Volume 13, Number 30, August 1, 1986
Interviews
Dr. Peet Strydom
by Roger Moore
The chief economist of a large Afrikaaner-based financial conglomerate explains why sanctions would destroy South Africa’s economy, but not apartheid.
Departments
Strategic Map
Soviet low-intensity warfare.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
A Kalashnikov Points at Kohl’s Chest.
Northern Flank
by Göran Haglund
Poles Seized at Secret Navy Base.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Papal Interdiction in Mexico.
Andean Report
by Valerie Rush
Lusinchi: A New Alan García?
Report from Rio
by Lorenzo Carrasco
A Crown over Brazil.
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
Mizo Accord: Hope and Uncertainties.
Labor in Focus
by Marcia Merry
Strikes and Urban Services Breakdown.
Editorial
Red Queen: “Off with Her Head!”
Economics
Paul Volcker’s Tantrum and Japan’s Strategic Leverage
by David Goldman
The two forces contending for control of the present world financial crisis are the two principal sources of financing for America’s annual payments deficit: Japan’s $60 billion, and the $80 billion from “sources unknown,” i.e., Dope, Inc.
Banks Reshuffle Mexican Debt Cards
by Valerie Rush
IMF ‘Integrates’ Argentina, Brazil
by Cynthia R. Rush
Currency Rates
Australia: Anti-Drug Campaign: Talk, But No Action
by Allen Douglas
Foreign Exchange
The Dollar Plunges.
Banking
by David Goldman
Global Brokers in Big Trouble.
Business Briefs
Science & Technology
Is Sabotage Grounding the West’s Space Program?
by Carol White
Reports on the evidence of Soviet involvement in the recent space disasters in Europe and the United States.
Closing Vandenberg Would Stop SDI
by Marsha Gallagher
Rebuilding Our Road to the Stars
by Robert Gallagher
Investigation
Homosexuals in the Church Mobilize against the Pope
by Ira Liebowitz
At issue is the “conservative, family-centered agenda” of John Paul and Cardinal Ratzinger, i.e., a cultural paradigm opposite to the “Aquarian Age.”
Documentation: Reaction to AIDS and PANIC initiative.
International
‘Palacegate’: Is Queen Elizabeth II Sinking?
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Looks at one of the biggest stories of the century, the threatened fall of the present British Royal family.
Queen Elizabeth ‘Loathes’ Thatcher
Soviet Church Hails ‘Slavonic Millennium’
by Luba George
The Russian Orthodox Church has proclaimed it the “Mission” of the Russian Empire to rule the world for the next millennium. The proclamation reads like a Slavic version of the “1,000 Year Reich” prophesy of Mein Kampf.
After Hassan and Peres Meet, Moscow Fears Peace in Middle East
by Thierry Lalevée
The leader of an Arab country, who is also the chairman of the League of Arab States, the chairman of its most important “Jerusalem Committee,” and the acting chairman of the “Organization of Islamic Countries,” has invited an Israeli Prime Minister for talks.
International Intelligence
Feature
Will the War on Drugs be Subverted by William Weld?
by Criton Zoakos
The Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s record of protecting money launderers means that he should not be allowed anywhere near the Department of Justice, especially not to head its Criminal Division.
Dope, Inc.’s Man at the Justice Dept.
by Jeffrey Steinberg
What Does the DoJ’s Criminal Division Do?
Dope Lobby Pulls Weld’s Strings
by Michele Steinberg
William Weld’s ‘Free Trade’ Roots
by Anton Chaitkin
Cocaine: Debunking the Myths
by Marilyn Kay
Thanks to the dope lobby, one out of three among high school and college-aged youth uses the highly dangerous drug, cocaine.
National
Reagan Poses ‘New Africa’ To Counter Soviet Mayhem
by Nicholas F. Benton
An overwhelming bipartisan majority in the U.S. Congress wildly protested the policy, predictably, since the Soviets and the Queen of England do.
‘Don’ Mario Cuomo and the Dope Mob
by Joseph Brewda
Gramm-Rudman Cuts in Navy Would Turn the Oceans into Soviet Lakes
by Robert Greenberg
Part II of a series on Gramm-Rudman’s impact on the military.
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Reagan Proposes Great Project for Africa — Shultz Shows Blind Spot on Soviets Again — Moscow and the ANC.
Congressional Closeup
by Kathleen Klenetsky
National News
