Volume 14, Number 17, April 24, 1987
Interviews
Artur João Donato
by Lorenzo Carrasco
The president of the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro says Rio businessmen support government policy on debt.
Sen. Albano Franco
The president of Brazil’s National Confederation of Industries discusses his organization’s backing for the country’s debt moratorium.
Lt. Gen. Gerard C. Berkhof
by Michael Liebig
The Royal Netherlands Army officer who was Chief of Staff of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT) discusses the threat posed to NATO by Soviet irregular warfare.
S.C. Birla
by K.D. Sharma
The advocate at the Supreme Court of India and secretary general of the All-India Bar Federation sees human rights violations in the United States and “the need for debate in the American legal field.”
Book Reviews
Pro-Harriman Book Charts Disaster Course of Eastern Establishment
by Mark Burdman
A look at The Wise Men, by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas, portraying “The Architects of the American Century”: Averell Harriman, George Kennan, Robert Lovett, John J. McCloy, Dean Acheson, and Charles “Chip” Bohlen.
Departments
Andean Report
by Valerie Rush
Giving Justice Its Due.
Mother Russia
by Luba George
Moscow Loves Venice.
Report from Rome
by Liliana Celani
Government Crisis Tied to Irangate.
Northern Flank
by Göran Haglund
A Finnish Grand Coalition.
Editorial
A New Strategic Deterrent?
Science & Technology
Louis de Broglie, the Father of Wave Mechanics
by Laurent Rosenfeld
In a eulogy for one of the great physicists of the century, looks at quantum mechanics and the Copenhagen School’s interpretation of probabilistic waves.
From Frankfurt to New York in an Hour
by Laurent Rosenfeld
French engineers will unveil a model of a hypersonic airliner in June.
AIDS Alert
German MDs Demand AIDS Policy Shift
by Wolfgang Lillge, M.D.
Expert Decries AIDS Victims’ Euthanasia
Dole Backs Civil Rights for AIDS Virus
by Ronald Kokinda
Accuracy in Media Charges AIDS Cover-Up
Economics
Questions for Secretary James Baker III
by David Goldman
Now that Baker’s plan has, by his own admission, collapsed in the most humiliating fashion, what does Baker propose to do?
German MDs Demand AIDS Policy Shift
by Wolfgang Lillge, M.D.
Leading physicians outside the “official hierarchy” are calling for mass screening measures.
State Department Botches Attempt To Undermine Brazil’s Moratorium
by Mark Sonnenblick
Swindlers and Rasputins are set back—for now.
Currency Rates
Venezuela Rips Up Its Economy To Pay Debt
by Jaime Ramírez
The concessions granted to keep Venezuela from straying from the creditors’ fold were absurd.
Banking
by David Goldman
What Interest Rate Blows Out Thrifts?
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
Washington Stalls as Credit Collapses.
Business Briefs
Feature
World Debt and the World Social-Democracy
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Charges that the current and past role of the Socialist International inside the government of the United States, and in the internal affairs of Central and South America, is a major contributing cause for the presently accelerating collapse of the international financial system. Part I of a two-part article.
Operation Juárez
A New Monetary Order: LaRouche’s 1982 Plan
Excerpts from LaRouche’s 1982 book-length proposal, Operation Juárez, continue EIR’s serialization of the Spanish-language Ibero-American Integration, 100 Million New Jobs by the Year 2000!
Operation Juárez: Thumbnail History of an Idea
International
U.S.-Soviet Affairs after Shultz’s Visit to Moscow
Contrary to appearances, the central issue in the U.S-Soviet relationship is not arms control, but a fight for the political and economic future of the so-called “developing sector.”
Soviets Vent Fears about LaRouche
by Nancy Spannaus
A new attack on the Western strategic thinker who the Russian leadership fears may already have great influence in the U.S. government.
New French Defense Program Gives Clear Answer to Soviet War Build-Up
by Yves Messer
Exclusive to EIR: the details of the plan for rapid and large-scale reinforcement of French defensive and offensive capabilities.
A French Military View: ‘National Neutralism’ Gains in Germany
From an analysis of the Jan. 25 elections in the Federal Republic published by the French defense ministry.
Shifting Alignments in the Mideast: Moscow Moves In To Pick Up the Chips
by Thierry Lalevée
Senior Aide to Rajiv Gandhi Is Forced Out
by Susan Maitra
First-rate cabinet member V.P. Singh is ousted in a third-rate political drama in New Delhi.
Dangerous Games Are Afoot in the Indian Subcontinent
by Linda de Hoyos
International Intelligence
National
New York Scandals Spell the End of Harriman Dems
by Mel Klenetsky
Democrat Mel Klenetsky, who challenged Koch, Cuomo, and Moynihan for public office in the early 1980s, assesses the crumbling of their corrupt political machine.
Crowded Democratic Field Helps LaRouche
by Webster G. Tarpley
As each contender eyes the competition, he is impressed by the number of fools and scoundrels in the pack, and says to himself: “If that jerk can be considered Presidential timber, why, so can I.”
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
State Department Writes Off Africa — Africa Could Play Role in U.S. Recovery.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda
National News
