The turn of events leading up to the 6th October contained both planned and unplanned elements. One group who made special plans to crush the Left and stage a coup d’état came from a coalition of the Chart Thai Party and right-wing Democrat Party politicians. General Pramarn Adireksan, leader of the Chart Thai Party, openly called for “the Right to kill the Left” during the April1976 general election campaign. He also stated in the cabinet meeting, early on 6th October, that it was now the right moment to destroy the student movement for good. The right-wing politicians plotted with soldiers close to the ex-dictators, Tanom Kitikajorn and Prapat Jarusatien. They also had significant influence among the urban section of the Village Scouts and the Krating-Daeng. It is believed that this coalition deliberately brought Prapat back into Thailand for a short trip to test the waters for a coup d’état in August 1976. On that occasion, when the students demonstrated against Prapat, there was a mobilisation of paramilitary police assembled in the National Museum, ready to attack Thammasat, just like on the morning of 6th October, 2 months later. After that, the plotters then brought Tanom back in September. They guessed that the students would mount a protest and that any disturbances that followed could be used as an excuse for their group to stage a coup d’état.