Volume 12, Number 34, August 30, 1985
Interviews
Senator John Melcher
The Democratic senator from Montana, an outspoken critic of current U.S. policy toward the government of Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos, accuses the State Department and the IMF of “meddling” in the Philippines.
Book Reviews
R. Moss’s Alliance with the Red Army
by Laurent Murawiec
A review of Moscow Rules, the latest novel by British spook Robert Moss.
Departments
Science & Technology
by Charles B. Stevens
Soviets Flaunt Beam-Weapon Lead.
Northern Flank
by Aurora Borealis
“See Moscow and Die.”
Andean Report
by Valerie Rush
A Movement Above Parties.
Report from Paris
by Georges Bosquet
Who Wants France out of the Pacific?
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
An “Open Door” for Eastern Spies.
Report from Italy
by Liliana Gorini
Andreotti’s “Brutta Figura” in Erice.
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
A Birthday Present for the Nation.
Editorial
Another Rotten Anglo-Soviet Deal
Economics
Peruvian Government Takes On International Cocaine Mafia
by Luis Vásquez and Sara Madueño
The “citizens above suspicion” are getting nervous, as President Garcia’s anti-drug war strikes higher and higher.
‘Operation Condor’ Hits Dope Pushers
by Sara Madueño
Dateline Mexico: Big Offensive Begun against Drug Trade
by Josefina Menéndez
The IMF and Libya’s Qaddafi Combine To Destroy North Africa
by Thierry Lalevée
New Technologies To Develop Superior Grains Can Fight African Malnutrition
by Carol Cleary
Crisis Won’t Affect Brazil’s Aerospace
by Geraldo Luis Zaraiva Lino
Currency Rates
Banking
by Stephen Pepper
Maryland Crisis Shakes Wall Street.
Business Briefs
Feature
A ‘NASA Project’ for Colombia: Build the Atrato-Truandó Canal!
The Colombian government has mandated the construction of an Atlantic-to-Pacific canal, the first sea-level canal ever. Now, at a conference in Bogota, a citizens’ action committee has been formed to organize the implementation of the mammoth project.
Lessons of Thailand’s Kra Canal Project
by Ramtanu Maitra
How the Sea-Level Canal Can Be Built
by Maj. (ret.) Rafael Convers
Why Only Great Projects Can Create Productive Employment
by Jorge Carrillo Rojas
Financing: ‘I Vote for National Sovereignty’
by Guillermo Silva
Conference Report
Moon-Led ‘Kremlinologists’ Endorse Soviet Military Rule
by Luba George and Mary McCourt
Reverend Moon’s Professors’ World Peace Academy spent millions to bring “the experts” to Geneva to “prove” that world peace and pluralism would be served if “Russian nationalism,” triumphed over “a-national communism.”
Documentation: Excerpts from the conference presentations.
International
The Pitfalls of the Current Explosion of ‘Spook Wars’
by Criton Zoakos
Soviet spies are defecting in droves, Soviet diplomats are seemingly disappearing from the face of the earth. What does this have to do with the intelligence shakeups in Paris and Bonn? Or with the circulation of the EIR’s “Global Showdown” report?
State to Marcos: Devalue or Else
by Linda de Hoyos
Soviet Involvement in Sri Lanka
by Ramtanu Maitra
Papandreou Moves for Strategic Crisis on NATO’s Vital Southern Flank
by Phocion
International Intelligence
National
Administration Reasserts Commitment to U.S. Defense
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Some members of the Reagan administration have begun to publicly reassert their commitment to the Strategic Defense Initiative, rejecting demands by Moscow that America’s national security be sacrificed on the altar of "arms control
Documentation: Excerpts from the White House announcement that the United States will proceed with ASAT testing.
FBI on Hot Seat over Terror Bombing: KGB and Mossad Linked to Attempted Murder of Tscherim Soobzokov
by Joseph Brewda
Peru’s Actions Call Question on Drugs
by Susan Kokinda
What’s on the agenda in the U.S. Congress?
Those Who Destroyed New York City Now Vying To Become Its Mayor
by Melvin Klenetsky
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharson
Under Attack in Geneva and Milan — Attack on the Money-Changers.
National News
