Coup Plotting
iriKc^oppoWits o/ interim Preeident Oueiler' eontxmte to engag*oup plotting,
most prominent plotter ir General Garcia Herald commandant of the military academy in La Paz andf the Array during Colonel Natusch's short-livedast November. The aupport of several key regimentalttt! commandcra in tha La Paz area makea Garcia' Hezaowerful than the current commandersthe armed forces and the Army* both of whom refuse to discipline himransfer his.supporters. Re does not*yet appear,ver, to. hava. united military backing; especiallymportant units outside La Paz.
The plotters so'far* are reructant""to move in the absence of public repudiationof Guellex.'a,administra-A
tlori. They expect .thatlection scheduled for June will provoke political
moil or that the election- will-end1 in another-
sional deadlock, lhe plotters apparently believe that
the civilian government would be blamed,for any. unrest/ '
and that thia would increase tha public's tolerance forlji
a military takeover. PmbSjVJbW
Although tho plotters are concerned about theoup, many believe that Washington would eventuallyilitary government. Somecoffed at the importance .of;US recognition,that Brazil and Argentina would give them allport needed to conferarcia Heza evidently has sent emissaries to Brazil and several other countries and former President Banzer is inoth are trying to determine whether these countries would provide
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