Volume 14, Number 22, May 29, 1987
Interviews
Dr. Bertha Farfán
The medical director for the Schiller Institute in Mexico describes the ripeness of the situation in that country for an AIDS epidemic.
Colonel Michael Hickey
The former commander of the British Army Air Corps in West Malaysia discusses how the West can deal with the threat of Soviet irregular warfare.
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
The Presidential candidate says that President Reagan has been badly advised on the Contra scandal at every turn.
Science & Technology
‘Flat Earth Society’ Mounts Feeble Comeback
by Robert Gallagher
The American Physical Society’s study on the Strategic Defense Initiative is reviewed.
Documentation: Excerpts from the “SDIO’s Comments on the American Physical Society report on Directed Energy Technology.”
An Open Letter to the American Physical Society
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
The SDIO’s Reply
Departments
Middle East Report
by Thierry Lalevée
Could Egypt follow Peru and Zambia?
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios and Lorenzo Carrasco
A Bad Case of “Chicken.”
Dateline Mexico
by Carlos Cota Meza
Financial Coup in the Works?
Report from Paris
by Claude Albert
New Soviet Targets in LaRouche Lawsuits.
Northern Flank
by Göran Haglund
Riots Greet Weinberger in Oslo.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Vote Losses Put Pressure on Kohl.
Report from Madrid
by Leonardo Servadio
Irangate Scandal Breaks Out Again.
Andean Report
by Valerie Rush
Ibero-America’s “Good Boys.”
Editorial
Lessons of the Gulf Attack.
Economics
Citibank Charges into the Financial Mine Field
by David Goldman
Breaking ranks with the creditors’ cartel which beat down the debtors after the 1982 Mexico crisis, Citibank’s big writeoff has begun a general process of liquidation, that will take down some $7-8 trillion of debt internationally before the dust settles.
U.S. Air Travel Reaching the Limits to Safety
by Marcia Merry
For the first time in airline history, the FAA has recommended a reduction in flights during peak summer travel periods—safety has gotten that bad. Marcia Merry reports.
Currency Rates
Domestic Credit
by David Goldman
U.S. in Receivership on July 17?
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
Preliminaries to Venice Summit.
Business Briefs
Feature
CDC Admits Casual Spread of AIDS Virus
by Debra Hanania Freeman
A startling admission that health workers have become infected with the AIDS virus from skin contact with infected blood or body fluids, which must be considered casual transmission, has blown the lid off the most outrageous cover-up in medical history.
New Hampshire: AIDS Policy Fight Breaks into the Open
by John Grauerholz, M.D.
President Reagan’s letter to the New Hampshire governor appears to settle the matter in favor of premarital testing.
Was President Reagan Told about the Soviet AIDS Offer?
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.’s campaign offices released this bulletin on May 21.
A Chronology: The EIR-LaRouche Record on AIDS
by Warren J. Hamerman
International
Russia Launches the Sputnik of the ’80s
by Konstantin George
The launching of the Energia super-booster represents a breakthrough in the Soviet military space program, with devastating implications concerning the race to develop, test, and deploy space- based anti-ballistic missile weapons.
Perestroika Means War Mobilization
Excerpts from Gorbachov’s May 13 speech at Baikonur, and Soviet military leaders’ explanation of perestroika.
Police Strike in Peru: García Foils Bid by Bankers, Communists
by Gretchen Small
The events of May 15-19 demonstrate, in a kind of macabre street theater, just how closely the bid to bring down the García government is coordinated by these forces.
USS Stark Disaster: Soviets Bid for Control of the Gulf
by Thierry Lalevée
The attack on the frigate USS Stark by two Iraqi Mirage Flc fighter jets on May 17 was a Soviet move, and only the latest.
The ‘Zero Option’ Runs into Obstacles
by Konstantin George
India: Gandhi Targets ‘Foreign Hand’
by Susan Maitra
International Intelligence
National
Steel Executives Plead for Industry’s Destruction
by Nicholas F. Benton
The bankers running the industry used the Iron and Steel Institute as a forum to promote massive “downsizing” of capacity—with a resounding endorsement from the Reagan Administration.
‘Project Democracy’ Retreads Old Threats
by Dolia Estévez-Pettingell
Year of the Constitution: U.S. Trampled on Sixth Amendment, Tried To Threaten LaRouche Counsel
Justice Department intimidation tactics against attorneys representing Lyndon LaRouche and his associates were a central issue in a May 18 Boston hearing.
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Dem Insiders Defend Blackout of LaRouche — Brokered Democratic Convention Forecast.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda
National News
