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Teteron for 10 days, while engaging in negotiations with the government. Lassalle took the role of chief negotiator with the government; their demands included a general amnesty, promotion of Lassalle and Shah to the rank of captain, and the reinstatement of Lieutenant-Colonel Joffre Serrette as commanding officer of the regiment.
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soldiers were drawn from the same urban working class communities that Black Power movement drew its support from. Many of the officers that led them knew the university students they were being called upon to arrest. Lassalle was suspected of having ties to the Black Power leaders and had been under surveillance by the government.
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and other junior officers, refused to take up arms against the citizenry. Lassalle saw many of the senior officers as incompetent and unconcerned with the welfare of the people soldiers. As Shah later said, he and
Lassalle also "felt the Government...no longer commanded a majority ". Many of the
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against the rebels if foreign troops landed. The United States dispatched six warships and 2000 marines with the stated goal of protecting United States citizens in the country. The United States also supplied the government with weapons to arm loyalist units.
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Serrette was re-appointed commanding officer, the mutineers surrendered. Lassalle and Shah were appointed co-commanders of the regiment. They were subsequently arrested and charged with more than 50 offenses including
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