But it was no thanks to the Labour Government, which had just sabotaged a proposal for a common Initiative by the Common Market countries to offer asylum to the condemned men.
When the Guardian got bold of this story, they were approached at once hy unnamed "Ministers" (in the Home Office!), who in mitigation 'pointed out that Britain had already admitted more than 100 Chilean refugees more than the total of all other EEC countries combined'. But this bare-faced lie was exposed within 24 hours.
In fact Britain has admitted lest Chilean refugees than most other Conimon Market countries. As the Grandian was forced to admit next day: There are known to be several thousand Chileans who have settled in France, Germany, and Italy?
Nor is this all. While other Europcult embassies in Chile have taken in hundreds of relugoes since the coup. the British Embassy has admitted just one an frish priest! When Labour was in Opposition there were many protests about this. But the same British Ambassador has remained to pursue the same policy since Labour took office in March and there has been not a murmur even from the so-called 'lefts".
DOUBLE DEALING
This double dealing which follows the scandalous decision by Labour to hand over the warships and at the same time allow the junta to postpone repayment of the loan to cover them - highlights the urgent need to build the mass demonstration on 15 September, This has now been sponsored by a number of trade union executives including the AUEW, NUPE, ACTT and South Wales and Scottish NUM -as well as by the Labour NEC The intention of scine of these burcaucrats, nowever. is simply to indulge in a ritual commemoration of the coup as a substitute for organising any ongoing fight against the junta. That is why the campaign for bucking action must be stepped up on the shop floor, as at Imperial