§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT particulars of aid and loans, respectively, made to the Government of Chile in each of the years 1970 to 1973 prior to the seizure of power by the military junta.
§ Mr. WoodThe particulars of aid to the Government of Chile for each of the years 1970, 1971 and 1972 are:
§ Mr. WoodThe aid programme to Chile is going ahead as planned and agreed during the period of President Allende's Government. No new aid loans or technical assistance commitments have been made.
§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Chilean citizens sought 21W and were given refuge and/or asylum in Her Majesty's Embassy in Santiago following the military revolt against the Allende Government.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeHer Majesty's embassy received a number of requests, some direct and some indirect, from Chilean citizens. It is not the policy of Her Majesty's Government that British embassies should be used for providing asylum to non-British nationals. An ambassador has discretion to offer sanctuary to non-British individuals who are under immediate threat of death or injury in the vicinity of the embassy. At best, however, this protection can only be temporary. No such cases have occurred in Chile and no Chilean citizens, therefore, have been given asylum.