Volume 7, Number 35, September 9, 1980
Departments
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
Brawl between the economics chiefs.
Congressional Calendar
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Editorial
Fusion energy bill renews national purpose.
Economics
Business Briefs
A New Stage in Carter’s ‘Controlled Disintegration’
by David Goldman
Bankers intend to shut out Third World borrowers-after they help shut off Gulf oil.
Currency Rates
Banking
by Leif Johnson
Liquidity pressures by year’s end.
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
Tax cut prospects slow and small.
International Credit
by Laurent Murawiec
West Germany’s dilemma.
Gold
by Alice Roth
Pitfalls in diamond investment.
Trade Review
Adding Up the U.S. Railroad Boom
by Stephen Parsons
The rails are in no shape to handle huge coal export haulage–nor are American ports.
Special Report
Famine in Africa: Who’s Responsible?
by Christopher White
Christopher White surveys the U.S. State Department’s policy of population reduction and the refugee relief agencies that are funneling aid to predatory paramilitary operations.
Africa’s Peril: Scope and Solutions
by Mary Brannan
The famine, internecine strife, and locust scourge can quickly be remedied by modern technology and alliances for modernization, writes Africa specialist Mary Brannan from West Germany.
The World Bank Energy Proposal
by Renée Sigerson
Up to $600 billion is supposed to be spent over the next decade on developing non-OPEC energy resources in the Third World. Renée Sigerson exposes the hoax.
Libya Underwrites the Marauders
by Mark Burdman
Will U.S. Farmers Be Able To Help?
by Susan B. Cohen
International
International Intelligence
Polish Crisis Threatens Détente in Europe
by Rachel Douglas
Poland’s Future: Economic Growth or Imposed Backwardness?
by Luba George and Clifford Gaddy
The Polish KOR Dissidents: Made in Great Britain
by Rachel Douglas
Begin’s Drive Toward War ... and an Israeli Garrison State
by Mark Burdman
The Region: Balkanization Plan Gains Momentum
by Mark Burdman
Iran: A Falling Out of Thieves Invites Intervention
by Nancy Coker
Richard Cottam on His Thwarted Iranian Plans
EIR’s Iran Coverage Draws Responses
Mexico on the ‘Enemies List’ in U.S. Regional Showdown Drive
by Tim Rush
Tim Rush’s overview of the new dangers for bilateral relations in the wake of Washington’s provocative complaints against Mexico.
The Lyndon LaRouche-El Heraldo File
Central America’s Strategic Triggers
by Gretchen Small
National
National News
Carter Ready To Activate ‘First Strike’ over Hot Spots
by Konstantin George
Documentation: Interviews with an architect of the PD-59 limited nuclear war doctrine, and with one of its leading opponents.
FEMA To Run U.S. War Crisis
by Lonnie Wolfe
The Federal Emergency Management Agency was installed last year precisely to run the evacuation, allocation and civil defense side of a limited war scenario.
Documentation: Two FEMA officials lay out the limited war contingency plans in their own words.
Debate Surfaces over China Card
Republican advisers are showing signs of a fight against American subservience to a Peking alliance.
