Volume 18, Number 31, August 16, 1991
Interviews
Robert Bench
The former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and a member of the Bank for International Settlements’ Cooke Committee, now with the Price Waterhouse accounting firm, maintains that power must now be ceded to the central banks.
Cecilia Soto González
by Hugo López Ochoa
A candidate from the Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (PARM) for federal deputy discusses her experience working “under cover” at the Tetakawi maquiladora.
Valdemaras Katkus and Juozas Tumelis
Lithuania’s deputy foreign minister and the president of the independence movement Sajudis discuss the superpower deal to sacrifice their country, and what Lithuanian patriots intend to do about it.
Book Reviews
Reviving the Lost Science of Well-Tempered Tuning
by John Sigerson
Tuning: Containing the Perfection of Eighteenth-Century Temperament, the Lost Art of Nineteenth-Century Temperament, and the Science of Equal Temperament, Complete with Instructions for Aural and Electronic Tuning, by Owen H. Jorgenson.
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Germans Look to Ukraine’s Potential.
Banking
by John Hoefle
Is Citicorp the Next Merger Candidate?
Dateline Mexico
by Carlos Cota Meza
NAFTA Opponents Persecuted.
Australia Dossier
by Lydia Cherry
Hollinger take over bid in Melbourne.
Panama Report
by Carlos Wesley
New Outbreak of Judicial Terrorism.
Editorial
British Policy Leads to War.
Strategic Studies
Beyond Marx and Smith: The ‘Productive Triangle’
by Gabriele Liebig
Lyndon LaRouche’s plan for a Paris-Berlin-Vienna triangle of high-technology development is now on the agenda. But will governments respond in time? A speech by Gabriele Liebig at an EIR seminar in Copenhagen.
Economics
BCCI Scandal a ‘Coup’ for the Basel Bankers
The Bank for International Settlements is making a global power grab, bragging that their move to force the $20 billion bankruptcy of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International has not even caused a “ripple” in the world monetary system. Or so they think.
‘Financial AIDS’ Hits Japan, Hashimoto
by Kathy Wolfe
U.S. State Budgets Unraveling Already
by H. Graham Lowry
Cholera in the U.S. ‘A Matter of Time’
by Valerie Rush
Environmentalists Declare World War on Malaysia
by Rogelio A. Maduro
China’s Floods Show Human Cost of Lack of Infrastructure, Insane Economics
by Michael Billington
Currency Rates
African Nations Form Economic Community
by Dana S. Scanlon
Twenty Years of Decapitalization Sinks World Shipping Capacity
by Anthony K. Wikrent
The first of a two-part analysis of the sorry state of the maritime trade.
Mexicans Do Not Want ‘Free Trade’
by Peter Rush
A pre-election report from a northern state.
Frankfurt Emerges as German Dope Capital
by Volcker Hassmann
Business Briefs
Feature
Cold Fusion Is a Revolution in Science
by Carol White
Reports on the Second Annual Cold Fusion Conference in Como, Italy. Contrary to the propaganda of the anti-science mob, cold fusion is a reality. Indeed, its discovery is the most important scientific event of the latter half of this century.
International
Soviets Threaten Europe with War over Yugoslavia
by Nora Hamerman
The tough demarche from Moscow is aimed at Germany; the spreading war in Yugoslavia is aimed at the heart of Europe.
Landsbergis Rips Both Superpowers over New Massacre in Lithuania
by Hartmut Cramer
‘We Need Direct Economic Ties to the European Community’
by Hartmut Cramer
An interview with Valdemaras Katkus and Juozas Tumelis.
Shaul Eisenberg at U.S.-Soviet Summit
by Mark Burdman
Foreign Powers behind Gandhi Assassination?
by Ramtanu Maitra
South Africa: ANC Reaps Benefits of Funding Scandals
by Linda de Hoyos
‘New Order’ To Leave Argentina Defenseless
by Cynthia R. Rush
Documentation: From court testimony by Col. Mohamed Alí Seineldín.
International Intelligence
National
The ‘Bushgate’ Clock Is Ticking Louder
by Jeffrey Steinberg
There is little chance that the scandals building in Washington will die down by the time the President returns from his Kennebunkport vacation. From BCCI to Iran-Contra to the Bush family financial wheeling and dealing, there’s trouble ahead.
Anglo-Americans Meet at Bohemian Grove
by Brian Lantz
The freemasons and kooks are at it again, at their “Encampment” in the California Redwoods.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
Correction
The new commercial food irradiation plant, Vindicator of Florida, scheduled to open in mid-August, is the most modern in the world and one of the largest—but not as large as noted in our July 26 article. It will be able to handle 500 to 600 million pounds of produce per year—not tons.
