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WITH DISSIDENT MILITARY COMMANDERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF OSWALOO LOPEZ,

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THE RANK AND FILE OF THE PARTY. THE GROUP THEN DISCUSSED THE CURRENT COUNTER REVOLUTION ATTITUDE OF SOME OF THE MILITARY COMMANDERS.

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SIT MILITARY ELEMENTS WISH THELOPEZ TO REMAIN AS Ft LITICAL AS POSSIBLE AND THAT THEWILL MOVE AGAINSTTHEY CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE

MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THu AFiT l WITH THEM. THE MOST STRATEGIC COMPONENT, THE FIRST BA7TA!NDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR JUAN ALBERTO MELGAR.WHO OYAL LOPEZ MAN, WILL HAVE TO BE NEUTRALIZED BEFOREOVE IS TAKEN,

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REQUESTED THE REMOVAL OF MARIO RIVERA, SUB-MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF DISMISSING RIVERA, LOPEZ HAS ALLOWED RIVERA TO ASSUME CHARGE OF THE MINISTRY SINCE THE RESIGNATION OF DARIO MONTES AND DOES NOT PLAN IMMEDIATELY TO REPLACE MONTES. THE DISSIDENT MILITARY LEAOERS CONSIDER THIS TOIRECT REFUSAL ON THE PART OF LOPEZ TO COMPROMISE, WHICH FURTHER WIDENS THE EXISTING BREACH

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