• The advance of the rightist contingents within the Armed Forces Movement, aimed at dissolving the movement in the general framework of the armed forces, wnien nave ine same structure toddy that they had on 24 April, 1974 [i.e., the day before the coup that overthrew the Salazarist regime]. - The downgrading of the ADUs [Unit Delegate Assemolies and tne Gous unit rontica caucation Groups], aimed at dissolving these bodies and re-establishing a hierarchical chain of command controlled oy reacuonary UlCers - Dissolution or neutralisation of those bodies inat tried to detena te interests or the workine classes. An example of this is the dissolution of the Fifth Division of the General Staff, whose activity, despite some errors, was positive on the whole, a fact that has been systematically covered up.
Isolation and even, in some cases, purges or progressive and revolutionary members of the armed Torces, armed ar annimnarme une mary compor ent ot the revolutionarv Torces tnar are reday now to oppose tne advance or tne rignt.
Preparation for the reactionary military coup that will be unleashed when the institutional orrensive has achieved its objectives.
The so-called Nine and their collaborators, regardless of their cohesion or lack of it, have funtioned as a pole of regroupment for the entire right (both tascist ano social bemocrau. tereov credune a Dast for the reactionary political-military orrensive. In the Civilian Field - The political offensive of the Social Democracy seeking to restore the coalition among the PPD, the SP, and the CP on the basis of the bourgeois election results. - Exploiting the justified discontent of sections oT the bettv oouraeoisie ano tne peasantrv in orael to moolise tnese strata acainst tne aavance or tne The attempt to polarise these sections of the pop-