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Right wing premier Jayawardene, after having himself voted virtually dictatorial powers through the parliament which his National Party controls with a massive majority, has now set up a special commission to investigate charges of corruption against former popular front premier Mrs. Bandaranaike. The main charge against her is that she amassed a personal fortune through irregularities in the administration of the 1974 Land Reform Act.

HOLLAND

Philip Agee, ex-American agent and author of a major expose of the CIA, is now being hounded out of Holland in the same way as he was hounded out of Britain and France earlier this year. He is appealing to the Advisory Commission on Aliens Affairs, maintaining that he has not violated the conditions imposed on his residence. One of the conditions was that he shouldn't 'damage Holland's relations with other countries'. It is clear that the US government's attitude is such that Agee's mere presence in a country will damage its relations with the Carter government. • No "human rights it seems for this American citizen.

PERU

40,000 miners and metalworkers have threatened to go on indefinite strike from this week unless the 400 workers sacked from their jobs aiter the general strike in July are reinstated and exiled union leaders permitted to return to their homes and jobs.

The rift between the Chinese and Albanian bureaucracies has grown to judge from the cool way in which the anniversary of Albanian national liberation was greeted in the Peking press and increasing attacks in the Albanian press against the 'three worlds' theory. Meanwhile the recent warm welcome given by Peking to the leader of the Cambodian CP has been foliowed up by an attempt to bring together the Cambodians with another ally, the left-talking military dictatorship in Burma.

CORRECTION

We apologise to readers for the misplacing of the titles of our In Brief articles on Vietnam and Peru in our last issue. reaction to his ultimatum as being:

*Positive certain respects. It is undeniable that they have shown a sense of responsibility.

An effort has been made but there is still a long road to travel for their positions remain very different on numerous questions.

You ask if I am ready to make an alliance with the Communist Party and I say 'No'.

We will not have a left majority neither in government nor in opposition.

Why? For one thing, because such an alliance, given the political and military balance of forces in the country, would risk provoking coup d'etat Soares went on to rule out a grand coalition of all four major parliamentary parties 'because the right refuses completely to allow the Communist Party to enter the Thus, says Soares, he must do what the bourgeoisie demands or it will do it itself -a position which the Stalinists of the CP have shown that they accept completely.

In supporting Soares over the last few weeks it has accepted the negotiations with the IMF and most of the anti-working class measures which the IMF is insisting on to reduce the balance of payments deficit, the government budget deficit and the rate of inflation.

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GATT economists draws attention to the spread of policies of the capitalists which turn worker against