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10 Three�judge panel hears challenges to 7 Judges strike down the "automatic cuts" 2 London Stock Exchange blackballs Mer­ Gramm:Rudman budget-cutting amend-· provision of Gramm-Rudman. rill Lynch for "disreputable practices." ment. 10 IMF cuts Peru off from any further . 17 OPEC oil ministers meet on oil price 21 Saudi Arabia launches oil price war . lending from international money markets. collapse, as oil falls below $lO/barrel. against Britain. . 27 Swedish stock market collapses by 5%, 21 Federal Reserve vice-chairman Preston 24 Argentine labor federation holds gener­ second-largest drop in its history. Martin resigns. al strike against IMF. 28 Brazil announces first wage-price con­ 21 House Armed Services Committee 29 LaRouche issues call for an oil import trols since 1964 coup. votes,to reduce military pensions by 17%. tax to protect American. producers. 28 Brazilian President Jose Sarney unveils 24-30 Peru completes largest drug bust in his "Cruzado Plan." history. 28 Rise in U.S. unemployment in Febru­ ary was the largest since May 1980.

14 France's I ,200-megawatt Superphenix breeder reactor goes on line. 23 Reports from Voyager indicate that Ur­ anus has a magnetic field. 28 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, killing the crew. 1986: a tumultu9us year

Soviet International Affairs journal com­ 7 Philippines national elections; opposi­ 1 Moscow's Georgii Arbatov proclaims plains of worsening relations between tion to President Marcos cries "fraud." that Palme was murdered by "reaction." U.S.S.R. and Sweden. 11 During a European tour of Argentine Disinformation campaign launched to pin 7 Reagan announces economic sanctions trade union leader Alberto Campos, leaders the assassination on LaRouche. against Qaddafi. of Italy's largest martiime union join the 2 West German Christian Democrats lose 20 Swedish Navy Commander Hans von Schiller Institute Trade Union Commis­ majority in Schleswig-Holstein elections. Hofsten warns of possible Soviet surprise sion. 6 New Soviet Central Coinmittee elected, strike against Sweden. 12 Five Iranian activists occupy the Peru­ heavily weighted toward the military. 22 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres ' vian embassy in Copenhagen, to show 12 Spanish voters pass referendum in fa­ announces his "Marshall Plan" for Mideast "solidarity" with Shining Path terrorists. vor of NATO membership. development, in a speech in London. 18 German Green party parliamentarian 13 Victor Gunnarsson arrested as suspect 24 U.S. begins naval maneuvers off Lib­ Otto Schily launches investigation of in Palme hit. International media campaign yan coast. Chancellor Kohl for perjury. tries to link him to LaRouche. 27 Prince Charles's former valet admitted 21 Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger writes letter 14-16 Peru's President Garcia in Argen­ to hospital for AIDS. to world's bishops denouncing the rise of tina. 31 South African President Botha an­ satanism. 14"17 Libya's Qaddafi hosts conference., of nounces sweeping reforms in apartheid 25 Soviet Communist Party's 27th Con­ 700 terrorists. system. gress begins. 16 Gaullist RPR party sweeps French . 28 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is elections. assassinated. 19 Victor Gunnarsson released for lack of evidence against him. 20 Jacques Chirac named French premier. 29' Italian court acquits three Bulgarians and three Turks in 1981 attempt to assassi­ nate the Pope.

1 White House says it will extend compli­ 4 President delivers State of the Union ad­ 12 Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) begins ance with unratified SALT II Treaty indefi-. dress, emphasizing the economic "recov­ hearings on Mexican "corruption." nitely. ery." 12 Drive launched in California for Propo­ 14 U.S. Attorneyin Boston William Weld 24 Supreme Court refuses to block extra­ sition 64 referendum to stop AIDS. issues memo inviting DOJ, FBI, and other dition to Israel of John Demjanjuk, accused 18 LaRouche Democrats Janice Hart and officials from around the country to meet­ of being a Nazi war criminal. Milrk Fairchild win Illinois primary for_ ing to gather evidence against LaRouche, secretary of state and It. governor. citing inadequacy of Boston grand jury in­ 27 Trilateral Commission Executive Di­ vestigation. rector Paul Revay predicts: "Within one 29 LaRouche delivers State of the Union month, you won't hear much about La­ speech in Washington, D.C., highlighting }\ouche any more. Illinois was just a slip­ danger of economic blowout in 1986. up by a local machine."

© 1987 EIR News Service Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission strictly prohibited. U.S. multifamily housing starts drop Japan announces it is world's largest credi­ House action to impose an oil import tax. 21.9%. tor nation. ·20 Israeli Supreme Court Justice Moshe Argentina announces that it has begun im­ U.S. gives WHO $2 million to combat Bejski issues report damning heads of ma­ porting meat, on first anniversary of Presi­ AIDS. jor Israeli banks for undermining the econ­ dent Alfonsln's Austral Plan. USDA reveals that 115 of all fannland that omy with corrupt banking practices. 1 United Steel�orkers Of America charges changed hands was due to foreclosure. 22 President Reagan refuses to back oil that U.S. steel productiori is insufficient for 19 U.S. Budget Office warns that 350,000 impOrt tariff, in meeting with governors security emergency. \ troops could be lost through Gramm-Rud-. and state representatives from oil-prod!lc­ 13 U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Volck­ man. ing states. er demands emergency powers to.arrange 24 Britain gets $14.3 million in SDI con­ 23 U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments for banks to take over failing institutions tracts. on constitutIonality of Gramm-Rudffian. across state lines.

18 �xplosion of Titan 34D rocket creates 3 Delta rocket explodes on launch, fourth 7 Paris conference of the Fusion Energy . heavy launch emergency. launch failure in a row. Foundation on "The Importance of the 20 SDI experiment using new guidance 23 President's Natiopal Commission on Method of Louis Pasteur for Conquering technology destroys target at 12,000 feet: Space issues its report, "Pioneering the AIDS and other Pandemics. " Space Frontier," which calls for colonizing 9 Rogers Commission report hits NASA Mars by the year 2015. cost-cutting, amorfg reasons for the Chal­ lenger disaster. 19 NASA cancels Centaur rocket pro-

2 Terrorists bomb TWA jet, killing four. 1 Founding conference of United Workers 6 Warsaw Pact summit. Union of South Africa, launched by M.G. 6 Swedish warships open fire on foreign 5 France expels two Libyan diplomats. . 5 Bombing of the "La Belle" discotheque Buthelezi in opposition to African National submarine. in West Berlin. Congress. 7 Anti-nuclear riots at Brokdorf facility in 6 EIR Paris offices bombed by Action Di­ 1 Thai Parliament dissolved. West Germany. rect spinoff "Black War." 2 Norwegian Conservative Prime Minister 14 Panamanian 'government stops ship Pia 10 West Germany expels. two Libyan dip- Willoch resigns; Labor Party's Gro Vesta with East German arms aboard, be� lomats. Brundtland to form new 'government. lieved headed for Peruvian terrorists. 12·17· Swedish Prime Minister Carlsson 4-6 Tokyo summit of top Western indus­ 15 Elections in Lower Saxony, West Ger­ visits Moscow, which demands that Swe­ trial nations and Japan; backs IMF surveil­ many. den purge pro-Western influences. lance of national economies; pledges coop- 15 Demonstration against French nuclear . 14 U.S. bombing raid against Libya. eration against terrorism. plant in Cattenom. 17 Emergency meeting of European for - ' 12 Patriots for Germany emerges as new 18 Peru's President Garda puts down eign ministers to discuss Libya bombing. political party, files 100 candidates in Shining Path prison uprising. 22 OAS holds 'anti-drug meeting in Brazil Lower Saxony elections. 20 Attempted assassination of Peru's Gar­ in memory of slain Colombian justice min­ 18·19 Riots at Wack�rsdorf site of nuclear da. ister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla. processing facility in Bavaria, West Ger­ 21 Helga Zepp-LaRouche addresses 22·23 Fusion Energy Foundation-Schiller many. Schiller Institute conference in Mainz­ Institute conference in Tokyo: "The Stra­ 21 Pro-NATO government sweeps Dutch Hechtheim, West Germany: "How Soviet tegic Defense Initiative: Its Strategic, Eco­ elections. . Low Intensity Warfare Targets the West." nomic, and Scientific Dimensions." 25 Colombian presidential elections: Vir­ 25 NATO Secretary General Lord Car­ 23 South African President Botha abol­ gilio Barco wins by wide margin. rington calls latest Soviet arms offers "en­ ishes "'pass laws." 30 Punjab police evict Khalistani separa­ couraging. " 26 Chernobyl nuclear accident in tists from Golden Temple in Amritsar. U.S.S.R.

9 LaRouche press conference at Washing­ Forty-six senators demand that SDI spend­ 4 Jo,nathan Pollard admits espionage for ton, D.C. National Press Club, highlights ing be cut by nearly $2 billion. Israel in U.S. court. charge of White House Chief of Staff I)on 5 NBC-TV interviews terrorist fugitive 9 Supreme Court strikes down protection ' Regan's involvement in Merrill Lynch's Abu Abbas, refuses to say where he is. for handicapped newborns, drug-money la ndering. . 17 Teamsters' President Jackie Presser in­ 13·15 Mark Fairchild, Democrati� nomi­ 30 Second English edition of Dope, Inc.,' dicted. nee for lieutenant governor in Illinois, is Boston Bankers and Soviet Commissars, 22 Supporters of CaliforniaProposition 64 denied entry to the party's convention. published by The New Benjamin Franklin file690, 000, signatures to put referendum 25 Proposition 64 certified for California House. on the ballot. ballot. 27 Reagan announces U.S. will no longer 30 Supreme Court upholds anti-sodomy comply unilaterally with SALT, details So­ laws. viet treaty violations. Largest-ever U.S. corporate bankruptcy Pot confiscated in Oklahoma reported to Locust infestation reaches disastrous pro­ (LTV). exceed dollar value of wheat crop. portions in Africa's Sahel. 7 Malaysia hangs two convicted Austra­ USDA magazine shows fall in U.S. beef 4 U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assis­ lian dope traffickers. consumption from 94.4 lbs per capita in tance announces that 4 DC-7 aircraftar­ 7 Supreme Court declares Gramm-Rud­ 1976t079.1 in 198 5. rived in Senegal Aug. 31 to spray for lo­ man's automatic cuts provision-unconstitu- 5 OPEC agrees to get oil price back to at custs. /' tional. least $l0/barrel. 21 European Community agricultural di- 8. Crude oil prices fall to $5. SO/barrel. 8 Biggest cocaine bust in U.S. history. . rectorate recommends burning I million 22 Dollar plunges to all-time lows. 13 LaRouche asks death penalty for drug tons of "surplus" food. 27·29 AIDS weeping Zambia and will "legaliz6rs;" 28·29 IMF Interim Committee admits wipe out many, says health ministry offi­ 15 IMF deClares Peru ineligible for further 1986 debt crisis worse than 1982; demands cial. loans; democratic trade union leaders of more sacrifices from debtors. continent meet Garda to express support.

5·6 Paris daily reports that two South Afri­ 7 Princeton ,Plasma Physics Laboratory 5 U.S. launches Delta rocket from Cape can researchers have shown that bedbugs announces it has achieved 200 million de­ Canaveral with two top-secret satellites as carry AIDS virus. grees (Celsius) in Tok�mak Fusion Test payload. . 17 Largest -ever U . S. underground nuclear Reactor-the highest temperature ever re- 29 Livermore National Laboratory an­ test in Nevada. corded in a laboratory. ; nounces breakthrough in technology for 22 President officially receives.and en­ 23 Prof. Jean-Claude Chermann of Paris acceleration of electron beams. dorses the report of his Space Commission Pasteur Institute delivers speech proving on Mars colonization. that insects in African AIDS belt carry AIDS virus.

Nigeria, Ghana boycott Commonwealth Showdown between British Prime Minister Biggest Soviet maneuvers since 1984, sim­ Games over South Africa crisis. Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II, over the ulate invasion of Germany. 1· 7 Pope John Paul II visits Colombia, at­ monarch's assertion of power in foreign 3 Peru's President Garda addresses Non­ tacks terrorism,drugs, usury. policy. Aligned meeting in Zimbabwe on debt re­ 6 Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone wins 3·5 Commonwealth "mini-summit" on lief, neW world economic order. big in elections. South Africa. 8 Terrorist bombing of Paris Town Hall. 9 Siemens industrialist Karl Heinz Beck­ 5 U. S. Ambassador to Germany Richard 9 Japan announces agreement for partici­ urts assassinated in West Germany. Burtrefuses to rule out U.S. troop with­ pation in U.S. SOl program. 9 Explosion rips through offices of elite drawal from Europe. 9 Bombing of West Germany's Federal forces of French police. 7 Soviet Culture Fund created,including Bureau of State Security in Cologne. ' Cardinal Ratzinger arrives in Peru, top anti-LaRouche "spooks." � France and Germany agree on coordination 18 . meets with Garda. 7 Sovetskaya Kultura attacks LaRouche. in fighting terrorism. . 22 Israeli Prime Minister Peres meets with 12 Peru recalls ambassador from East Ger­ 12 LaRouche publishes proposal in EIR Moroccan King Hassan in Ifrane, in an ov� many over Pia Vesta affair. for "Countering the Syrian War Threat' erture to moderate Arabs. 15 Peru's President Garda meets with Against Israel." . 25 Reagan sends letter to Gorbachov; Schiller Institute trad« unionists. 12 U.S. Congress approves economic .. while not made public, it is known to offer 22 Arrest of Soviet spy Gennady Zakharov sanctions against South Africa. cooperation on SDI. in New York City. 15 Soviet New Times issues attack on 26 East Germany recalls ambassador to 25·29 West German Social Democratic LaRouche, "Nazism Without the Swasti ka." Peru over Pia Vesta affair. Party convention nominat. 16 European Community adopts �conomic es Johannes Rau 27 Elections in Thailand; Prime Minister as candidate for chancellor in 1987. sanctions against South Africa. Prem receives mandate to form a new gov­ 28 Pope issues Pastoral Letter on St. Au­ 24 ·French Premier Chirac addresses-U.N. ernment. gustine. in appeal to wipe out terrorism. 28 Gorbachov Vladivostok address: Soviet Arrest of U.S. News and World Report 28 Soviets moot reunification of Germany 30 . Union is an Asian power. journalist Nicholas Daniloff in Moscow. in leaks to German press.

15 Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) vows to Hollywood stars seek to block California White House Chief of Staff Don Regan defeat Reagan's opposition to South Africa Proposition 64, "stop LaRouche." squashes Senate investigation of AIDS sanctions. 1 Gerold Yonas, SDI adviser,leaves post. cover-up by Atlanta CDC. 15 William Weld nominated to head Jus­ 5 Stephen Trott, acting director of Justice Former NSC Adviser Robert McFarlane tice Department Criminal Division. Department Criminal Division,lets eight goes to Iran to clinch arms-for-hostages 28 Air Force recommends mothballing Israelis off the hook in weapons smuggling deal. $3.3 billion West Coast Space Shuttle case. 4 Vatican reduces authority of Seattle complex. 5 ACLU opposes Reagan proposal for . Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. 29 Reagan announces new War on Drugs drug testing of federal employees. 10 White House asks drug testing for cer­ effort. 18 Cardinal Ratzinger revokes dissident tain government employees. 29 Zbjgniew Brzezinski demands naval Fr. Charles Curran's license to teach theol­ 11 William Weld confirmed by Senate Ju­ blockade of Nicaragua. ogy at Catholic University. diciary C�mmittee for Justice Dept. post. 16-18 Meeting of 26 Ibero-American and 6 General Motors announces 29,000 lay­ Growing demands in U .S. for shift out of Caribbean countries (SELA) in Lima, offs. "service" economy, from H. Ross Perot, Peru, endorses Garcia approach to debt. 14 Wall St. corporate raider Ivan Boesky Bobby Ray Inman, Rep. Jim Wright, et al. 27 Deregulation of London Stock Market indicted for "insider trading. " 6-7 Schiller Institute Agriculture Commis­ ("the Big Bang") 15-17 Delegates from 44 trade unions sion meeting in Obernburg, West Ger­ 28 Zaire breaks with IMF, along same form new Colombian trade union federa­ many. lines as Peru. tion (CUT). 9 Egyptian President Mubarak denounces 30 Surprise resignation' of Saudi Oil Min­ 19 U.S.S.R. passes Law on Individual La­ IMF pressures. ister Zaki Yamani, who 'had held the post bor, permitting limiteg "free enterprise." 10 U.S. einployment reported up 8 million for 24 years. 19 U.S. Attorney in Miami indicts nine of 1979-84, and all growth occurred in jobs the world's top drug traffickers. earning less than $14,000. Near!y 60% of 29 Fi' growth in jobs paying less than $7,000. gures released that -show Peru has grown by 22.5% in manufactures in a year.

'11 LaRouche issues proposal on "Parame­ SDIO announces that funding for directed­ 5 LaRouche writes in EIR on "Differences ters for U. S.-Soviet Talks on AIDS Pan­ energy weapons in 1987 will be 5% less Between LaRouche's and Teller's' Role in demic." than the 1986 level. Creating SDI." 7 AIDS researcher Luc Montagnier re­ veals discovery of new virus, LAV - 2. 28 EIR's Biological Holocaust Task Force announces development of computer mod­ el to study the spread of AIDS.

1 Assassination attempt' on Indian Prime' Journal of Mosrow Patriarchate attacks 2 Prosecution of Israeli gun-runner Gen. Minister Gandhi. Pope for diverging from Vatican II. Avraham Bar-Am indefinitely postponed. 3 4 Gorba.chov speech denounces Western . 5 Assaults on NATO nuclear weapons fa­ NBC-TV alleges LaRouche link to "fascists" who do not wear swastikas-So­ cilities in Britain and West Gern:tany. Palme killing; Stockholm police deny it. viet "code" for LaRouche. 8 Soviets reported about to complete ABM 5-6 European Community prime ministers 10 Cardinal Ratzinger issues document phased array radar defense at Krasnoyarsk. resolve joint effort to combat AlpS. condemning homosexuality. 9 West German Social Democrats lose 8-12 Soviet papers Pravda, Izvestia, and 10 Assassination of West German foreign heavily in Hamburg elections. Krasnaya Zvezda report NBC-TV charges ministry official Gerold von Braunmiih!. 10 British Prime Minister Thatcher warns against LaRouche. 11 Reykjavik summit between Reagan and against withdrawal of U. S. nuclear weap­ 10 European press. reports link to Palme of Gorbachov; discuss "zero option" for nu­ ons from Europe. Soviet-linked Emma Rothschild. clear. withdrawal from Europe; meetings 10 President Reagan extends economic 15 Italy adopts executive order to make collapse over disagreement about SDI. sanctions against Nicaragua. AIDS subject to mandat9ry reporting. 24 Britain breaks diplomatic relations with 13 West German Christian Democratic 17 French government sets up special cri­ Syria, presents evidence of Syrian role in parliamentarian Bernard Friedmann calls sis unit to deal with escalating conflict in I , international terrorism. for German reunification. Chad. 29 Anti-American riots in South Korea. 17 Assassination of Col. Jaime Ramirez 17 Guillermo Cano, publisher Of the Co­ 29 International Committee to Investigate G6mez, former chief of Colombian anti­ lombian daily EI Espectador, assassinated Soviet-Style Human Rights Violations in drug police. by mafia hitmen. the United. States is formed, in connection 21 Britain's Prime Minister Thatcher con­ 18 Colombian President Barco orders new with government raid on LaRouche associ­ vinces French President Mitterrand to back crackdown on narcotics traffickers. ates. her in putting AIDS on agenda at Dec. 5 summit of European leaders. 28 Colombian Bishops Conference re­ solves to excommunicate drug traffickers.

6 Raid by nearly 400 agents on companies 4 Elections bring Democratic majority in 2 Frank Carlucci named national security in Leesburg, Virginia associated with La­ Senate and House; key issue is economy. adviser, to replace Adm. John Poindexter, Rouche. Ten individuals are indicted, 20 California attorney general raids office . who resigned because· of his role in Iranian along with companies and political com­ of supporters of Proposition 64. arms deals. mittees. 25 CIA Deputy Director Robert Gates de­ 2 Attorney-General Meese says he will 27 Reagan signs omnibus anti-drug bill. tails Soviet SDI build-up, in a speech in seek an independent counsel to investigate 29 First Fidelity Bank of New Jersey and San Francisco. . . , "lrangate." LaRouche campaign committees reach set­ 25 U.S. Attorney General Meese reveals 3 Defense Secretary Weinberger fells re­ tlement of ongoing lawsuits. that profits from illegal arms sales to Iran porters President Reagan was given "bad went to Nicaraguan Contras. advice" on Iran arms deals. 28 U.S. scraps SALT II Treaty with de­ 4 EIR press conference exposes Justice ployment of cruise-armed B-52 bomber. Dept. coverup in "Irangate."