Augusto Pinochet
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Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army; head of the military junta (1973) and later President of Chile (1974-1990) · Chile
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Content note: Threat of military force against media in the same communique. The words are shown as they were said or written. Why
“The armed forces and the Carabineros are united to begin the historic and responsible mission of fighting for the liberation of the fatherland and to stop our country remaining under the Marxist yoke, and the restoration of order and institutionality.”
Original (Spanish)
Las FF.AA. y Carabineros están unidos para iniciar la histórica y responsable misión de luchar por la liberación de la Patria y evitar que nuestro país siga bajo el yugo marxista; y la restauración del orden y la institucionalidad;
English: Literal translation supplied with the lead, not a published edition
Issued on the morning of the coup against President Salvador Allende, as a joint text of the four commanders. Point 4 of the same communique orders press, radio and television stations supporting Popular Unity to stop broadcasting or face air and ground punishment.
First communique of the military junta, Santiago, 11 September 1973, signed by Augusto Pinochet, José Toribio Merino, Gustavo Leigh and César Mendoza Durán; printed in El Mercurio, 13 September 1973, p. 3 (transcribed on Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile) Source