A DOCUMENT ON CHILE is an eshibition which has just opened at the Half Moon Gullery in the East End of London. The photomontages, Ric Sissons, trace the recent histury of Chile, They show the economic. political, and structures surrounding the military coup of September 1973, giving birth to a The thirty works of photomontage years prior to the 1970 presidential clection victory of Allende: the three years of the "Unidad Popular' of Allende culminated in the armed forces seizing power through u coup d'etat; and the years since the death of Allende which have witnessed terrible repression against the Chilean workers and C328889 The works selected here deal with the attitude of various international companies and governments to the post-Allende military dictatorship. They show their comphicity in the activities of the ruling junta.
The eshibition is showing until 5 July at the Half Moon Gallers, 27 Alle Street, Landon El. Monday to Saturday, 1Tam to 6pm. Admission is After July, the eshibition available for hire at a small fee. It is eavy to transport and mount, and b ideal for display in schools, colleges. libraries, factories and clubs. For Tali details contact: Ed Harher. Half Moon Photography Workshop, 119 Roman Road, London E2 DON. Tel that MULTINATIONAL INTERVENTION (above)
OF ALl, the multinational firms which actively sabotaged the Chilean Government in the three Allende years, International Telephone and Telegraph always forthright.
After Allende's election victory, it offered the CIA a million dollurs for an ad hoc grouping of six important been nationalised in Chile, to lobby for and organise economic sanctions the "Unidad IT 5350,000 to campuigns in Chile is firms such as bE prepared toc ground for the military September vestment in Chile was estimated at THE LIMITS OF SUASION' (below| the most whose interests had Popular' further The action 1976 IT MORAL BRITISH COMPLICITY (above)
has no reason to be proud of its sance Stained close lies.
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in Brituin to Chile totalled 39.4m. included fruit, vegetables, are landed pearly Liverpool and London.
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and Investing in Chile.
Seriously damaging This comistently allowed to go through. THE BRITISH Labour Government in relation to Chile. The Chileun and In 1975 British shipyards were building the Chilean Navy two submarines, repairing two frigates and delivering 11,000 spare The Labour Gofernmeet refused to block their despatch. Officers of the Chilean Armed Forces are still trained Trude continues with the dictutorship. In 1977 British exports Imports shoes and copper. One fifth of Britsh copper Imports come from Chile, 85,000 tOnS In Aronmouth, The Times, on 13 September 1973, welcomed the coup d'état. Since then, with the scale of the repression. the has distanced Itself from the junta. However British firms have no qualnis about trading with *The Government helieve that the propusul to prevent the Chilesus frons taking delivery of their submarines oversteps this line and could b we have said that the existing contracts for daval sales would be CHINA LENDS A HAND (alre)
THE CHILEAN janta has found friends in The most whikels. ouarters Following the coup, China - - unille -a brighter sharper picture from ITT Discussions were also enderway for a 558m lean from Chine. In its stand against the too world "superpowers" and in its efforts to end its economic Isolation, the Chinese burenucrasy has been prepared to deal with one of