Chilean Soldiers (Training)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 9 Ebrill 1986.

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Photo of Mr George Foulkes Mr George Foulkes , Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 12:00, 9 Ebrill 1986

Do the Government not recognise from experience in Haiti and the Philippines that external pressure is important in dealing with dictators? Do the Government not also recognise that by supporting the dictator Pinochet and training his troops they are undermining the democratic forces of the Right as well as of the Left in Chile? In view of the strong views expressed in the House today, will the Government rethink this policy immediately?