Volume 9, Number 11, March 23, 1982
Departments
Science & Technology
by Marsha Freeman
Congress to trade off nuclear programs?
Interview
by Robert Dreyfuss
William Crawford, former U.S. Ambassador to North Yemen and Cyprus, who directs Islam Centennial Fourteen.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Part I: the surprising PSD.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
The A. Basmouk connection.
Book Review
by Robert Zubrin
Death Beam by Robert Moss.
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Editorial
What about Mr. Haig’s ethics?
Economics
Oil-Price Plunge Will Ravage Third World Producers
by Richard Freeman
Volcker’s interest rates have cut demand for oil: the debt-finance implications and domestic consequences for underdeveloped nations like Nigeria.
Documentation: Interviews with oil-market specialists in London and Western Europe.
Currency Rates
Trade Review
by Mark Sonnenblick
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
The Fed’s new squeeze.
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Bailout time for the S&Ls.
The Caribbean: ‘Free-Market’ Plan Boosts Dirty Money
by Valerie Rush
An update on the so-called Jamaica model.
Colombia: Illiquidity at Home, Cash Flow Abroad
by Valerie Rush and Carlos Cota Mesa
Business Briefs
Special Report
The Hidden Strengths of the Soviet Economy
by Uwe Parpart
Uwe Parpart, Contributing Editor and Research Director of the Fusion Energy Foundation, estimates the gains achieved in the U.S.S.R. and the potential for sustaining them.
Soviet Military Costs: A Scientific Estimate
by Steven Bardwell
Drawing on the LaRouche-Riemann econometric model, Military Editor Steven Bardwell, Editor-in-Chief of Fusion magazine, documents a defense buildup double the CIA’s estimate.
Siberian Development: The Fulcrum of U.S.S.R. Economic Growth Policy
by Rachel Douglas
International
Britain Speeds Effort To Chop Globe in Three
by Webster Tarpley
The diplomatic and economic effort to cut off the United States.
Documentation: Excerpts from Conservative leader Edward Heath’s March 2 speech in Fulton, Missouri.
India Stresses Joint North-South Stakes
by Daniel Sneider
A conference report from New Delhi.
The P-2 Death Squads
The feared initiators of Central American slaughter and counter-slaughter are controlled by fascist networks outside the continent.
Pakistan: Zia’s Purges and His Own Survival Chances
by Ramtanu Maitra
The Arab World: London’s Operatives Plotting New Coups
by Thierry Lalevée
The Muslim Brotherhood’s regroupment.
Islamic Centennial 14 and Fundamentalism
by Nancy Coker
Britain Manipulates Moroccan Insurgents
by Douglas DeGroot
Haig Sinks Deeper into P-2 Coverup
by Vivian Zoakos
Our weekly Investigative Leads summary on international terrorism.
International Intelligence
National
Williams Forces Inquiry Into DOJ Misconduct
by Molly Hammett Kronberg
A summary of the senatorial challenges to Abscam which preceded the New Jersey Democrat’s resignation, and a report on his own expectation of vindication.
‘No Budget Cuts, No Tax Increases’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
In a National Democratic Policy Committee statement now circulating on Capitol Hill, EIR founder Lyndon LaRouche outlines why Congress should stop fiddling with the administration’s fiscal plan and get down to the business of ousting Paul Volcker instead.
Documentation: LaRouche’s four-point program for U.S. economic recovery.
National News
