CABLED BRIEFS

Press, 17 March 1977, Page 8

CABLED BRIEFS

Mrs Trudeau hack Mrs Margaret Trudeau has returned to the public eye for the first time in several ■ days doing one of the things she likes best — attending the ballet with her husband, the Canadian Prime Minister (Mr Pierre Trudeau). Since her return on Saturday from a sensation-causing trip to Toronto and New York, Mrs Trudeau had not been seen publicly and official sources including the Prime Minister’s Office have had no comment on her whereabouts. — Ottawa. ‘Vo political prisoners’ The President of Argentina (Mr Jorge Videla) has said in an interview published in Paris that there are no political prisoners in Argentina, only people held for subversion. The leader of the ruling military junta told the weekly newsmagazine, “L’Express:” “I can tell you there are no Argentines detained for their political opinions. There are only those who, by their acts or their attitudes have inspired or aided subversion and been involved in political or trade union agitation and also lawyers who under cover of their profession have helped subversives continue their guerrilla campaign. —Paris. Security tightened Australian authorities have tightened up security arrangements for the remainder of the Queen’s silver jubilee tour in anticipation of further demonstrations by republican supporters. A police spokesman said hundreds of uniformed and plainclothes police would be on duty as part of a security plan equal to that which operated when the late President Lyndon Johnson visited Australia’s second largest city in 1966. — Melbourne. Anti-Amin force ‘right’ The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr Donald Coggan) has backed British clergy calls for an international police force to intervene against President Idi Amin jin Uganda. “This sounds like a right and proper thing to do,” he told a news conference. “I feel it is the duty of the Church to put pressure on governments to take united action against the regime of President Amin.” — Sydney.

Park backs Carter President Park Chung-hee has said that President Carter’s plan to withdraw American troops from South Korea fitted in with South Korea’s own programme to acquire self-reliant defence bv 1981. He told a joint meeting of the Cabinet and the Government party that he already anticipated an eventual withdrawal of all American ground forces in 1971 when the United States pulled out one Of two aimy divisions after the 1969 Nixon doctrine, a Presidential spokesman said. — Seoul.