The FBI and CIA had secret programs with well-placed informants which led to violence among competing left-wing factions in California by 1969. The MKUltra program was renamed MK search in 1964 and most of the experiments were discontinued after that point.
The MKUltra program was renamed MK Search in 1964 and most of the experiments were wound down after this point. The CIA's incompetence is highlighted by the failure of both MKUltra and a recent attempt by US contractors in Venezuela.
The CIA's director Richard Helms authorized an illegal domestic surveillance program called "Chaos," inducing the left to feed on itself and causing sectarian strife to evolve into outright violence by the summer of 1969 in California.