Volume 11, Number 18, May 8, 1984
Interview
Jacques Delivré, M.D.
by Laurent Murawiec and Claude Albert
The chairman of the medical commission of the Usinor steel company in Lorraine, France, discusses the French steel industry’s failure to modernize, and insists that modernization will require more human labor, not less, because of the unique role of human creativity. He also describes the medical effects of layoff and early retirement.
Departments
Andean Report
by Javier Almario
The mafia’s “golden opportunity.”
Middle East Report
by Linda de Hoyos
Perfidious gets an alibi.
Report from New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
The mustard plant syndrome in Punjab.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Unions and Social Democrats: Captives of the Soviet KGB.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Colombia’s M-19 terrorists come to Mexico.
Vatican
by Augustinus
Who benefits from the Vatican reform?
Attic Chronicle
by Phocion
Papandreou: Captive of the Soviet KGB.
Editorial
Mondale, the KGB, and Global 2000.
Economics
Kissinger and IMF Set Ibero-America on Fire
by Robyn Quijano
From Brazil to the Dominican Republic, the policies applied by the International Monetary Fund are wrecking the region, to the Soviets’ advantage.
The Mexican Economy: An IMF ‘Success’ That Almost Killed the Patient
by Jorge Bazua
How import cuts have wrecked production while austerity undermines the population.
French Steel Sector’s Collapse: The Tragedy of Lorraine
by Laurent Murawiec
A first-hand account by Laurent Murawiec.
Currency Rates
Fed’s Latest Rout of U.S. Nuclear Power
by Paul Gallagher
But there are hopeful signs in Pennsylvania and California, due to the National Democratic Policy Committee’s exertions.
The Soviet Technology-Stealing Machine and the Loopholes in Western Security
by Laurent Murawiec
Part IV of our “East-West Trade Mafia” series.
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
U.S. facing credit crunch.
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
Crises boost dollar—for how long?
Business Briefs
Special Report
FBI Sets Stage for New Olympic Massacre
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Malta Conference Deploys Terrorists
by Stuart Pettingell
The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee: A Playground for Organized Crime and Soviet KGB Operations
by Tim Pike
Spetsnaz: The Special Terrorist Capability of Soviet Military Intelligence
by Vin Berg
The Revolutionary Communist Party: Terrorist Underground: A Case Study
International
Who’s Covering Up the New Berlin Crisis?
by Carol White
The State Department, among others.
Beam Defense: Anti-‘Yalta’ Faction Surfaces in Europe
by Susan Welsh
Documentation: Two prestigious French publications demand beam-weapons defense for Europe.
General Copel Warns of Chemical Weapons
by Laurent Rosenfeld
The French officer’s assessment is that they would be the Soviets’ chief resource in an attack on Western Europe.
Khomeini’s Fanatics Stronger than Ever
by Judith Wyer
After Iran’s so-called elections, the Gulf states are pressed to bear down on Iraq for a “peace settlement.”
Malaysian Prime Minister to Parliament: ‘A Nation’s Wealth Is Its Ingenuity’
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
Dr. Matathir Mohamad has set forth a program for developing basic industry, overcoming the primitive village structure of agriculture, and ending extreme import-dependence.
International Intelligence
National
Armand Hammer Grabs Role in Reagan Policy
by Richard Cohen
An exclusive story that broke while high-level Reagan stalwarts were forming a task force to seek an end to Henry Kissinger’s domination of the administration.
Mondale’s KGB-Approved Attack on ‘Star Wars’ Beam Defense
by Susan Kokinda
LaRouche Wins Round in Vote Fraud Fight
by Mary Jane Freeman
In Pennsylvania, as old scandals resurfaced.
League of Women Voters: The Vanguard for Brave New World Politics
by Kathleen Klenetsky
U.S. Anthropologists Help To Foment Insurgencies in Central America
by Susan Kokinda
Elephants and Donkeys
by Kathleen Klenetsky
The Man Ronald Reagan Used To Be — Jackson Targeted By JDL Assassins?
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharson
Henry’s Counterattack: Has It Backfired? — Tom Upbraided — Crybaby Won’t Play Anymore.
National News
