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For once, no, actually. The CIA tried to overthrow him a few years earlier and failed. Pinochet's coup caught the CIA by surprise, as Pinochet had... very effectively given the impression of being 'nonpolitical' and loyal to the government, to the point where Allende himself was shocked to hear of his involvement.
There the CIA is falsely denying spending money to attempt to destabilize Allende's administration. They absolutely tried. But as I noted