aiid ar sae tins has Protests around the globe Pressure increases on junta Increasing international pres- sure, following reports of viola- tions of human rights in Chile, has forced the fascist junta there to release two top officials of the former Allende government. The two are Clodomiro Al- meyda, former minister of fore- ign relations, and Jorge Tapia, former minister of education. These, along with three other unidentified officials, flew to Romania, where they were granted political asylum. Despite attempts by the junta and the U.S. commercial press to portray the move as a “huma- nitarian” act, nightmare condi- tions are unchanged in Chile, in- cluding arrests and torture. -On Nov. 3 last year, junta henchmen threw the dead and tortured body of Lumi Videla, a MIR (Movement of the Revolu- tionary Left) militant, over the fence of the Italian embassy in Santiago where 220 Chilean pat- riots were waiting for safe con- duct out of the country. Junta representatives. then tried to gain entrance to the building, charging that the patriots, had committed the crime. The second secretary of the Italian embassy called the Papal: Nuncio and representatives of the Venezuelan embassy to serve as witnesses. Last Jan. 10 the junta finally abandoned its efforts to frame the patriots and the departure of the citizens that had sought asylum. there. Allende’s Sister Held Hostage A case that has provoked pro- tests throughout the world and caused the UN Secretary Gene- ral Kurt Waldheim to personal- ly intervene was the arrest last November of Deputy Laura Allende Gossens, sister of the late President Salvador Allende. haps a fOr Victory sign for Chile... Greek actress Melina Mercouri gives the V for Victory signs as she heads a rally in Athens earlier this month, in front of the Chilean and U.S. embassies, calling for an end to military dictatorship in Chile and restoration of trade union and democratic rights. She returned to her homeland recently after the Greek junta was ousted. Tres j Ms. Allende, a member of the Chilean Parliament and member of the central committee of the Chilean Socialist Party, was ar- rested although she was suffer- ing from cancer. The junta also arrested her daughter Marianne Pascal Al- lende, suffering from chronic schizophrenia. s Later in December, Gaston Pascal Lyon, Deputy Allende’s Israel rejects troop withdrawal proposal Israel last week rejected any deadline for the withdrawal of its troops from occupied Arab territories. The withdrawal pro- posal was made Jan. 22 by Egyp- tian president Sadat who said his country was ready to sign a peace treaty with Israel. Sadat warned that the present situation could not drag on and called for an Israeli troop with- drawal on three fronts — the Sinai, the West bank of Jordan and the Golan Heights. Israeli premier Rabin replied saying that “all the talk of a year of decision, and that everything has to be reached within three months, has no validity whatso- ever for Israel.” Chile inflation sets new record Chile ended 1974 with a rec- ord inflation in Latin America and an alarming unemployment rate, according to data released by the National Statistics and Census Institute of that country. Inflation rose 6.5% in December as compared with the previous month, to bring the year’s total to 375%. Between January and . November inflation was 346.8%. In unemployment figures in Oc- tober the total percentage was a record 10.4%. In the middle of last years, however, an estim- ated 5-600,000 Chileans were jobless, that is 18 to 20% of the population of working are. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1975—Page 8 At the same time, the United States announced it has reached an agreement to sell Israel 200 Lance missiles, a short range ballistic weapon capable of car- rying nuclear warheads. It is the first time such ad- vanced weaponry has been sup- plied Israel although the U.S. has sold that country fighters and attack bombers with nuclear capability. : In other developments, U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger told a Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee hearing that the USSR would probably have to be in- cluded in any new Middle East negotiations. Kissinger is sched- uled to fly to the Middle East on Feb. 7 for more of his per- sonal diplomacy but president Ford admitted that should this fail, the U.S. would probably be forced to go to Geneva for Arab- Israeli talks. Co < * * The Palestine Liberation Orga- nization has informed the Swiss government it wants to be party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions which lay down guidelines for conduct in times of war. Under the Agreement’s terms, any pow- ‘er can ratify them by stating they will obey their provisions. * i ae According to the finding of a Gallup Poll, 661% of Americans believe an Arab-Israeli war will break out in 1975 and more than half say the U.S. should stay out of any conflict. husband, was also arrested. The three are being held as hostages to force their two sons, Andres and Gaston Pascal Al- lende, both MIR militants, to give themselves up. Resistance sources from Chile ‘reported last week that Laura Allende is now partially paralyz- ed because of lack of treatment and her life is in severe danger. —Daily World Egypt-USSR cooperation CAIRO — The construction of an aluminum complex with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons is proceeding at full speed. in Nag-Hammadi, Egypt, with Sov- iet building assistance. ° About 5,000 workers, techni- cians and engineers are employ- ed at this large-scale project. A . new branch of industry is being built up to be supplied by cheap electricity from the Aswan hydro-power plant. The south of Egypt, especially Kena province, where the alumi- num project is located, remains a “difficult region” of the coun- try. proved by land reform and the irrigation of new lands with water from the Aswan high dam, but it was not possible to fully satisfy the requirements of all landless peasants... Until quite recently thousands of people were travelling north to search for jobs. The situation has been changed following the construc- tion of the complex.” Soviet specialists are working at the project together with Egyptian builders. “We are working like one family,” said Dector Yusef Ismail, who is in charge of the construction pro- ject. “Our cooperation rests on confidence and mutual respect.” ‘ held shortly, in the capital of Venezuela. Governmental Commission for development of economic, cultu - consequences of an abortion. The situation has been im- In the Socialist World Cuba HAVANA (PL) — The Cuban Trade Union Organization ( will take part in a meeting of Latin American Labor Unions to | “The meeting,” said Roberto Veiga, CTC general secretary, “ mark an important step on the road to Latin ‘American trade unid unity, at a time in which imperialism continues to show its agg! sive nature in manifold ways.” ¢ He said that on the basis of mutual respect, the Caracas meeti will help to co-ordinate support by the labor movement to national liberation struggle. The meeting, called by the Venezu Workers Federation (CTV) will include unions “of the most wide ranging philosophical and political tendencies,” Veiga pointed ov Bulgaria SOFIA — Prime Minister Constantine Caramanlis of Greece hi been invited to visit Bulgaria. The invitation was extended dur the official visit of Greek Foreign Minister Dmitri‘ Bitsios to B garia early in January for discussion with Bulgaria’s Foreign Mi) — ister, Peter. Mladenov. A The two countries agreed to negotiate. a long-term trade agree ment and affirmed the value of their already established Joifl and other relations. They expect final agreement soon'on transit goods to and from Bulgaria via the port of Salonica. The two sides expressed a similarity ‘of views for a just politi settlement for Cyprus, on the basis of all countries respecting independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. GDR. aS 5 BERLIN (ADN) — There has been a considerable decline abortions in the German Democratic Republic since 1972, whe! law on free termination of pregnancy on request was adopted. ‘While the number of abortions rose five-fold to 134,867 in 19 it went down to 124,393 in 1973. This downward trend continued # 1974, according to an article in the medical weekly Das Deuts Gesundheitswesen. : : The law legalized abortions within the first three months | pregnancy. Compared with other countries the number of termine) — tions of pregnancies in the GDR is ‘relatively low, the. autho — Professor Mehlan says. The positive balance was due to genero! socio-political measures and the extension of the network 2 marriage guidance and sex advisory centres. More and more women in the GDR, Professor Mehlan adds, wel preventing unwanted pregnancies. Some 1.5 million women w: is about 40% of all women of child-bearing age, took ‘contracepti} pills. : : The law on the termination of pregnancy has practical) liquidated illegal abortions and its risks. In two years of the 1a¥ there has not been a single case of a woman dying from Soviet Union TALLIN — The Estonian Shipping company has inaugurated new service between Scandinavian and Middle Eastern ports. _“The Scan-Levant service will link Copenhagen, Oslo and Dra!” men with Piraeus, Beirut’ and Latakia,” said Varno Kask, vi president of the company.’ Ships with a cargo capacity of son” 2,000 tons will be used, with the motorship Mohni opening ™ - service. The merchant marine of the Estonian Soviet Republic, which / small than Nova Scotia, is rapidly expanding. Last year alone, eigh new ships were commissioned. Another 12 motorships will join ¥” service to bring the total to 100. : lovaki bees PLZEN — Ninety children with defective hearing from the Cz province of Bohemia attend this special nursery and Basic NIM, year School-opened for them in Plzen, western Bohemia. The s* of the two schools comprise 38 teachers and 27 other persont There are never more than eight children in a class. In pho™ Children cttending a lesson. in learning to speak.