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La Silla Observatory Inauguration
This image, taken during one of the preceeding speeches of the inauguration of the La Silla Observatory on March 25, 1969, shows in the front row from left to right: Otto Heckmann, Director General of ESO; Gabriel Valdes S., Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile; Olof Palme, Minister of Education of Sweden; Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of the Republic of Chile; and Hendrik Bannier, President of the ESO Council.
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