René Schneider person
also: General Rene Snyder, Snyder, General Snyder, Rene Snyder
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Roberto Viaux assassinated
René Schneider documented
“A Jeep struck his chauffeur-driven car. Five men surrounded it. One smashed the rear window with a sledgehammer. Accounts differ on whether or not it was Snyder, but a pistol was drawn to defend himself, but his assailants opened fire using…”
▶ Operation Gladio in Chile @ 58:24
CIA attempted_assassination_of
René Schneider documented
“The CIA contacts encouraged certain Chilean officers to assassinate the commander of the Chilean Armed Forces, General Rene Snyder. This action created a backlash in Santiago, and Salvador Allende was confirmed as president two days later. …”
▶ The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont @ 49:06
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▶ 52:20
As for the idea of promoting a military coup, only a few officers were sympathetic, and they had no realistic hope of success because General Rene Snyder, the Army commander, was fiercely opposed to military influence in politics. A few san…
▶ 52:45
Ambassador Corey cabled his superiors in Washington. General Snyder would have to be neutralized by displacement if necessary. That's an actual quote. In late September, the Americans began to focus on Snyder as a key obstacle to their plan…
▶ 53:13
We know that this is a quote. We know this is a rhetorical question, but want to inspire thoughts on both ends on this matter, unquote. Yeah, they're just wanting to ask the president if he'll do a finding that they can do an assassination.…
▶ 55:32
It's that son of a vigilante. We're going to smash him. It's hard to believe that a president of the United States would even talk that way. But alas, here we are. Kissinger met with Tom Caramassini, the CIA director of covert operations, t…
▶ 57:56
The plot reached its climax two days later at two o'clock in the morning on a dead, quiet street. Colonel Paul Weimart, W-I-M-E-R-T, the U.S. military attaché in Santiago, delivered the weapons to Chilean conspirators aligned with Vioxx. Si…
▶ 58:24
A Jeep struck his chauffeur-driven car. Five men surrounded it. One smashed the rear window with a sledgehammer. Accounts differ on whether or not it was Snyder, but a pistol was drawn to defend himself, but his assailants opened fire using…
▶ 59:24
Quote, the station had done an excellent job of guiding Chileans to a point where a military solution is at least an option for them, was the response that came once they knocked Snyder off. The CIA planners in Washington cabled their Santi…
▶ 49:06
The CIA contacts encouraged certain Chilean officers to assassinate the commander of the Chilean Armed Forces, General Rene Snyder. This action created a backlash in Santiago, and Salvador Allende was confirmed as president two days later. …
▶ 25:20
Chilean commander, General Rene Snyder, a strict constitutionalist, had firm control and would permit no interference by the military in the politics. The parameter of action was quite narrow, as Heckscher saw them, while options were limit…
▶ 25:50
So Rene Snyder happens to be the obstacle of which they will target. Santiago's military attache, Colonel Paul Weimert, used as a go-between with Chilean officers of several factions, had to know too, and Hexter would control him. Otherwise…