Volume 11, Number 47, December 4, 1984

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Interviews

Moshe Katsav

by Muriel Mirak

The Israeli Minister of Labor and Social Affairs discusses his country’s economic crisis.

Dr. Eugen Wierbicki

by Marjorie Mazel Hecht

The noted food irradiation expert tells how breakthrough was achieved.

Book Reviews

The Eisenhower Presidency and the Seeds of America’s Postwar Decline

by Carol White

Review of Stephen E. Ambrose’s Eisenhower the President.

Departments

Report from Bonn

by Rainer Apel

Brandt’s Pro-Green Policy Under Fire.

Report from Italy

by Liliana Gorini-Celani

“Benvenuto’s Hounds.”

Northern Flank

by Aurora Borealis

Threat of Anti-U.S. Terror in Denmark.

Andean Report

Extradited: A Man “Above Suspicion.”

Editorial

Green Supporters Are War-Mongers!

Economics

Paul Volcker Readies the Big Banks for Cartelization

by Kathy Burdman

In effect, the U.S. banking system is now being regulated as a colonial branch of foreign banking powers.

Weimar-Style Inflation Comes to Israel: What Can Be Done?

by Muriel Mirak

First-hand report on Israel’s desperate economic situation.

The Pivotal Role of Thailand in the Economic Development of Southeast Asia

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

A selection from Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.’s statement to the Kra Canal conference in Bangkok.

Science & Technology: Ariane V-11 Flight Brings European Space Exploration to a Crossroads

by Laurent Rosenfeld

Currency Rates

Letter to the Editor from Crédit Suisse

And our reply: an invoice.

Business Briefs

Special Report

The Deepening Crisis in World Food Production

by Christopher White

The combination of destruction of agricultural and related productive capabilities in the advanced sector, with an imperial-style veto on the development of food production capabilities outside the advanced sector, means that people do not eat-they die. Christopher White’s study of what can and must be done to save them.

International

Qaddafi, Soviets Plotting New Assassination Spree

by Vin Berg

Following the trail opened by a brilliant Egyptian counter-terror operation, Middle East and Western intelligence services are rushing to head off a multiple Sarajevo.

The Elounda Bay Chronicle: The Satrap Diplomacy of Papandreou

by Phocion

Examines the not-so-secret confab of three heads of state.

Soviet Military Threat Grows Against NATO’s North and South Flanks

by Konstantin George

Create a Strategic Balance in Europe!

A Western European expert contributes an analysis of Olof Palme’s “nuclear-free zone” proposal.

Jamaica: Dope Income Is Now Bigger than GNP

by Carlos Wesley

International Intelligence

National

Wall Street Arms-Controllers Target the Defense Budget

by Mark Burdman

While Kissinger’s allies try to box in the President with an announced arms-control “breakthrough,” Reagan is not likely to agree to bargain away the “Star Wars” program—but the trap lies elsewhere, on his blind side: economics.

The Potential Economic Benefits of the Strategic Defense Initiative

by Paul Gallagher

The post-election statement of the Fusion Energy Foundation’s Executive Director, Paul Gallagher.

Documentation: The Soviet advantage in nuclear warheads.

Girl’s Life Saved in an Operation that Gov. Lamm Said Was ‘Too Expensive’

by Nicholas F. Benton

ADL Caught in Link to Nazis and KKK

LaRouche Supporters Harassed by the FBI

by Donald Baier

Kissinger Watch

by M.T. Upharson

New Plots Hatched in Paris — Dr. K Agrees with Palme.

National News

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