▁to ▁be ▁kept ▁secret . ▁" He ▁wanted ▁something ▁done ▁and ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁care ▁how ," ▁Hel ms ▁later ▁character ized ▁the ▁order . ▁The ▁secret , ▁illegal ▁( in ▁Chile ) ▁activity ▁ordered ▁by ▁N ixon ▁was ▁term ed ▁" track ▁II " ▁to ▁distinguish ▁it ▁from ▁the ▁C IA ' s ▁cover t ▁fund ing ▁of ▁Chile an ▁" dem ocr ats " ▁here ▁called ▁" track ▁I ". ▁According ly , ▁the ▁C IA ▁took ▁ass orted ▁cover t ▁steps , ▁including ▁actions ▁to ▁bad ger ▁a ▁law - ab iding ▁Chile an ▁army ▁to ▁se ize ▁power . ▁C IA ▁agents ▁were ▁once ▁in ▁communication , ▁but ▁soon ▁broke ▁off ▁such ▁contact , ▁with ▁ro gue ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁military ▁who ▁later ▁assass in ated ▁the ▁" const itution ally ▁mind ed " ▁General ▁René ▁Schne ider , ▁the ▁Army ▁Commander - in - Ch ief . ▁Following ▁this ▁criminal ▁violence , ▁the ▁Chile an ▁army ' s ▁support ▁sw ung ▁firm ly ▁behind ▁All ende , ▁whom ▁the ▁Congress ▁confirmed ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁Chile ▁on ▁November ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁C IA ▁did ▁not ▁intend ▁the ▁killing . ▁" At ▁all ▁times , ▁however , ▁Hel ms ▁made ▁it ▁plain ▁that ▁assass ination ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁option ." ▁Yet ▁N ixon ▁and ▁K iss inger ▁bl amed ▁Hel ms ▁for ▁All ende ' s ▁presiden cy . ▁ ▁There after , ▁the ▁C IA ▁fun ne led ▁millions