Word: quilapayun
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Paris embassy officials knew for weeks that Quilapayun's members belonged to the Communist Youth Organization in Chile and were avid supporters of the Allende regime. But in a deliberate move to harass the group, the embassy waited until the last minute to declare them members of the Communist Party, necessitating State Department intervention before the group could enter the United States...
Only with prodding from the office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 was the State Department's silence on the issue broken and the clearance allowed. Even after the belated okay, the Immigration Services stalled for a few more hours before issuing its telegram approving Quilapayun's entrance...
Those State Department and Immigration officials who tried to block Quilapayun's entrance, because of the group's political affiliation or its association with a government that the United States helped to overthrow, should be excoriated for their needless obstructionist tactics...
...eleventh-hour decision, at 4 p.m. Washington time, effectively eliminated any chance for Quilapayun to make its weekend date in New York...
...Quilapayun had to cancel its original tour because a visa that had been promised did not come through will be ancient history by the time the group performs here next Tuesday...