Volume 7, Number 23, June 17, 1980
Departments
From the Editor
by Robyn Quijano
Editorial
The China card menace.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
Jesuits hit the oil region.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Oil import drop: Has conservation won?
Economics
The West German-Soviet Drive for Energy Growth
by Richard Freeman
Without so much as a nod in Washington’s direction, the West Germans have unexpectedly signed an agreement for 25 years of economic cooperation with the Soviet Union featuring joint construction of nuclear reactors on Soviet soil–so large a deal that the U.S.S.R.’s next five-year plan is to be significantly based on the accord.
Domestic Credit
by Lydia Schulman
The bottomless recession.
International Credit
by Peter Rush
Third World syndications shrink.
Trade Review
Foreign Exchange
by Richard Katz
Would Mideast war aid the dollar?
Gold
by Alice Roth
Gold is back!
Science & Technology
by Marsha Freeman
The ideal MHD system: fusion.
Business Briefs
Special Report
Open Democratic Convention: Will the Nation Win?
by Konstantin George
The White House says Carter has the nomination sewn up. If so, the Democrats lose big in November-and all Democrats know that Kennedy would lose even bigger. The groundswell is on for an open convention in August, free to choose a “dark horse.”
Documentation: Editorial statements by the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London’s Economist, calls by labor and business groups, and the nationally televised address of Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
1. The Open Convention Drive
2. Will It Be Reagan ... or FEMA?
3. A Dark Horse Names the Issues
LaRouche: “Does America Have the Moral Fitness To Survive?”
‘The Only Candidate That Labor Could Support’
4. Recession: No Carter Recovery
Super Tuesday’s Vote: ‘None of the Above’
Reagan Can’t Get the Blue-Collar Vote
International
Europe Takes the Reins on Monetary Policy and the Middle East
by Dana Kastner
France and West Germany have reached the limits of their toleration of U.S. policy. All reports agree, they will go into the Venice summit with a comprehensive package for monetary reform based on gold-backing, a Mideast peace settlement, and restoration of détente.
Documentation: Statements by François-Poncet, Helmut Schmidt, Saudi officials, and the PLO.
France’s Raymond Offroy: ‘I know Washington’s Peanut Brigade’
War or Peace: The Choice Facing the Japanese
by Peter Ennis
If Masayoshi Ohira is not beaten by Takeo Miki, what could come will pale the horror of Hiroshima.
The Meiji Heritage and Tradition of Takeo Miki
by Richard Katz
The Roots and Rootlessness of Masayoshi Ohira
by Richard Katz
Muslim Brothers Plot ‘Holy War’ in America
An exclusive report by Nancy Coker and Robert Dreyfuss: What is the Muslim Students Association, and what are they doing in Indiana and Ohio?
International Intelligence
National
‘Human Rights,’ One-World Law, and Terrorism
by Stuart Pettingell
Counterintelligence specialist Stuart Pettingell’s in-depth profile of those “human rights” and “international law” organizations centered around the UNO who are deploying terrorists in order to compel nation-states to relinquish sovereignty to supranational agencies.
Congressional Calendar
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
National News
