Volume 12, Number 36, September 13, 1985
Departments
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios
The “Brazilian Connection.”
Andean Report
Peronist Leader Labaké in Peru.
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
Battle for Stability in Punjab.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Shakeup in Security and Intelligence.
Report from Italy
by Liliana Gorini
The Nation Goes with the SDI.
Report from Africa
by Mary Lalevée
Qaddafi Threatened by Coup.
Editorial
An American “Plan B.”
Economics
Third Quarter Bank Crisis Breaks as EIR Predicted
by Kathy Wolfe
Chase, Other Drug-Money Laundries Try To Pull the Plug on South Africa
by William Engdahl
‘Technology Transfer’ Conference Plans Slave Labor for Mexico, Texas
by Harley Schlanger
Reports from Houston on a conference at The Woodlands. Special guest: Jimmy Carter.
Peru: Wall Street Journal in Campaign of Lies
Currency Rates
Canada’s James Bay Fresh-Water Project Gains Political Support
by Nicholas F. Benton
World Trade
by David Goldman
GATT Opens Trade Offensive for IMF.
Labor
by Marianna Wertz
Assessing Labor on Labor Day.
Business Briefs
Feature
Gorbachov Orders Science Drive To Upgrade War Industry
by Rachel Douglas
Analyzes the far-reaching shakeup in the Soviet party and government that General Secretary Gorbachov has launched, in the service of a war-economy build-up.
Gorbachov’s Purges: A Clean Sweep of Party and Government
Siberian Economist: Investment Policy Is the Vehicle for New Technologies
by Rachel Douglas
Investigation
‘Guns for Khomeini’: The Mossad Connection
Recent arrests bring to light a vast network of Mossad stringers in the U.S. Department of Defense and open the question of the extent of Israeli intelligence penetration of the U.S. military establishment.
Documentation: Merrill Lynch subsidiary funded guns for Khomeini.
International
Continent’s Navies Vow ‘War of No Return’ against Drugs
by Ana Maria Mendoza
Meese: ‘No Neutrals in the War on Drugs’
Colombia’s New Labor Minister Vows National Drive for ‘Great Projects’
by Valerie Rush
Documentation: Speeches at the inauguration by Jorge Carrillo and President Belisario Betancur.
Germany’s Spy Scandals: A Script for the Kohl Government’s Overthrow
by Rainer Apel
Burt Linked to Soviet Spy Ring
by Criton Zoakos
Why has the new U.S. ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany been so silent?
Role of Lloyd Cutler Exposes Aims of Trilaterals in ‘Greenpeace’ Affair
The Trilateral Commission has a deal with the Russians, and at the center of it is this Washington lawyer, who has agreed, free of charge, to be the attorney for “Greenpeace” in its suit against the government of France.
Southern Flank: Background Briefing: A Short History of the Cyprus Issue
by Phocion
Argentina: Workers Rally against ‘International Usury’
by Cynthia R. Rush
International Intelligence
National
The Kremlin Talks, and the Media and Congress Grovel
by Kathleen Klenetsky
The Kremlin’s bid to force concessions on the Strategic Defense Initiative has entered a more aggressive phase, with the open support of the U.S. media and key members of Congress.
U.S. Disease Crisis Acknowledged; First Emergency Actions Under Way
by Warren J. Hamerman
Documentation: A bill to stop AIDS.
Sen. Richard Lugar: Who Is He Really?
by Kathleen Klenetsky
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has turned out to be one of the closest collaborators of the State Department, contrary to wishful thinking by some conservatives.
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
New Report on Bank Money Laundering.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda and Susan Kokinda
National News
