Political Opening Subseries (AP)

Scope and content

The Political Opening (AP) subseries is composed of six dossiers: Civil-military relations (RCM); Catholic Church (IC); Intramilitary conflicts (CI); Presidential elections and successions (EP); Human rights (DH); and Economic crisis (CE). It contains documents on reactions to the proposal for political opening from 1974 onwards, as well as reports of human rights violations; resistance by military personnel to the opening; presidential elections and successions that occurred during the period; the economic crisis that began at the end of the 1970s; and the interaction between civilians and military personnel throughout the process of détente.