Volume 9, Number 20, May 25, 1982
Departments
Interview
by Richard Katz
Lionel Olmer, U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
The Law of the Sea.
Interview
by William Jones
Per Engdahl, a leader of the Fascist International in Sweden.
Inside Canada
by Pierre Beaudry
Education under stress in Quebec.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
The FBI scandal: Part I.
Middle East Report
by Nancy Coker
Israel, Argentina, and Great Britain.
Eye on Washington
by Stanley Ezrol
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Editorial
The Machiavellian imperative.
Economics
Group of Thirty Plans for Post-Crash Controls
by Richard Freeman
As EIR warned last year, a “council” run by the Bank for International Settlements is on the drawing boards to oversee credit rationing.
Congress To Force a Debt Default Crisis?
by Richard Freeman
Senator Moynihan and others seek legislation to declare Poland in default, despite the consequences for the world banking system.
Currency Rates
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
The “recovery” without capital spending.
International credit
by Kathy Burdman
Britain’s squeeze comes to Asia.
Trade Review
by Mark Sonnenblick
Business Briefs
Special Report
How the Mitterrand Regime Has Begun To Destroy France
by Philip Golub
Including its foreign policy.
The Socialist Party Loses Its Mandate To Govern
by Philip Golub
Domestic instability mounts.
France Once Again Becomes the ‘Sick Man of Europe’
by Laurent Murawiec
Interior Minister Defferre Leads Mafia Family Warfare
by Christine Juarez
Organized crime.
Mitterrand’s Policy Scorecard Reviewed
by Garance Upham Phau
Why the Socialists’ Nuclear Shutdown Failed
by Garance Upham Phau
Where Has the Opposition Gone?
by Jacques Cheminade
International
NATO Backs the British Empire Military Doctrine
by Susan Welsh
The implications of the May 7 decision to move for out-of-area military deployments.
Documentation: Excerpts from Henry Kissinger’s May 10 speech to the Royal Institute for International Affairs, in which he describes how the British Foreign Office has run the U.S. State Department for much of the postwar period.
Haig Loses the U.S. a Traditional Ally
by Mark Sonnenblick
The Brazilian President’s visit to Washington.
Documentation: Comments by Jardin dc Mattos and the Comte de Chambrun.
Persian Gulf a Prime Target for a Restructured NATO
by Judith Wyer
The Rapid Deployment Force blueprints.
Mrs. Gandhi Opens New Ties with Saudis
by Ramtanu Maitra
Despite Saudi Arabia’s ties to Pakistan, the meeting was fruitful.
Poland: Behind the Failure To Reach an Accord
by Rachel Douglas
A report on the recent disturbances in Poland.
International Intelligence
National
Reagan Is Boxed In on Eve of Summit Meeting
by Richard Cohen
The budget compromise, the Malvinas question, and the capitulation to arms-control gambits.
Ending the Age of Thermonuclear Terror
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
An excerpt from EIR founder LaRouche’s new National Democratic Policy Committee document on military strategy for the United States.
Documentation: Beam weapons and how they work.
Douglas Raises Storm in Pennsylvania
by Mary McCourt
Steven Douglas, backed by the NDPC, is expected to make a strong showing in the gubernatorial primary.
National News
