Volume 8, Number 27, July 7, 1981
Departments
Art Investor
by Dr. D. Stephen Pepper
No comparison.
Book Review
by Thierry LeMarc
What are the true roots of Islam?
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
The case of the “Centro Tepoztlán.”
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
The fuse is lit.
Eye on Washington
by Stanley Ezrol
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Economics
If a Credit Crisis Comes, Will It Be Manageable?
by David Goldman
Why “controlled disintegration” of investment flows may get out of hand.
Currency Rates
How Chase Staves Off Bankruptcy
by Richard Freeman
Its Asian business is the key, primed by illicit revenues, concludes Richard Freeman.
Documentation: Chase’s singular advisers.
Real-Estate Crisis or Pension Fraud?
by Kathy Burdman
Kathy Burdman’s exposé of the latest attempt to unload bad paper on the pension funds.
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
There is a danger of exchange controls.
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
State and the Brandt Commission.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Britain’s Strategy Forces a Turning Point for Oil Producers
by Judith Wyer
Judith Wyer’s overview of the pressure toward price indexation.
Business Briefs
Special Report
Italy’s P-2 Scandal Implicates Haig and the Trilateralists
by Vivian Zoakos
Documentation: The “Haig document” as reported on by Rome’s PCI-connected Paese Sera, citing Masonic sources.
A History of the P-2 Conspiracy
by Umberto Pascali
Extracted from a lengthy dossier complied by Rome correspondent Umberto Pascali.
A Map of the Financial Powers that Control P-2 Operations
by David Goldman
Masonic P-2 Operatives in Mexico Brought to Account by the PLM
by Dennis Small
A fight that has reverberated in Italy.
Documentation: A statement of self-defense by Mexico’s chief Mason.
International
Japan and Southeast Asia Reject Haig’s China Card
by Richard Katz
Richard Katz reports on the ASEAN meeting and the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s response.
Moscow on a Military Footing
by Rachel Douglas
Brezhnev’s group now sees fit to downgrade détente efforts and make war-preparedness the rule of foreign policy.
The Club of Rome Launches Its Latin American ‘Pilot Project’
by Gretchen Small
A report from Caracas.
Documentation: The highly placed speakers at the Club’s June conference.
A Challenge to Peccei Bursts Out in Mexico
by Elsa Ennis
A second Club of Rome gathering.
The New French Cabinet: Who Gained
by Dana Sloan
Not the Communists, but the terrorists.
In Memoriam: K.D. Malviya: An Indian Nation-Builder
by Ganesh Shukla
International Intelligence
National
A Victory for Reagan ... or for Haig and Volcker?
by Richard Cohen
Richard Cohen lays out the Administration’s choices following the budget’s passage.
The Office of Management and Budget: A Subversive Institution Gone Wild
by Vin Berg
David Stockman’s curriculum vitae, the strange backgrounds of his underlings, and the antigrowth reasons why Cap Weinberger established the OMB.
The Federal Election Commission: A Weapon Against Constituency Politics
by Freyda Greenberg
A second backgrounder: how the FEC gained momentum for undercutting the kind of politicians who would oppose Stockman.
Campaign Groups Cite FEC Violations
Anti-Volcker Moves Shake Up Washington
How Rep. Stenholm Sees His Policy Role
by Stanley Ezrol
An interview with the controversial leader of the Democrats’ Conservative Forum.
National News
