THE Chilean Junta enters its | most critical stage yet with the sacking of віг force chief Gustavo Leigh.
Leigh, who passes Tor moderale in Chilena ieros made the serious mistake of SCEnE an sHucaO paper that "Chileams have an ancient TROSBOD of freedom democrucy."
has beem the junte member sost worried by the damaging effect of revciations of military complicity in the marder of socialsa Minister Oriando Letelier in Washington in 1976.
Plnochet, Leigh had dectared lime rival his belief thut there should be elections in five years time. Whether he wis serioas hardly important. What does matter is that the increasingiy militant mass movement can Socialist Challenge 3 August 1978 Page 10 caim its nest viesim from within the ruling clique.
Any suspicions that Leigh La geneine friend of the Chilean masses are dispelled by the fact that it was be who was trying to get hack the four Kolls Ravce aireralt engines tint EN ald TGWU workers lalel East snd huve relused to refora thems to Chile since the coup. This has sent the Tory press apoplectic with charges of 'theft' siga of what happens to your grey matter as soon bellese that property is more mportaat than people Hos R Solieb court ha ruled that the engines should be MEDIE EHAEN. aBd government has given an export DTECE But pieces of paper are one hing. They still have to mone the things! IN A curious incident at last