Reprisals feared
Z. Press A»»<«tatcO«> AUCKLAND About 40 Chilean refugees, the last of 14 families who will settle in New Zealand, crept into Auckland Airport early on Friday in a high security move designed m protect them from possible reprisals At their own request as i little public exposure as possible was given According to Rev. D B, i Gordon, of the Methodist ' Central Mission, reprisals • against the members still in Chile could b» severe and (could mean that they would be prevented from leaving. (For that reason it was important to be close-chested (about the immigration of the i Chileans. The 40 immigrants will i! stay in a Methodist hostel i for about four weeks while : they attend an Auckland Technical Institute course to themselves to the - New Zealand way of life ' The course also involves ‘ helping with language difficulties, although it is under- : stood that many <>t tb<» (Chileans already have a 11 good command of Lnglish.
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Press, Issue 33846, 19 May 1975, Page 19
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