Strangely-visaged spaceman looks out over some of the displays making
up Kosmos ‘77, the huge Soviet space exhibit which opened this week
in the new wing of the Vancouver Centennial Museum. It's open 10

a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

—Sean Griffin photo

hilean CP unity program
circulated in underground

The Communist Party of Chile,
in an underground statement
issued inside Chile has made three
important proposals as a basis for
uniting the opposition to the dic-
tatorship imposed by the fascist
junta.

The CPC statement, aimed
particularly at the Christian
Democratic Party, was printed in
the underground newspaper,
Unidad Antifascista (Anti-Fascist
Unity) which is distributed under
illegal conditions throughout Chile.

The three proposals were:

e To act unitedly to overthrow
the dictatorship;

e To seek a consensus to allow
the construction of a new
democracy;

e To set up a government with
all anti-fascist forces represented.

“Today, the Popular Unity
(coalition) alone cannot re-
establish democracy. Nor is the
Christian Democratic Party in a
position to do so,” the statement
declared. ‘‘Although there is much
that divides them, there is much
more that unites these two sectors
of the people, who represent the
vast majority of the nation.’’

The Popular Unity coalition in

Historic USSR space show
is on display until April 3

The ambassador from the Soviet
Union to Canada, Alexander
Yakovlev and B.C. lieutenant-
governor Walter Owen were ex-
pected to officiate this week as
Kosmos ’77, the historic Soviet
space exhibit, was opened to the
public March 2.

The inauguration of the huge
exhibit also marked the opening of
the new wing of the Centennial
Museum in Vancouver where the
show will be housed until it closes
April 3.

Several months in arranging and
planning, Kosmos °77 has been
hailed as a major contribution to
international understanding and
detente and marks the first time
that such an exhibition has been
mounted by either of the two
countries involved in space ex-
ploration.

Prime minister Pierre Trudeau,
in his greeting to the exhibition’s
opening, offered his congratu-
lations to the organizers of the ex-
hibition and expressed hope for
further such exchanges of scien-
tific knowledge.

“People all over the world watch
with interest and excitement
man’s outstanding ac-
complishments in space ex-
ploration,” he said. ‘‘On behalf of
all Canadians, I wish to
congratulate all those involved in
the magnificent Soviet Space
Exhibition and to extend our
thanks for bringing this superb
display to the Vancouver Cen-
tennial Museum.

“In raising our eyes to outer
space, we become ever more
aware of the absolute necessity of
international cooperation. It is my
firm hope that man’s endeavors in
space will set a precedent for the
peaceful use of _ scientific
knowledge among all nations on
earth.”

Throughout the various displays
that make up the exhibition, the
Soviet organizers have emphasized
that quest for international
cooperation and have stresSed the
objective of their space program:
for peace and progress.

Although Kosmos ’77 has been in

the negotiating and planning stage

number of

for a
organization for its opening has
been particularly intense over the
past month ever since the Soviet
freighter ‘“Komsomolets Turk-
menii” arrived from Vladivostok
bringing the components.

months,

Various shipping companies and
others provided their services to
move the exhibit from the docks to
the Centennial Museum. More. than
twenty trucks were necessary to
move the show which is the largest
ever to be on display at the
Museum.

In the display area itself, some 15
Soviet technicians have worked
with museum staff to prepare the
more than 60 tons of space hard-
ware that make up the various
exhibits.

Painstakingly arranged over the
new display area, Kosmos 777
comprises a comprehensive
history of the Soviet space
program since the epoch-making
launching of the Sputnik I earth
satellite October 4, 1957.

The Sputnik I satellite is included
in the space exhibit as is the Vostok
space capsule which carried Soviet
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into
space in another historic moment
April 12, 1961.

More fascinating for their in-
tricacy and immediacy following

recent exploration of the surface of
the moon are such models as the
Lunakhod and Luna 16 which
landed on the moon’s Sea of Fer-
tility September 20, 1970 and was
used to collect lunar rock and soil
samples.

Included as well are such
equipment as Mars 3 which landed
on the distant planet in 1961 and
transmitted briefly and Venera 3,
the Venus lander which reached
the fiery planet after three-and-
one-half months in flight.

Along with the impressive
spacecraft displayed in Kosmos
77, the organizers of the exhibit
have provided display boards
which outline space exploration
and detail the various pieces of
equipment. Souvenir programs are
also made available which give a
short history of the Soviet space
program.

Kosmos ’77 is open March 2 to
April 3, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily in
the Vancouver Centennial
Museum, 1110 Chestnut Street
(south end Burrard Street bridge).

Chile is composed of the Com-
munist Party, the Socialist Party,
the Radical Party, MAPU (United
Popular Action Movement),
MAPU workers and peasants and
the left Social Christian ., group
(former Christian Democrats).

The statement issued by the
Communist Party emphasized
that, in order to restore democracy
in Chile, the unity of both the
Popular Unity coalition and the
Christian Democratic Party “is
indispensable.”

Although the military junta has
intensified repression in Chile
today, the CPC emphasized that
this is a sign of its desperation.
“The Communist Party,’ it
declared, “voices the feelings of
the majority when it says that this
situation must be ended now, not to
return to the past but to create a
new democracy, a new political
system more democratic than the
previous one, which provides more
freedoms and, at the same time,
prevents the re-establishment of
fascism.

“This new regime must take in
hand the economic transforma-
tions which were in process (in
1973), correcting the errors of the
past.

“The Chilean Communist Party
points out that the defeat of
fascism is not a matter of days;
when this can be achieved depends
on the unity, the organization and
the struggle of the democratic and
popular forces. Therefore, the CPC
states that Communists think that,
although in the final analysis
socialism offers Chile the
possibility of real social justice,
this is not the goal at present.

“The great objective today is to
overthrow the fascist junta and to
create a more democratic
government. The CPC reaffirms
that, in due time, the country will
take the path of socialism in ac-
cordance with the majority will of
the people, further developing
democracy and maintaining
political pluralism.”

The Chilean Communist Party
statement also elaborated on its
three-point proposals:

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e To act unitedly to overthrow
the dictatorship. If the Christian
Democrats and the Popular Unity
agree to put an end to the dic--
tatorship, this would be a very —
important fact and it should be
made concrete. |

“Once this has been done, the
country would have to decide its
future and elect its rulers oD
democratic lines, even though nd
previous agreement had_ been
reached between the Christial

e To seek a consensus allowing |
for the construction of a neW
democracy. The CPC feels that the
Christian Democrats and the
Popular Unity will be able to agree
on the political system which will
come afterward. If this is not done,
the country would (still) seek the
path ahead, but the CPC states that
it would be better to work now t0
seek this path;

e Toseek to set up a government
with all -anti-fascist forces repre
sented. The CPC points out that 4
new government representative of
the great majority of the nation —
based on the unity of the Christial
Democrats and the Popular Unity
— would be the one best suited 10
carry out the great tasks of the
country acting in accordance with
the sentiments of the majority of
the population and guaranteeing
the necessary unity of the
Chileans.”’

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in Montevideo

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works of literature still fuel th
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dictatorship in Uruguay, tht
original textbook of Nazism is nofl
on the fascist regime’s recon!
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Today in Montevideo and in t
luxurious resort of Punta del Este
Adolph Hitler’s Mein Kampf &
being sold at all newsstands alone
with many other fascist materials:

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