Volume 12, Number 25, June 25, 1985
Book Reviews
Soviet Military Superiority: A Very Rude Awakening
by Criton Zoakos
Looks at Soviet Military Supremacy, The Untold Facts About the New Danger to America, by Quentin Crommelin, Jr. and David S. Sullivan.
Departments
Report from Italy
by Paolo Raimondi
Referendum Points Toward Social Chaos.
The Pestilence of Usury
by Valerie Rush
IMF Shock Threatens Democracy.
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
Behind the Outbreak of Salmonella.
Attic Chronicle
by Phocion
The Murder of Station Chief Welch.
Southeast Asia
by Sophie Tanapura
Malaysia Proposes “Proximity Talks.”
Editorial
Appeasement Is Suicide.
Economics
EIR’s June Quarterly Shows Why U.S. Faces Bankruptcy
The report on 1985’s second quarter, entitled “The Looming Bankruptcy of the United States,” surveys the national assets available to back up the nearly $7 trillion outstanding liabilities in the credit system, and concludes that it is not only the banking system as such, but the national credit system as a whole which is bankrupt.
BIS Hails Dope, Inc. Power over U.S.
by David Goldman
BIS Stalls Bridge Loan to Argentina
by David Goldman
Food Company Giants Expand Their Control
by William Engdahl
Currency Rates
Thailand Creates Body To Study Kra Canal
by Sophie Tanapura
Business Briefs
Feature
The U.S.A. Needs Ten Million New Machine-Tools
by Robert Gallagher
As one of the first steps in the defense mobilization required to deter the Russian Empire and create a second industrial revolution, the United States requires investment in the production of metal-cutting and metal-forming machine-tools, at present levels of technology, of approximately $600 billion.
Investigation
New Ohio Bank Scandal: The Swindle of the Century?
by Mark Burdman
In effect, an Ohio court decision ensures that Marvin Warner will receive over $100 million from the taxpayers of Ohio to get his own bankrupt bank back—“seller” Warner’s links to his “buyers” are that close.
The Criminal Empire of Ohio’s Carl Lindner
by Mark Burdman
International
Soviet Leaders Announce Crash War-Economy Plan
by Konstantin George
Documentation: The Soviet mobilization for a war economy.
Will Germany’s Chancellor Kohl Be Toppled by Genscher, Too?
by Rainer Apel
Documentation: Herbert Kremp’s “Where Is Genscher Going?” from Die Welt.
Carrington Organizes Europe against SDI
by Vivian Freyre Zoakos
Tradition, Family & Property Cult Again Tied to Attempts on Pope’s Life
by Gretchen Small
Documentation: A Brazilian interview with a Bragança family member, and the Italian La Repubblica’s publication of the “Third Prophecy of Fatima.”
Moscow’s Peace of the Dead
by Thierry Lalevée
The threat to Yasser Arafat.
Venice, the Oligarchy’s Capital, Makes Plans To Rule the ‘New Yalta’
by Pietro Cicconi
How GRU Terror Targets the West
A Soviet “defector’s” revelations.
Soviets, Bulgaria Pressure Turkey
by Konstantin George
International Intelligence
National
Saving SALT II Will Invite More Soviet Aggression
by Nicholas F. Benton
On the same day that President Reagan pledged his administration to the never-ratified SALT II treaty, Soviet party chief Gorbachov demonstrated that the Kremlin leadership understands full well the relationship between victorious war-fighting and in-depth economic mobilization.
Documentation: President Reagan’s statements and the Soviet response.
Rajiv Gandhi and President Reagan Set Basis for U.S.-India Relations
by Linda de Hoyos
The assessment is that the Indian prime minister has accomplished his mission .
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Meese Takes Aim at Money Laundering.
Inside the Pentagon
by Tecumseh
The FBI’s Biggest “Failure” Yet.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda and Susan Kokinda
National News
