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In response to all the public calls that the military received to intervene in the electoral process and prevent Allende's election, General Schneider expressed a profound belief in the apolitical role of the military and a firm opposition to the idea of preventing Allende's inauguration by means of
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He reinforced his posture with a public message to the military on September 19, 1970, during the celebrations of Army day and in the midst of the campaign to obtain congressional ratification to Allende's marginal electoral victory, saying that "there were no options that would invite the armed
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vote to declare a winner. At that time the prospect of Salvador Allende winning the Chilean presidency was highly controversial, particularly within the
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Allende used the doctrine as one of the bastions of his government, in order to keep the armed forces in line and prevent a possible
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against his government. After Prats' resignation as Army Commander-in-chief, on August 23, 1973, Allende appointed General
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as Army Commander-in-chief, and the doctrine was replaced by the notion of "National Security", which, coupled with the
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He first enunciated this doctrine at a General Staff meeting on July 23, 1970. He wanted to make clear that:
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Schneider was assassinated on October 24, 1970. His successor as Army Commander-in-chief, General
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against him. The doctrine was influential through the period July 1970 - September 1973.
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forces to undo what the politicians had wrought in Chile". Nonetheless, he added a
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Cable Transmissions from US Ambassador to Chile, October 1, 1970
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political doctrine
Chilean
René Schneider
election of Salvador Allende
President of Chile
coup d'état
René Schneider
Chilean Army
1970 Chilean presidential election
Salvador Allende
Congressional
Chilean military
Marxist
coup d'état
constitutionalist

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colophon
Carlos Prats
coup d'état
Augusto Pinochet
Chamber of Deputies
Chilean coup of 1973
Presidency of Allende
Tacnazo
Cable Transmissions from US Ambassador to Chile, October 1, 1970
Overview of the historical environment
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