the idea of resolving the crisis with a referendum. However, the Chilean military seized the initiative of the Chamber of Deputies' 22 August Resolution (which had implored Allende's military removal) to oust Allende on 11 September 1973. As the Presidential Palace was surrounded and bombed, Allende committed suicide. See also Vuskovic plan - UP's economic policy Chilean nationalization of copper Death of Salvador Allende - controversy regarding his death Project Cybersyn Notes References Alan Angell (1993). Chile de Alessandri a Pinochet: En busca de la utopía. Santiago: Editorial Andrés Bello. Simon Collier & William F. Sater (1996). A History of Chile: 1808-1994. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Julio Faundez (1988). Marxism and democracy in Chile: From 1932 to the fall of Allende, New Haven: Yale University Press. Anke Hoogvelt (1997). Globalisation and the postcolonial world, London: Macmillan. Henry Kissinger (1970). National Security Decision 93: Policy Towards Chile, Washington: National Security Council. Alec Nove (1986). Socialism, Economics and Development, London: Allen & Unwin. Don Mabry (2003). Chile: Allende's Rise and Fall. Sebastián Hurtado-Torres. 2019. "The Chilean Moment in the Global Cold War: International Reactions to Salvador Allende's Victory in the Presidential Election of 1970." Journal of Cold War studies. External links An extensive Spanish-language site providing a day-by-day chronology of the Allende era. The research and detail are enormous. The 22 August 1973 document under which the Chamber of Deputies opposed the Allende regime. This is a solid translation of the document, although the introductory note is clearly that of an apologist for the coup. Examination of the coup that ended the Allende presidency, including ties to direction by the CIA. Allende's 24 August 1973 response National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project which provides documents obtained from FOIA requests regarding U.S. involvement in Chile, beginning with attempts to promote a coup in 1970 and continuing through U.S. support for Pinochet LIFE Magazine July 16, 1971 "Allende: A special kind of Marxist" 1970 establishments in Chile 1973 disestablishments in Chile Politics of Chile Presidential Republic (1925–1973)