Volume 11, Number 37, September 25, 1984
Interviews
Jeremy Stone
by Kathleen Klenetsky
The head of the Federation of American Scientists, calls for war by committee.
Departments
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
IMF Annual Report: Dollar in Trouble
Medicine
by John Grauerholz, M.D.
A Bogus Antibiotic Scare.
Vatican
by Augustinus
The Liberation that Enslaves.
Northern Flank
by Aurora Borealis
Olof Palme on a Russian Leash.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Bonn’s Defense Planning.
Attic Chronicle
by Phocion
Carrington’s Southern Flank.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Mexico Will “Adjust” to World Crisis.
Editorial
Stop the world-wide food shortage!
Economics
IMF and Soviets Agree To Bankrupt the U.S.
by David Goldman and Laurent Murawiec
Both the Fund and the European banking mafia appear to have converged with the financial strategy of the Soviet Union, which is accumulating dollar balances with the intention of dumping them for other currencies at the appropriate moment.
Mexico Accepts Kissinger’s Terms in Debt Renegotiation
by David Ramonet
The deal is without substance but for plenty of political concessions to the banks.
LaRouche in Japan: An Unmet Challenge: ‘Third World’ Economic Development
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Currency Rates
Kissinger’s Threats Felt at Debt Meeting
by Cynthia Rush
Business Briefs
Special Report
Mondale’s Food Shock: Shortages Begin To Hit the U.S.
by Christopher White
The world food supply is presently in the hands of a small group of companies, typified by Cargill of Minnesota, the “owners” of Walter Mondale. As a result, the United States is now on the verge of food shortages, and a drastic shift in the nation’s dietary standards and consumption patterns. A complete report by Christopher White, Marcia Merry, and Sylvia Brewda.
Debt Bomb Set To Blow Up U.S. Farms
by Sylvia Brewda
USDA Covers Up the World Grain Crisis
by Marcia Merry
Government Programs Shrink Dairy Herds, Milk Supplies in Jeopardy
by Marcia Merry
Will There Still Be Meat on the Grocer’s Shelf Next Year?
by Carol Cleary
International
NATO, Warsaw Pact Face Off in Europe
by Luba George
The Soviets’ “dress rehearsal” for invasion continues, now opposite large NATO exercises. When they’re over, Europe could be more vulnerable than ever.
The Ogarkov Shift: The Height of Soviet Strategic Deception?
by Rachel Douglas and Clifford Gaddy
No one knows where the former Red Army chief-of-staff is, or what he’s doing—but he’s probably doing something.
Schiller Institute Exposes East Bloc Origin of Slanders Against Conference
Soviet agents everywhere have come rushing out of the woodwork.
Soviets Make Move for Dominance in Mideast
by Thierry Lalevée
State Department Joins the Drug Mob in Ibero-American Destabilization
by Valerie Rush
The Philippines Under IMF Siege
by Ramtanu Maitra
A first-hand report from Manila on the political effects of the economic crisis, by our correspondent Ramtanu Maitra.
International Intelligence
National
Kissinger, Gromyko, and the Carrington Ultimatum
by Criton Zoakos
Carrington arrived in Washington on Sept. 10, with demands on the Reagan Administration which, if accepted, will sound the death knell of the Western Alliance. Editor-in-chief Criton Zoakos reports.
Documentation: Lord Carrington’s speech in Washington.
Will ‘Reformers’ Tear Up the U.S. Constitution in 1984?
by Sanford Roberts
Sanford Roberts examines the perilous proximity of a Second Constitutional Convention, and why it mustn’t occur.
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharson
Persona Non Grata?
Elephants and Donkeys
by Kathleen Klenetsky
When the IMF Talks, Fritz Listens — Pressure on Reagan.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda and Susan Kokinda
National News
