If the 1973 coup against Allende's Chile fails, what is the US course of action afterward?

The 1973 coup against Allende in Chile fails, what does the US do afterwar

  • a) Harass it like Cuba since 63, sanctions and dirty tricks and political warfare?

    Votes: 6 27.3%
  • b) Establish and support a “Contra” antiregime force for several years until it topples regime

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • c) Establish and support a “Contra” antiregime force for years without it ever toppling the govt

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • d) Invade with the USMC or US Army and Air Force

    Votes: 1 4.5%
  • e) Come to a live and let live arrangement with Allende

    Votes: 1 4.5%
  • f) Allende gets removed by a reasonably reflective election or popular uprising in a few years

    Votes: 10 45.5%
  • g) Chile's neighbors invade Chile with US approval, either explicit or implicit

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    22

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US COA if the Chile coup fails?

a) Harass it like Cuba since 63?

b) Establish and support a “Contra” antiregime force for several years until it topples regime

c) Establish and support a “Contra” antiregime force for years without it ever toppling the govt.

d) Invade with the USMC or US Army and Air Force

e) Come to a live and let live arrangement with Allende

f) Allende gets removed by an electoral or other popular but not nonmilitary groundswell a few years later

g) Chile's neighbors invade Chile with US approval, either explicit or implicit
 
The economy would have gone down Venezuela-style and either Allende loses elections or suspends them, in which case it's a, b or c.

Attached is Chile's real wage index, with orange lines denoting Allende's start and end.
 

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