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| | Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Our men in Santiago welcomed Chile coup |
 | | According to dispatches, British diplomats in Chile did not notice the murderous rivalry among the senior officers who participated in the conspiracy, shrugging off the armed insubordination of General César Mendoza, who seized command of the police from two outranking officers a few hours before the coup. |
 | | As Pinochet, the army's commander, was moving swiftly to eclipse the commanders of the less important navy, air force and police who constituted a four-man ruling group, Anthony Walter, a diplomat stationed in Santiago, referred to General Gustavo Leigh, head of the politically puny air force, as Chile's 'strong man of the junta'. |
 | | British journalists reporting about Chile, including this correspondent who sheltered in the embassy for several hours on the day of the coup and witnessed the rejoicing of some of its staff at the overthrow of the civilian government, were written off. |
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