Volume 14, Number 50, December 18, 1987
Interviews
Elena de Ramírez
The wife of Colombia’s assassinated hero police official tells why extradition to the U.S. is crucial to the war on narcoterrorism.
Book Reviews
Controversies Are Revived in Reprint of Primary Sources on Beethoven
by David Goldman
Looks at Beethoven Remembered: The Biographical Notes of Franz Wegeler and Ferdinand Ries.
Music
Norbert Brainin Brings Classical Beauty to Boston Concert
by Hartmut Cramer
Norbert Brainin, the famed violinist of the Amadeus Quartet, dedicated the performance to Lyndon LaRouche. He and pianist Günter Ludwig left the audience ennobled.
Science & Technology
Laser Applications Promise To Revolutionize Industry
by Charles B. Stevens
Part II of his review of the capabilities of lasers to transform the civilian economy.
Zenith Star: An SDI Demonstration
by Charles B. Stevens
Departments
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
Mexico’s “Milk Valley” Is Being Destroyed.
Mother Russia
by Rachel Douglas
A Russian Princess in the U.S.S.R.
Northern Flank
by Göran Haglund
The Swedish-Angolan Hostage Crisis.
Middle East Report
by Thierry Lalevée
Iran Prepares an Offensive.
Andean Report
by Valerie Rush
Peru’s Terrorists Assassinate Priest.
Editorial
What Shultz Wants from INF Treaty.
AIDS Update
Houston Hospital Closes Down
Senate Beefs Up AIDS Testing in VA Hospitals
by Kathleen Klenetsky
New Indictments over AIDS Initiative?
Economics
Republicans Gamble on ‘Suckers’ Rally’ of Wall Street
by David Goldman
They hope that sufficient use of the Federal Reserve printing presses and sufficient intervention in support of the dollar by overseas authorities will give a Republican Presidential candidate time to get elected.
Currency Rates
Western Europe’s Economy Being Wrecked by the Dollar’s Fall
by William Engdahl
James Baker’s circle seems to think that they can all at once turn Europe and Japan into importers, instead of exporters: like anything else they do, it means chaos.
Hyperinflation Looms in Ibero-America
by Peter Rush
Mexico Is Ruled by Rumors
by Mark Sonnenblick
The United Nations Malthusians Are Succeeding in Depopulation
by Nancy Spannaus
The Club of Life says, “We told you so.”
Business Briefs
Feature
The Tragic State of U.S.A. Counterintelligence
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Looks at why U.S. intelligence services fail to detect channels of Soviet influence reaching even into the White House.
Lyndon H. LaRouche: A Clearly Uncomfortable Presidential Candidate
by Brig. Gen. Friedrich Th. Guenther (Switzerland-ret.)
International
Strategic Impact of INF: The Debate Has Been Absurd
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Observes that no one seems to have taken account of the new order of battle which Soviet forces intend to have in place by about 1991-92.
German Military Is Disgusted with INF
by Luba George and Rainer Apel
Former Gaullist Minister: INF Accord ‘Terrifying,’ ‘Distant Echo of Munich’
Documentation: Other voices of opposition to the “New Munich” from around the world.
Korea Braces for National Election
by Linda de Hoyos
If Kim Dae Jung loses, his followers revolt; if he wins, the army does.
Drive To Overturn Sovereignty in Haiti
by Dolia Estévez-Pettingell
Runcie Adversary Found Dead in U.K.
by Mark Burdman
Soviet Terror Imperils ASEAN Summit
by Linda de Hoyos
A Step Forward in Colombia: Naming the Enemy as Narco-Terrorism
by Valerie Rush
International Intelligence
National
How the INF Treaty Will Be Stopped
by Nicholas F. Benton
The factor of time, and developments in the Presidential election campaign, make the treaty’s ratification anything but certain.
Is the City of Chicago Being Held Hostage to Qaddafi?
by Sheila A. Jones
Elephants and Donkeys
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Bush Courts Gorbachov, Wins Pravda Backing — Pat Robertson Was a Rum-Runner in Korea — So What’s Ted Kennedy Up To These Days?
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
EIR Exclusive with Weinberger — Defense Budget Faces Long-Term Cuts.
Congressional Closeup
by Kathleen Klenetsky
National News
