E SE C K WED IA TK T B OCT SANTIAG H AD'QUARTERS VILL HEADQUARTERS FRO 78 CITE EVALUATING LONG NOTED HAVE THAT CONSKQUENCES RANGE HAS ABSTAINED STATION THIS WORNINGS' OF THIS QUI'TE DKLIBERATK EVElfTS SINCE SCHNEIDER EVENTS STRUCK LEND THKHSELVES TO ANY NURSER OF INTERPRETATIONS FEELS THAT NIL'ITALY THUS FAR APPEAR TO Ir'PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED' BY GEN HAVE VALKNZUELA 'TO THUS FAR'NHICH HAS'HAPPEI OKD NOTHING WAS SCENARIO FOGLONED INAOTHKR HIW COULD NOT MORDSs BE i CONSTRUED OF GEN VAS AS EXECUTION OF STEPS PREVIOUSLY PL'ANNKD SCHNFIDER'S PREWEDITATED ATTEWPT AGAINST SENIOR ASDUCTION IT SCHNKIDER ARWKD IF ASSASSINATION IT CONSTITUTED BUNGLED ABDUCTION OR'VHETHER IN ANY CASE STATION UNAWARE IN NAKE IWPORTANT HAS CONCEIVED FORCES OFFICERS BY TO BEAR IN AND VE ENON WIND THAT EXECUTED AT BEHEST OF THAT 1 WOVE GER a VALENZUELA I p 3dAS INVOLVED VK FOR BEL IEVING THAT Q UED IN BUT CANNOT GEN VIAUX AND PROVE OP NUWEROUS HAVE R EA SO N ASSICIATKS FULLY DISPROVE THAT EXECUTION Approved for Release July 2000 4 3 3%9$i 1 PAGE 2'SANTIAGOS OF ATTEHPT AGAINST LINKED WITH VIAUX ARNED FORCES' F' OR UNIDAD POPULAR TRYING TO ANTICIPATE AWAIT TO BEAR IN FACTOR OR ABDUCTION EXECUTION ON ACTUALI Y SUSPECT SCHNEIDKk NO WILL RESORT TO RASH ACTION RISKY TO llAXE MN SAY IS IN OVER ANY SUiN KIND THAT 'ATTEMPT SE C E T FO'RCES OF POVKR TO ALLENDEi PROVOXE ARHED COULD THEREFORE VE BELIEVK TO FOLLOW lIKE CARLOS PRATTSy VHICH AGAINST BEFORE VOULD ARHED THAT UNIDAD OF PREDICTION BE DECISIVE' INDICATIONS AT IT THIS STAGE SCHNEIDER IEI ARNED FORCES ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY IF THEY ARE WILLING THAT 'SUCCESSOR- 'GENT ORDERL''Y' TRANSFER AS YET RECEIVED INIO TAXING S TO BE THIS FURTHER COURSE OF EVENTS STATION WILL CAVE' AND GOING 'TO INSURE THAT THIS TO BE THE CASE IN ENBASSY A'PPEARS HAVE SHOULD EVENTS OF 23RD OCT VHICH VILL OBV OUSLY THAT IS FlIND FORCES VOULD BK TREHENDOUS ARNED PREVAILING - OPINION IS TO ELEFIENTS RETIRED OFFICERS OR KXTRENE RIGHTISTS NOT HAY VAS ENTRUSTED IHPORTANT BEGONE KNOVNy lHPACT NgiiTO E I' SCHNEIDER AND SET SCHNEIDER 'UP R IS TO PREVENT VALENZUELA'S POPULAR FORCES TO BE ALL WE AFFORDING ALLENDE'S ELECTION SCENARIO This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu Read related article CIA ‘Effect the Removal of Schneider’ 2020-10-22