Volume 7, Number 31, August 12, 1980
Departments
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
López Portillo travels south.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Mossad and Iran at work in Lebanon.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
The catch in synfuels.
Campaign 1980
by Kathleen Murphy
Congressional Calendar
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Editorial
Restoring morality to politics.
Economics
Business Briefs
Drought Menaces Farm Sector and Sunbelt Growth
by Susan B. Cohen
An assessment of the damage and an explanation of why new farm loans won’t remedy the disaster.
Emergency in Africa: Famine Hits Ten Million
by Alice Roth
A small proportion of U.S. agricultural surplus would meet immediate needs.
It’s Time To Change the Weather Modifiers
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
The financial policies that imposed “biomass” energy extraction on Brazil, and transformed weather systems through deforestation, are the crux of the drought pattern, writes Contributing Editor Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
French Industry’s Grand Maneuvers
by Laurent Murawiec
U.S. Steel Can Leapfrog Ahead
by Marsha Freeman
Foreign Exchange
by Richard Katz
The dollar’s sudden strength.
Corporate Strategy
by Leif Johnson
Some questions about Charter Oil.
International Credit
by Peter Rush
LDCs face second-half borrowing crunch.
Trade Review
Special Report
The Real Story Behind Billygate: The Khomeini Connection
Carter’s Secret Deal with Ayatollah Khomeini
by Robert Dreyfuss
What the Public Has Heard So Far
by Kathy Burdman
Billy’s Contact: Michele Papa
by Vivian Zoakos
Savama Agents in Washington
by Robert Dreyfuss
Civiletti and the Terrorists
by Scott Thompson
Vesco’s Link to the Carters
by Scott Thompson
Carter’s Man in the Democratic Party On the Take?
by Barbara Dreyfuss
The MSA: A Front for Terrorism
by Nancy Coker
How Carter and Brzezinski Played the Islamic Card
by Judith Wyer
International
International Intelligence
Dangerous Gamble on Polish Unrest
by Rachel Douglas
British networks are in place there ready to escalate the current destabilization. The scenario is for a Soviet move into Poland-which would wreck the current entente between Western Europe and the U.S.S.R.
Britain’s Rush for Trident Missiles
by Susan Welsh
The hasty decision to buy the U.S. weapon reflects an effort to bolster Anglo-American ties.
Indian Leaders On Alert
by Paul Zykofsky
A report from New Delhi about their estimates of the regional and global threats from China, Pakistan, and the Carter Administration.
‘Cocaine Coup’ in Bolivia
by Mark Sonnenblick
The generals are in on the drug traffic.
National
National News
Democrats Revolt Against the President
by Vin Berg and Kathy Burdman
Legislators, bankrollers and powerbrokers have formed committees and issued calls for an open convention at Madison Square Garden. With important exceptions, they haven’t addressed policy questions, however.
