Question 5 • Fall 24 US History B IC
Salvador Allende, a Marxist, became president of Chile in 1970 during Nixon’s first term. The Nixon administration feared that Chile might become a Communist country and sought to undermine Allende’s government, so choice B best describes U.S. concerns. The space race, arms talks, and détente were not the central issues in U.S. policy toward Chile.
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