olzhe: iTS s or The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s eulogy of the anti- Soviet writer, Alexander. Solz- henitsyn, on its Sunday Maga- zine radio show, complete with a background of church music. amplifies the need for protest against putting Canada’s public- ly-owned broadcasting facilities at the disposal of unprincipled . anti-Soviet propagandists. The letters of protest from Commun- ist leader William Kashtan on this page express the resentment shared by countless Canadians, and. set a tone of condemnation befitting such misuse of public property. co * * Mr. Dan Bjarnason, CBC-Radio: Last night I heard you speak over CBC-Radio FM on the Solz- henitsyn affair and his exile to West Germany. The concluding burden of your remarks was that Canada had no similar examples of exile of Canadians. Without at the moment going into the Solzhenitsyn affair as such, I would like to correct a wrong impression transmitted to the listening audience by your remarks. 1. For your information that well-known Canadian, William Lyon McKenzie, was exiled. 2. During the Great Depres- sion of the thirties, hundreds, if not thousands of Canadian citi- zens including those who had not yet received citizenship, were deported from Canada, some to Great Britain, others to fascist countries, Among them were Setting the record straight many many members of the Communist Party of Canada. Their guilt was opposition to the policies of the Bennett Gov- ernment which’ refused _ to acknowledge any responsibility for unemployment and its conse- quences. 3. During the Second World War thousands of Canadians of Japanese origin were forcibly removed from B.C. and brought East. It seems to me that had you mentioned these three incidents it would have avoided a distor- tion of Canadian reality. Had you wished to go further you would have found all kinds of similar and perhaps worse examples in other capitalist countries. In the interests of truth and not humbuggery I enclose a statement issued by our Party on the Solzhenitsyn affair. Per- haps you might find the occa- sion to draw it to the attention of Canadians who are unaware of our opinions because of a total blackout by the “free” mass media. * * * To Pierre Berton, Mordecai Richler, Morley Callaghan, Mark Gayn: I could not help hearing your remarks over CBC-TV on Feb- ruary 13 and noted what ap- peared to be your concern about democratic rights. Assuming this to be the case I am enclosing a copy of a statement issued by our Party which went to the mass media and which all of them ignored, all of this pre- Emigration to Israel called ‘tragic mistake LENINGRAD — Dr. Leon Naida’s emigration to Israel last March was a “tragic mistake,” he said in an interview here on Feb. 4. His illusion, instilled through Zionist radio propaganda, van- ished when he reached the Schoenau transit point in Vien- na. His subsequent sojourn in Israel convinced him that a per- son who has grown up in Soviet society can not reconcile him- self to the status.of a miserable, deprived pariah, such as an emigrant becomes in the “pro- mised land.” . ’ “TJ have asked the Soviet auth- orities for forbearance for my error and to restore my citizen- ship in the USSR,” Dr. Naida told a TASS correspondent. Repatriated The interview took place at a reception point for repatriated Soviet citizens in Leningrad. This station became Naida’s temporary home, after his return to the USSR with a certificate given him at the Soviet Con- sulate in Stockholm, Sweden. The certificate is his only of- ficial identity card. His other do- cuments include Soviet diplomas certifying that Leon Naida is a physician, and a doctor of medi- cal sciences. There is also a debt-book. Dr. Naida said that such a booklet becomes the main document of every immigrant in Israel. “I came to hate Zionism ~not only because it is nothing but turned-over national socialism,” says Doctor Naida. “I hate it as a system which ruthlessly di- vorces people from their habi- PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1974 PAGE 10 tual environment, condemning them to eke out, a miserable existence without hope, without a tomorrow.” Jobless Naida, a neuropathologist, tried to find employment at Tel Aviv University. He recalled that the rector, with official poli- teness, told him: “Perhaps in about four years, when you learn Hebrew and write a paper in it. I wish you luck.” Talks in Kupathalim (Hospi- tal Insurance Office) and the Central Clinic of the Israeli cap-._ ital finally convinced the doctor that he had no chances of get- ting work in his speciality. Naida, himself, asks: ‘Have you noticed that the truth about the Zionist state is told only by those who manage to flee Is- rael?” : He answers: “State censors seize any letter containing even a hint about reality, and punish the sender.” Abraham L., a building tech- nician and an acquaintance of Naida, wrote about his experi- ence in Tel Aviv to relatives in Odessa. A few days later the owner of the building site where he worked as an unskilled work- er told him not to report for work the next day. Naida recalls that when, a year ago, he applied for a Soviet exist visa, he was Officially warned that emigrants often find themselves in difficult situa- tions. ; “These sober words were, un- fortunately, the only obstacle which the Soviet authorities put in my path which led to the Zionist hell,’ concludes Naida. sumably in the interests of “‘free- dom of discussion and opinion” I would urge you .to read that statement and would hope that on some future occasion you would refer to these freedoms. I would also suggest that you read Mr. Harrison Salisbury’s ar- ticle which appeared in the Globe and Mail of today. In his own biased way, Mr. Salisbury makes clear what is the funda- mental program and aim of Mr. Solzhenitsyn — the elimination of socialism. This is the reason why he has been given the enor- mous publicity he has received in the capitalist world and why all kinds of reactionaries have come to his defense. Do you agree with these aims? Is this why you too have come to the defense of Mr. Solzhenitsyn? Is it because of your dislike of so- cialism and communism? I recall that one of Mr. Ber- ton’s claims to fame and fortune was his red baiting attack on the Mine Mill Union some years ago. Is he now reverting to old form? As for Mr. Richler and his call for sanctions against the USSR, I am sure he is happy in the fact that Mr. Von Thadden, the Ger- man neo-fascist holds a similar position to his, and so does every reactionary in the capitalist world. But then politics makes strange bedfellows. In any case the USSR survived a hostile ca- pitalist world 1917 and ever since, and undoubtedly will sur- vive Mr. Richler also. The prob- lem of trade is not a one way street, nor is that of peace. They are objective necessities for all countries and for Mr. Richler to take an opposite course is sheer irresponsibility. If I appear sharp here I hope An international _ spotlight may soon be thrown by the United Nations on the Chilean junta’s savagery against its people, it was learned Feb. 8. While the issue was not on the formal agenda of the UN Human Rights Commission, UN sources indicated that it may come up in discussions on other matters and probably in a more formal way later in the month. Renewed attention was focused on the fascist junta’s systematic brutality by news that Chile’s anti-Marxist Chris- tian Democratic Party has ac- cused the junta of wholesale violation of human rights. An exclusive front-page dis- - patch to the New York Times _ Feb. 8 revealed that the Chris- tian Democrats had sent a formal letter Jan. 18 to Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the junta chief, in which it indicted the junta for “deeds which amount to a denial of justice and a grave violation of human rights.” : More than 2,500 persons were killed, most of them summarily executed after being -tortured by the military junta, according to reports from Chile. Some sources put the figures consider- ably higher. Among these were Socialists, Communists, trade union leaders and others who supported the legally elected government of President Sal- vador Allende. ; Leaders of the Christian Democrats later met with the and Smelter’s - ‘February 14, 1974 Radio, 354 Jarvis Street, TORONTO 200, Ontario Dear Sirs: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Strongly protest against the complete misrepresentation of the news surrounding the so-called Solzhenitsyn affair. Every anti-Sovieteer who could be found has been brought forward to give his “views” on this matter over CBC-Radio while those who have a completely different point of view have been blacked out almost completely. And this is called objective reporting! Your actions,on this matter suggest that CBC-Radio has by and large become a handmaiden of the cold warriors and all those who are opposed to detente, a propaganda instrument in the hand of those who are hostile to socialism. There are honorable exceptions to this but they are rare indeed. It suggests that CBC is becoming an instrument of right wing forces. One has only to listen to “Viewpoint” to recognize the truth of this. | am convinced that democratic Canadians will not themselves to be sucked into this coordinated and planned campaign of hysteria of which CBC-Radio is a part. | am equally convinced that it will not take too long before thinking Canadians will begin to see the difference between the pretense of objectivity you claim to uphold and your actual performance which is biased, prejudiced and downright harmful to the real national interest of the country. Sincerely yours, William Kashtan General Secretary Communist Party of Canada I won’t be misunderstood. The question involved is not Solz- henitsyn but peace and detente. The fact is-if there were no Solz- henitsyn he would have been in- vented by those who need him to serve their evil purposes which includes an attempt to un- dermine detente and revert to cold war. These are the same forces which are for stepping up the nuclear.arms drive. Mr. Kis- singer was not wrong when he stated that the over-riding neces- sity was prevention of nuclear war and not interference in the internal affairs of other coun- tries. If detente breaks down this time the world will be on the slippery slopes of an as- -cending nuclear arms drive and worse, junta’s Interior Minister, Gen. Oscar Bonilla, to expand on the charges, according to the dis- patch. 2 Letter Lists Violations The letter, signed by Patricio Aylwin, party president, and Osvaldo Olguin, vice-president, cited a series of charges against the junta. They asserted that “many Chileans have been or are being deprived of their work, de- tained, censured, threatened or pressured in different ways without any justification except for the ideas or opinions they profess, or which are attributed to them.” The letter also charged “pre- ventive detention of undeter- mined length .. . and the use of moral or physical pressure to obtain confessions.” Thousands of political prison- ers, many of them workers and No exit for technicians _ SANTIAGO — The military Junta Feb. 8 has decided to deny any new demand for safe-con- duct from those who have taken refuge in embassies. At the same time the junta is intensifying its scrutiny over professionals and technicians who wish to emigrate. The junta announced that these people “must pay back the cost of their education to Chile” before leaving the country in the hope of prevent- Ing a massive “brain drain”, opposed to capitalism. It has ‘ment to bring about whatever vital needs of their families,’ The Soviet Union has not made detente conditional on end- ing capitalism even though it is taken as a starting point the ne- cessity of co-existence of differ- ing social systems, leaving it to internal laws of social develop — changes may eventuate. This is a — sound and principled position which cannot but be supported by concerned Canadians. ‘ Certainly men and women of — letters, men and women of cul- — ture have a responsibility here, to use their voices and their pens for sane and rational thinking and for action which buttresses peace and detente. A pen which is used for any other course is a poison pen. supporters of the President Sal- vador Allende’s elected govern- ment, which was overthrown by the Sept. 11 fascist coup, aré still being held without charges in jails and _ concentration camps. Church sources indicate — that the number is between ~ 10,000 and 12,000, although others put the figure far higher. Senator Luis Corvalan, gen- eral secretary of the Communist Party of Chile, is in one of thes€ — camps on barren Dawson Island in the Magellan Straits. : Inflation Burdens The letter notes the neW ~ economic burdens placed on the working class by high prices. “The remuneration of work- ers barely permit them to feed themselves and in many cases do not permit them to meet the the letter declares. “We do not — believe we are exaggerating we say that there are many wh? are experiencing hunger. : “Meanwhile, tnere are bus! nesses whose profits exceed al expectations.” : The junta banned all Marxist parties shortly after the coup) and in January decreed that other parties are to be ! “recess.” ‘ While Christian Democrati¢ leadership was in the main @P” posed to Allende and some — supported the junta originally: it is apparently now split w! o open. —Daily world