History 20W Essay and ticket in assignment

Paper #2 Due Week Eight, Friday, 22 May 2020, 11:59 p.m.

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In five concisely argued pages (about 1250 words), analyze the "Report of CIA Chilean Task Force Activities," assigned for class. What was the CIA task force's main goal in Chile? This document also reveals a number of the CIA's operating assumptions and conceptions that motivated and supported their activities. How would you characterize these conceptions and how do they establish CIA priorities? You may find it helpful to ask yourself the following questions:

What did the author(s) of this report think of elections? What did the author(s) think of the press? How did they define "free press" and what role did the press play in their operations? What did they think of constitutionality? What did they think about political violence?

As always, your response should be complete, but succinct, and supported with short quotations and/or citations from the text. Late papers will not be accepted. Papers shorter than 1200 words and papers longer than about six pages (double spaced, standard 12-point font, 1-inch margins, minimal headers) will be substantially penalized. Remember, your paper should be structured around an argument based on analysis of the assigned reading.

Do not consult any outside sources beyond the assigned or recommended readings while writing this paper. If you violate this rule and consult outside sources, you must cite them. Plagiarism carries a much stronger penalty than consulting unnecessary and often misleading secondary materials.