5 EEET 20 October 1970 TRACK II 1 General Valenzuela advised rat the military was to launch a coup Valenzuela's plan includes the abduction of ready General Schneider and the resignation of President Frei and most of his Cabinet 2 Santiago Station has authorize 3 Station false flag officer met with who at the reported that the coup was now set for Wednesday nig an abduction of General Schneider is the first step in the coup attempt caving for Valparaiso on 19 October iaux rran ed a meeting betw and on 18 October 5 According to Radio Balmaceda Major Arturo Marshall was arrested on the morning of 19 October 6 Station false flag officer contacted remove Allende from power chances of blocking Allende B Accom lishments who seemed sincere in his dedication to He is not however sanguine about the In recent weeks Station false flag officers and have made a vigorous effort to contact advise and influence key members of the military in an attempt to rally support for a coup Valenzuela's announcement that the military is now prepared to move may be an indication of the effectiveness of this effort Continued next page Declassified and Approved for Release ARET She E7i 20 October 1970 TRACK II Continued C Situation At last the military deny Allende the presidency is pulling itself together in an effort to Apparently a number of senior military leader s ave loine oge er and ave agreed to move against e government This development was brought to when General Cannlo the attention of the Statio late Sunda Valenzuela called upon o alert him that the Chilean military was ready to attempt to overthrow the government The first step in this coup will be the abduction of General Schneider which was scheduled to take place last night ET SEX 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