He reinforced his posture with a public message to the military on September 19, 1970, during the celebrations of Army day and in the midst of the campaign to obtain congressional ratification to Allende's marginal electoral victory, saying that "there were no options that would invite the armed forces to undo what the politicians had wrought in Chile".
On September 19, 1970, while celebrating Army Day and campaigning for congressional ratification of Allende's election win, he declared that there was no way the military could reverse the political changes made in Chile.