—Sean Griffin photo Their faces eerily lit by candles, marchers proceed to the U.S. consulate protesting the proposed Trident Submarine. base presently under construction in Bangor, Washington. The candlelight march concluded the COmmemoration of Hiroshima Day. Trident base protested Cont'd from pg. 1 Population centres in the United States and Canada. The cost of the base is expected to exceed $25 billion. Leggatt pointed out that it will be the working people of the United States who will pay for the base. “Trident will siphon off billions of dollars of resources from those who need them. The people are starving, or who are in need of medical care and adequate pen-. sions, they are the people who are going to feel the cost of this base. “Most dangerous of all,” he Reg. Price $3.50 SUMMER SALMON BARBECUE CONCERT PROGRAM SPEAKER: Fred Wilson “Communist Viewpoint on Immigration Policy”’ SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Ukrainian Hall Outside Grounds 805 E. 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Leggatt noted that the location of the Bangor base, only 90 miles south of Vancouver, has made this area the prime target area in North America, and blasted the Canadian government for refusing to allow any debate on the subject within the Commons. ‘‘This government, to its everlasting shame, has accepted the Trident base. They have accepted the ‘balance.of terror’ theory and are willing conspirators in it. “Not only have they accepted the Bangor. base, but they are ex- porting Candu nuclear reactors to every tin-pot dictator who wants ne,’’ he declared. The Candu nuclear reactor, though designed as a power, in- stallation, provides, as a waste material, Plutonium 239 which is used in the construction of nuclear weapons. Legatt listed Taiwan, Argentina, and South Korea as some of the recipients of the Canadian-made nuclear reactors, and pointed out that with the existing nuclear technology, there is no safeguard against them being used to develop atomic bombs. “These are some of the most unstable countries in the world. Who can guarantee that South Korea will not launch a nuclear attack against North Korea if they is this government’s complacency regarding nuclear weapons that is leading us into a morally shameful position. We must not become a member of the merchant of death club.”’ Leggatt urged continued action against the proposed Trident base, and the government’s ‘‘senseless”’ _ nuclear policy. City rally backs Portugal’s AFM ’ With the year old Portugal revolution facing its greatest threat to date in the form of right- wing attacks on the Armed Forces Movement and the Communist Party, Jack Phillips, provincial organizer of the Communist Party of Canada, pledged his party’s “full support and all-out solidarity for the Portuguese revolution.” Phillips was addressing a meeting of over 100 people spon- sored by the Vancouver city committee of the Communist Party which dealt with recent developments within Portugal. He cited the statements of the general secretary of the Com- munist Party of Canada, Bill Kashtan, who said in Berlin, “Communists the world over have the duty to show their solidarity with the communists’ and progressive forces in Portugal. Phillips traced the development of the Portuguese revolution through the history of the Por- tuguese Communist Party and its leader, Alvaro Cunhal, pointing out that both have been consistently vigilant against counter-revolu- tionary forces since the overthrow of the fascist dictatorship on April 25, 1975. ““The PCP is a true party of heroes,’’ he noted. He stressed that the PCP remains as the most significant force supporting the Armed Forces Movement and denounced the recent wave of violence that has been aimed at the PCP and the AFM. “The leaders who brought about the downfall of 50 years of fascism are harassed, communists assaulted and their offices bur- ned,” he declared. ‘And that violence has been instigated not only by right-wing forces seeking a return to fascism, but also by the Socialist Party (SP) and_ the Popular Democratic Party.” He emphasized that Socialist Party leader Soares, by aligning himself with reactionary elements within Portugal, had made himself “the centre of attraction for the counter-revolutionary forces,’’ and that the “‘leadership of the Socialist Party seemed to be headed for the swamp.’ Quoting the communist leader Cunhal, Phillips said, ‘“‘The SP wants to reverse the political situation, split the AFM, evict the Communist Party from the government and form a new government of the right.’ Phillips also voiced suspicions that the American Central In- telligence Agency was operating in Portugal in yet another attempt to undermine revolutionary govern- ments where they appear. to threaten American business _in- terests. “The strife in Portugal bears the earmarks of the provocative activities of the CIA,” he warned. His suspicisions were fea out earlier this week with the release of a letter by former CIA agent Philip Agee addressed to the Portuguese people. The letter, previewed by the New York newspaper the Daily World, identified by name five CIA agents Agee saw on a recent trip to Portugal. Agee also stated that he could identify at least 20 high-ranking CIA “case officers’’ now at work in that country. Margaret Wiggins passes Many readers of the Tribune who knew Margaret and Walter Wiggins will be saddened by the news that Margaret passed away in Langley, B.C. on July 5, 1975. -Her husband Walter, who was one of the pioneers of the farm movement in Canada, predeceased her some time ago. During her life Margaret made a big contribution to the movements for progress and peace. As a wife and mother, anda worker outside her home, she consistently stood for the prin- ciples of peace and justice. ‘A warm and understanding person who was loved by all who knew her, Margaret worked side by side with her husband Walter in the ‘Communist and peoples’ movements. She will long be remembered as one who helped bring nearer mankind’s hope for peace and happiness. She is survived by her daughters Catherine Fischer of Regina, and Louvd Serheniuk of Langley, B.C., and by one brother, Charley Bell of Surrey. aD Gan * TWINS RESTAURANT Good food, reasonable prices 165 E. Hastings, Van. Open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING COMING EVENTS BUSINESS PERSONALS AUGUST 16 — FAREWELL PARTY FOR JIMMY AN- DRIUCK. Banquet and Dance, Saturday, August 16 at 6:30 p.m., Russian . People’s Home, 600 Campbell Ave. Spons. by F.R.C. Everyone welcome. WANTED RIDE TO San Francisco Bay area for first two weeks in September. Phone Richard 253-1885. ARTICLES for resale — Proceeds to P.T. 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