Editing William F. Buckley (section)

==Connections== 
- [[Operation PBSuccess]]:  Buckley’s brief CIA stint in 1952 under [[E. Howard Hunt]]in Mexico City coincided with planning for **Operation PBFortune**, a precursor to the 1954 Guatemala coup (**PBSuccess**). While Buckley had no direct role, his anti-communist writings in **National Review** supported U.S. interventions like PBSuccess, aligning with CIA goals, per *Bitter Fruit* by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer.
- [[Operation Condor]]: Buckley’s fervent anti-communism and support for Pinochet’s 1973 Chile coup, expressed in **National Review** editorials, indirectly endorsed the repressive context of Operation Condor. His 1974 meeting with Pinochet and defense of Chile’s “economic miracle” under the [[Chicago Boys]] overlooked Condor’s atrocities, including [[Orlando Letelier]]’s 1976 assassination.