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'f' WAr r.E.Watlwrlntti.vtlji Printed in Londbn and Manchester Thursday February 1 1979 15p MP to query gynaecplogieal examinations NEWS IN 3 BRIEF oi immigraiflte cdllaps on at could be examined by medical officers at the ports. PRIMARY picketing: Mr David Ennals, Social Services Secretary gets lots of advice yesterday outside the Queen Elizabeth Ho spital for Children in Hackney, London. Picture by Peter Johns. Hospital workers get tough, page 2 Unions ask Ennals to give She was given nothing with which to cover herself. "I asked for a dressing gown but it was not provided.

I was most reluctant to have the examination, but I didn't know whether was normal practice here. The doctor, said, through the nurse interpreter, that he thought I had been pregnant before, and I said that before marriage no Indian lady would do that sort of thing." The interpreter then translated the consent form for her, and she signed it. "I was frightened that otherwise they would send me back." The then began to examine her. "He was wearing rubber gloves and took some medicine out of a tube and put it on some cotton and inserted it into me. He said he was deciding whether I was pregnant now or had been pregnant before.

I said that he could see that without doing anything to me, but he said there was no need to get shy. "I have been feeling very bad mentally ever since. I was very embarrassed and upset. I had never had a gynaecological examination before." The Home Office disputes some facts. A spokesman said last night that the woman had been given only a cursory examination that was not internal.

She had not been re; quired to remove all her clothes. Under immigration rules, potential immigrants Below The consent form 1 coae more time generally working well and that he was examining whether communications between health authorities and unions at local and regional level could be workers TESTS are to be carried out by the Government in the Bedfordshire brickfields to determine whether humans are in danger of developing the deforming disease fluorosis which has affected some cattle. Page 3. Transplant man dies HEART transplant surgery will continue to have the Department of Health's blessing, despite the death of Mr Charles McHugh, the first sueh patient hi Britain for five years. Back page.

Malta warning A WARNING to holiday-makers that Malta's hospital 'facilities are "totally inade-cuate" was issued by the British. Medical Association after an inquest in Manchester, Back page. COLONEL Benjedid Chadli, aged 49 (above) acting chief of the Algerian armed forces, has been named to succeed the late Houari 3oumed4ehriei.i Presl dent Page GAS BOARD profits last year could be 50 per cent higher than in 1977, MPs were told. But gas prices must keep pace inflation this-year because of much dearer North Sea Denis Rooke, board chairman warns; Page 16. THE WHITE referendum vote for limited majority rule in Khodesia reinforces Mr Smith's determination to retain ministerial power after the proposed April election.

Page 6. Leader Comment, page 14. CHINESE Vice-Premier, Mr Deng Xiaoping, upset the Carter Administration with an attack on detente. Page 6. FULHAM and Manchester United drew 1-1 in a.

fourth round FA Cup tie at Craven Cottage last night, Report, page 24. AN INNINGS" of ,97 by Bob Taylor Helped England reach 360 runs in their second innings, leaving Australia to make 366 to win in the fifth Test at Adelaide. By the close, they were 82 for two. Page 25. He WW I ZjMF 3k, HM IMMIGRATION OFFICE Terminal 3 London (Heathrow) Airport Hotuulow Middlevz TW6 1ND Telephone 01-S97 en weeks before we get our hands on a copy." Admissions were being halted at the Westminster, Westminster Children's Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, Chelsea, and the Gordon Hospital near Vaux-hall Bridge Road.

The strike also affects the St Mary Abbot's Hospital, Kensington, an.d the All Saints Hospital, Austral Street, South-west London. After his two-hour meeting with the union leaders Mr UNION leaders representing about four million workers yesterday put forward their plan for tackling Britain's problems of unemployment and inflation. Page 2. Leader comment, page 14 Guerrilla action threatened Lorry drivers roll back to work, back page Ennals said that any industrial action in the health service was bound to create an immediate danger to the health of patients. He went on But we must face the fact that action is being taken on a wide scale and I am determined to take all steps I can to protect the safety of patients.

I therefore impressed upon the trade union leaders the conviction of the Government that industrial action should be kept within tolerable limits." He said that his hot line arrangements for keeping in touch with the unions were By Mfelanie Phillips, Social Services Correspondent Immigrant women are be-ine subjected to intimate gynaecological examination on entry to Britain. The Home Office claims that this helps them to identify women attempting to enter the country illegally. T- cave tVint mprliral evidence YmAurori hv siiph javflminatinns enable the immigration authorities to decide whether the women are bona fide fiancees, entitled to enter without' going through lengthy clearance pro-cedure, or whether they are married. In that case they would need special clearance an p.ntrv certificate granted in their country of origin. TVio Hnmo nffirt admits that in a specific case, of which the rciia-rrlian has dptails an exam- inQinn.wnc pnnHnptpd to "de termine whether the woman was a The clear implication is that if a Hindu woman was found to be a virgin which in this case she was she would be believed to be unmarried and that if she was found to be not a virgin, she.

would be believed to be married. The Home Office confirmed last night that an examination was conducted by a port medical officer on a 35-year-old Indian schoolteacher who arrived at Heathrow last week The woman, who was-brought from. India by her fiance, signed a form which gave her consent, to "a gynaecological examination, which may be vaginal if necessary," iPhe woman who has $sked hot- to- be named, told the Guardian she only signed because she was not familiar with British law and was frightened that she would be sent back to Delhi. Miss Jo Richardson, Labour MP1 for Barking, has said she is appalled by this monstrous practice," is to raise the matter in the Commons. A gynaecologist said last night that the case sounded obscene." The woman teacher said that soon after arrival she was sent for a medical examination by immigration officials.

A woman who spoke Hindi told her to take off all her clothes. "Then a man doctor came in. I asked to be seen by a lady doctor, but they said no." Market From Brian Donaghy in Brussels The EEC Commission yester day stuck to its original determination to propose no increases in central farm price guarantees for Common Market farmers. The Commission's proposals, which are to be debated by Farm Ministers next Monday and Tuesday, include plans to raise guaranteed farm-prices in Britain, France, and Italy by 5 per cent, by changing the rate of exchange used for the Common Agricultural. Policy, in these countries.

A' devaluation of the Irish green foreign currency of 4.5 per cent is also proposed. This will add approximately a -penny in the pound to food prices in the UK. It falls far sliort of British farmers' hopes, but is likely to be the most the This is t6 cartify that I 'Miss agree to a gynaeologinal examination which nay bo a vaginal if This stat9Esnt has teen read to mo in ay OTO-mothor tongue and is fully understood ty ne. Signed From-Martin Woollacott in Tehran WITH Ayatollah Khomeini due back today, the tenuous military and political alliances which have held Iran together since the Shah left are shifting. The Government, of Dr Shapur Bakhtiar, fearing a deal between the Ayatollah and the' military, may soon have tp rely on the fiercely pro-Shah elements in the Army.

The most immediate evidence of the new tendency was a parade through Tehran yesterday, by troops of the Road haulage negotiators fly out, page Two lefts, two rights, two centres, two armies, page 15 Javidan Guard, the imperial bodyguard and the elite unit of the Iranian Army. The Javidans Immortals moved through the city with guns, tanks and trucks in what the Government radio said was a routine transfer of soldiers from one camp to another. This was' transparently not the case, since- the march of the Javidans was accompanied by. several prorShah demonstrations in North Tehran. It also led to a shooting incident in the centre of the city, when, the Javidans, some of them singing their unit song Shah's enemies are' our enemies collided with thousands of demonstrators.

Witnesses said that rocks were, thrown at some of the lorries and a jfew soldiers fired-, on the crowd, killing one and wounding others. Some of the Javidans-may have gone to new positions north of Tehran Airport, while others returned to their normal barracks at Lavizan, in the north-east of the city. The march and the pro -Shah -demonstrations led to fears of a coup, tout the reality is more complicated. The indications from Paris are that the Ayatollah now realises that he will have to come to an agreement with the Army, but that he intends to bypass the legally -appointed Bakhtiar It is probably Dr Bakh-tlar's skilful signalling to Paris of the Army's power and importance, that has changed the Ayatollah's mind. The result may be that the Ayatollah is ready to compromise but with the Army and- not with the Bakhtiar government.

The National Front, the coalition of liberals that is Turn to back page, col. 4 arms deal By Martin Wainwright and Jane McLoughlin THE Iranian Government has asked the Ministry of Defence to discuss the suspension or alteration of arms deals worth 2,000 millions, to Britain. Hundreds of lobs- dependent on contracts to supply" Chieftain tanks, Rapier anti-aircraft missiles and other military hardware are threatened by the move. In arms deals, the contracts are made between Govern ments and therefore individ ual companies providing parts or weanons as sub-contracts will not lose on what they have spent- (which is due from the British Government). But extra capacity built into existing; plant could be made redundant.

Government-to-goverirnient contracts are ontside the province of the Export Credit Guarantee Board, which has backed inon-military deals, in Iran' to the tune, of 1,000 millions. If the Iranian decision is applied' to work on power stations, or transport equipment, the British Government' will be ultimately responsible. The biggest arms deal with Iran is a 500 millions contract to supply 2,200 Cbief-tian Iran has already taken delivery of some of these. 4- may. not be fully paid for- But production of.

the super-Chief tians 'developed for this sale, is now in doubt. Peter. Chrysler shop stewards In the Midlands were warned yester-. day that redundancies will be declared' within 90 days unless the political, situation in Iran allows car manufac-! ture there to resume. So far, 1,500 workers in Coventry and -Birmingham have been laid off.

An immigration officer may not oe satisfied tnat a passenger is who he or she says they are and may think they are seeding admission oy de ception," the Spokesman said. "In cthis case the officer re- ferred this passenger to the port medical officer to see whether she was, in fact, a bona fide virgin, or fiancee After a cursory examination the medical said that these suspicions could pe re movea. The medical officer con cerned has informed, us that there, was no internal examination and that- he very quickly and decently established that she was virgo intacto. If a woman refused such an examination," he said, "this would be taken into account out sne would not be refused entry solely on that account. The port medical officers, he said, send the examination re sults back to.

the immigration officials and the records would probably be maintained in a confidential way. it is not standard practice for all immigrant women. It depends on the immigration officer and wnetner or not ne is satisnea that the passenger is "air he or she claims to be." Passengers were not normally asked for their consent to such examina tions and he had not been able Turn to back page, 5 used by the Immigration Office Your refcrer.08 Our reference DB 24..1.79 faritters If the European Monetary System is introduced, the Commission proposes that new MCAs should be phased out within two years, with provision for an extension in! exceptional circumstances for a third France has been insisting that it will not allow EMS to take effect, until- it has received a commitment from all other EEC countries to phase out any. -new MCAs rapidly. Britain does out of EEC membership any other country, according to new figures calculated by Wynne.

Godley and Richard Bacon' of the Department of Applied Economics in- These show that membership costs more than 1,100 millions a year, equivalent to 20 a year for man, woman, and child in the country. Report, page. exposed Mr Rooker and five other Labour MPs last night tabled a motion demanding a. halt, the disclosures are due to reach; employers from April onwards. "They were never.

explained to Parliament, he said. "If they had 'been, the legislation would never- have been- passed in this form. "At the very least, it's, important to warn people -so, that do not have the dreadful. smock ot being called' in oy their employers. These people will have organised their around "the Expectation earning for sexerarmore years." The.

"Social Serylces Department 'says" the scheme- exempts' workers of pensionable' age from -National' Insurance-contri-; buttons. Occupational pension schemes would be "inoper', able" by employers who have contracted out, unless knew their employee's correct ages. The information, however, will lieft'gWen to employers In Mr Albert Booth, the Employment Secretary, joined last night's talks in case the question of pay was raised. But, Mr Ennals said, it was agreed that this was not the best way to do it. The unions involved are NUPE, the General and Municipal Workers, the Confederation of Health Service Employees and the TGWU.

Earlier, Mr Len Murray, the TUC general secretary, said after a meeting with the four unions' leaders that the central point was the need to keep on with negotiations. He said "I am looking for cooperation from everyone," he said, employers and unions. The Government have an important part to play and tney can help negotiations as well." Mr David Basnett, the GMWU general secretary, said that it was ludicrous that the employers had refused to offer an increase sanctioned by the Prime Minister a fortnight ago. This was reference to the fact that the employers had not formally tabled the 8.8 per cent offer for which they have Government approval. Mr Basnett warned that areas not so -far affected by public workers' Turn to back page, col.

3 But don iust take our word in many famous name fab- S.t 1 1 II I I 1 1 1 i iMlTEOISiVfc.O kwx luustrmd: 4 wmrtj covers etsignedtofit, By John Ardill and Stephen Cook The public service unions last night asked Mr David Ennals, the Health and Social Services Secretary, for time to let their new code of conduct on the health service dispute take effect. Mr Ennals had called in leaders of the four main unions concerned to impress unon them the need to safe guard patients, said he "warmly welcomed" their decision to issue detailed guidance on essential and emergency services. He said that he would be watching the situation day by day and that leaders would be doing the same. But the code led to problems for the six hospitals in the Westminster group in London which has 1,000 National Union of Public Employees members on strike. The Westminster Hospital itself had warned that it only had heating oil for another 48 hours and received a new delivery only after Transport and General Workers' Union representatives had a tense meeting with the NUPE branch official, Mr James Morris.

The drivers who were pledged not to cross the picket line, were worried about patients. Earlier Morris had said "We have not seen this code of conduct. It may well be two Boycott sticks to his roots By John Roberts Geoffrey Boycott, Yorkshire's deposed captain, has decided at 38 to accept the county's offer of a two-year contract to play under the leadership- of his former vice-captain, John Hampshire. A telegram from Adelaide where Boycott is play-ins in the fifth Test against Australia. ended four months of contro versy described by another former Yorkshire captain.

Ronnie Burnet, as "akin to civil war in a. small country. Mr Joe Lister, the Yorkshire secretary, said yesterday: "It was a decision I had always expected." Boycott whose demotion on September 29 coincided with the death of his mother and prompted hours of heated -debate, told the Yorkshire Post yesterday I have accepted Yorkshire's offer i fl because I. am a Yorkshireman. I have given my life to Yorkshire cricket and I want to see the team which helped to build, go on and win something for 'the greatest county in the game." Those sentiments will encourage Ray Illingworth, a previously embattled Yorkshire captain who starts his job as the county's manager in April.

On 1 he told the Guardian. that Boycott would have to jpledge wholehearted commitment to the team, and yesterday he said: If Geoff is going to play for the team I weicome decision. The Reform Group of the Yorkshire club members which has foueht forBoycott's rein- aisput wwJtetikQ 'De Milo', in worldfamous Crimplene is a stunningaddition to the Easifit range of luxury stretch-covers. Exciting and attractive, 'de Milo is knitted from a balanced blend of Crimplene and Bri-Nylon. Superb quality, it looks and feels like prime upholstery yet performs tremendously as a stretch cover.

The deep pile moquette look will keep your" furniture looking like new for years. Witnessed I rises anger Agriculture Minister, Mr Sil-kin, can accept on the eve of an election. The newly-elected' president of the National Farmers' Union, Mr Richard Butler, said yesterday that the proposals, if adopted, would be disastrous for British agriculture. These proposals discriminate against us The Euro Race, page 4 and, if implemented, will quickly lead to grave financial difficulties," he said. The commission also plans to raise the tax on milk production, for all but the smallest producers, to at least 2 per cent of the guaranteed milk price, however, on current production trends, the tax could cut the price of milk in Britain by 5 per cent.

The Labour MP, Mr Jeff Rooker. said last night that he had encountered six similar cases in his previous job as an industrial manager. It's reasonable to estimate that the people affected run into thou- sands. I can see tragedies aris- ing when people realise what is going to happen to them Miss Patricia Hewitt, general secretary of the National Council for Civil Liberties, said "This could be the tip of at IIJ least a small iceberg. I think people who.

were AUO.WI.W made redundant in their late Both concerned' 'because 0 mm S'AsXmm samoles of the Easifit rane- Wm WWT( rics (whhout any obligation WW y- OAP fibs to foe 'teste. Am By John Ezard Men and women who have lied about their ages to get or keep.jobs are to be exposed by a' computer in the spring when the Government will- start tell-. employers they old age pensioners. These disclosures never made before about what is reckoned to be a-secret army are part of the new pension scheme. They will' affect all who have falsified their dates Wis? vttllstlt -net which compulsory in many firms at 65 for men and 60 for Kll tni women.

Six anguished case already have 'trickled into cnar- ManyoUKr freeaCIUAI A VfcJ If FABRIC SAMPLES www. mm wu pestmemy FREEictiuirrtttt ampin including plains, florals tix.il ci ibe Eauru range oT FLORALS, PLAINS iacquards. Prices quoted I aie for Ihe exciting self- fM priliH'rftaibofiraIofrtndircafrora What do you mean you just assumed I was a virgin!" The weather COLD and cloudy with some heavy showers. Snow on hills. back page INSI13E I Arts, reviews 12 Books KMI Business finance 16-18 Classified Advertising 9, 19-23 Crosswords 27 Guardian Women 13 Home News 2-4.

28 Overseas 6-8 Parliament 5 Sports News 24. 25 TV RADIO 26 ENTERTAINMENTS 26 PERSONAL 27 ESHOil I NAME ities as this unexpected side- the disclosures have -been de-effect of the pension scheme scribed officially as a' necessary becomes known. Four have not breach of the Government's yet reached retirement age; code on computer privacy, and two men a professional Social Services UnderrSecre-employee in Bath and a Birm. tary, Mr Eric inehain engineering worker, Mr Rooker The disclosure of aSel-crS-MI7 75- JMHM SumUriSnltCfctirMWI I ADDRESS I SSuter Setiee1245 laSnlHMi.B Chair VEV7I9 ISextrSttxtl'MU uj i I FtttwEAsiFrrcovERScdVo 2St.wMlt:: Klrai KM Krai I IlKlrffff 1 Stretch Cover UlUai Masters Frtoi cuboa WkW WkW tkXW kWM kWM HLsSI SB flBUBB HBsVsUBsUfll L' both- with spA decision was' ''fremeiidous news." John Arlott, page 25 I children already arc moreatidniV6f the new pensions than tructure.".