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As Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party
what do you think were the causes of the action of the Armed Forces?
As we have said in several statements
our opinion is that the economic crisis
the Popular Unity attempt to monopolize power by any means
chaos and institution destruction that had brought the government of Mr. Allende across the country
caused a degree of collective despair and distress in most of the Chilean population
which precipitated this pronouncement of the Armed Forces.
We have the conviction that so-called Chilean way of driving the socialism
which pushed and hoisted the banner of the Popular Unity
and exhibited a great deal abroad was complete failed,
and that were knew by the militants of the Popular Unity and that were knew by Allende
and therefore they were preparing, through the organization of armed militias
which were very heavily equipped and they were a real parallel army
to give a self-coup and take by the use of violence the entire power
In these circumstances we think the action of the armed forces simply anticipated
that risk to save the country from falling into civil war or into a communist dictatorship.
In these circumstances we think the action of the armed forces simply anticipated
that risk to save the country from falling into civil war or into a communist dictatorship.