions from the Politburo, Allende was given $30,000 “in order to solidify the trusted relations” with him. Allende also mentioned to Kuznetsov his desire to acquire “one or two icons” for his private art collection. He was presented with two icons as a gift.

On December 7, in a memorandum to the Politburo, the KGB proposed giving Allende another $60,000 for what was termed “his work with [ie, bribery of] political party leaders, military commanders and parliamentarians”. Allende was to be urged to strengthen his authority by establishing “unofficial contact” with Chilean security chiefs and “using the resources of friends [Communists]” in the Interior Ministry.

See information about the book The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin at Amazon.com.


For more on the CIA role in Chile during the Allende years, see Peter Kornbluh's The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability at Amazon.com.