INTENTION OF SENIOR SALVADORAN ARMED FORCES COMMANDERS TO ASK PRESIDENT ALVARO MAGANA TO REMOVE THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE

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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2019
• Case Number: F-2017-01057
• Publication Date: March 12, 1983

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Document Subject: INTENTION OF SENIOR SALVADORAN ARMED FORCES COMMANDERS
TO ASK PRESIDENT ALVARO MAGANA TO REMOVE THE MINISTER
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SUBJ: INTENTION OF SENIOR SALVADORAN ARMED FORCES COMMANDERS
TO ASK PRESIDENT ALVARO MAGANA TO REMOVE THE MINISTER
OF DEFENSE
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2. BLANDON SAID THAT THE COMMANDERS WANT PRESIDENT MAGANA
TO ABIDE BY HIS VERBAL COMMITMENT IN JANUARY THAT GENERAL GARCIA
WOULD LEAVE OFFICE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE SETTLEMENT OF
THE REBELLION BY COLONEL SIGIFREDO ((OCHOA)) PEREZ. HE ALSO
NOTED THAT AT A COMMANDERS MEETING ON 3 MARCH GENERAL GARCIA
HAD OFFERED TO TENDER HIS RESIGNATION IF THE PRESIDENT SO DESIRED;
THUS, IT IS NOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT TO DECIDE IF GARCIA WILL
REMAIN IN OFFICE.
3. COLONEL BLANDON EMPHASIZED THAT ALTHOUGH THE COMMANDERS
ARE ADAMANT THAT GARCIA MUST LEAVE THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE POSITION,
THEY WANT HIS DEPARTURE TO BE A PEACEFUL AND HONORABLE ONE. THEY
DO NOT WANT TO GENERATE ADVERSE PUBLICITY OR TO CAUSE FURTHER
FRICTION AND DISCONTENT WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES. THUS, THEY
PLAN TO APPROACH PRESIDENT MAGANA IN A PEACEFUL AND PROFESSIONAL
MANNER. COLONEL BLANDON SAID THAT HE EXPECTED THE PRESIDENT TO
UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE UNIFICATION OF THE ARMED FORCES AT A
TIME WHEN THE INSURGENTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DIVISION
WITHIN THE MILITARY CAUSED BY THE DESIRE OF MANY OFFICERS FOR
GARCIA 'S REMOVAL.
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