Executive Intelligence Review, Volume 14, Number 29, July 24, 1987
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" THE ONLY WAY n_H � A TO STOP 1 MARSHAL OGARKOV'S WAR PLAN! The greatest strategic weapon in the Russians' arsenal against the West, is not any of their weapons systems as such, but their ability to exploit the flaws in Western so-called economic thinking, which go by the name of "free enterprise." �TIill How to reverse the economic policy QUARTERLY blunders that led to 'Irangate' CONTENTS ECONOMIC • An international financial blow-out: the real story behind 'Irangate' REPORT • The technology-driver of the new economic upsurge: the forty- year Mars-colonization project • The explosive impact of AIDS on the world economy EIR Quarterly Economic Report Make check or money order payable to: First $ J ,000 annual subscription Executive Intelligence Review $250 single issue. P.O. Box 17390 Quarter Washington, D.C. 2004 J -0390 1987 Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche. Jr. Editor-in-chief: Criton Zoakos Editor: Nora Hamerman From the Editor Managing Editors: Vin Berg and Susan Welsh Contributing Editors: U ..... e Parpart-Henke. Nancy Spannaus. Webster Tarpley. Christopher White. Warren Hamerman. William Wertz. Gerald Rose. Mel Klenetskv. Antony Papert. Allen Salisbury Science and Technology: Carol White Special Services: Richard Freeman Advertising Director: Marsha Freeman Circulation Manager: Joseph Jennings INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: Africa: Douglas DeGroot. Mary Lalevee Agriculture: Marcia Merry friend of ours who has been studying the two Executive Orders, Asia: Linda de Hoyos A Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg. 12333 and 12334, used since 1981 to justify the cancerous growth Paul Goldstein of the "secret government," made the remark that when one reads Economics: David Goldman European Economics: William Engdahl. these two orders it is hard at first to put one's finger on what is evil Laurent Murawiec about them. They seem like the most boring accumulation of bureau Europe: Vil'ian Freyre Zoakos Ibero-America: Robyn Quijano. Dennis Small cratic procedures imaginable. And indeed, that lack of content is Law: Edward Spannalls precisely the problem. Medicine: John Grallerholz. M:D. Middle East Thierry Lalevee Lyndon LaRouche's draft executive order to revoke and replace Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: the offending orders addresses this question. We are pleased to Rachel Douglas. Konstafllin George Special Projects: Mark Burdman publish it this week, following the LaRouche "Statement of Find United States: Kathleen Klenetsky ings" which outlined the kind of evils we have seen over the past six INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: years, and which was our Feature last week. On the principle that Bangkok: Pakdee and Sophie Tanapura Bogota: Jal·ier Almario the citizens who elected the individual LaRouche recently described Bonn: George Gregory. Rainer Apel as the "King Lear" in the White House, are responsible for the Chicago: Paul Greenberg Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen government they elected, we urge readers to carefullystudy this draft Houston: Harley Schlanger presidential order, and join in a national debate on the issues therein. Lima: Sara Madueiio Los Angeles: Theodore Andromidas On page 62, LaRouche addresses what some have called the Mexico City: Josejina Menendez "Ollie North craze," from the standpoint of the policy issues that Milan: Marco Fanini New Delhi: Susan Maitra were bungled by the late William Casey and others. Paris: Christine Bierre I also draw your attention to the lead of our Economics section, Rio de Janeiro: Silvia Palacios Rome: Leonardo Serl'adio. Ste/ania Sacchi written by our economics editor David Goldman, who has just re Stockholm: William Jones turnedfrom Europe _ The article reviews evidence that we are heading United Nations: Douglas DeGroot Washington. D.C.: Nicholas F. Benton for the worst banking crisis in history-fast. Moreover, as the col Wiesbaden: Philip Golub. Garan Haglund umn on page 15 indicates, the real economy could give President EIRIExecutil'e IllIelligence Rel'iew (ISSN 0273�314) is Reagan a humiliating, but realistic, way out of the catastrophic published weekly (50 issues) except for the second week of July alUllast week of December by N,'", Solidarity dilemma about to be posed by the new version of Gramm-Rudman International Press Service P.O. Box 65178. Washington. DC 20035 (202) 785-/347 Hollings. European Headquarter.f: Ex.ecutive Inte11igence Review Lyndon LaRouche's new autobiography, The Power of Reason: Nachrichtenagentur GmbH. Postfach 2308. Ootzheimerstrasse 166. 0-6200 Wiesbaden. Federal Republic published by EIR , is off the press in an initial 25, 000 run. We of Germany 1988, Tel: (06121) 8840. 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Single issue-$ IO Academic library rate: $245 per year Postmaster: Send all address changes to EIR. P.O. Box 17390. Washington. D.C. 20041-0390. (202) 785-1347 TIillContents Interviews Departments Economics 13 Dr. Michael Shinkle 16 Andean Report 4 Worst bank losses in An entomologist and food safety Agenda for chaos. history are only the expert who heads the beginning Environmental Management 17 Report from Rio This year's second quarter marks Services company in East Peoria, Party vs. minister. the first time in history that the Illinois, discusses the scope of U.S. banking system, as a whole, stored grain infestation. 19 Report from Rome ran in deficit, and the big-bank losses which prompted the overall Nurse contracts AIDS from 22 James Beggs move into negative are, by any patient. Following his full exoneration statistical measure, much worse from a trumped-up Justice than anything reported during the 55 Report from Bonn Department indictment, the former last Great Depression . NASA administrator held a wide After the Weizsacker fiasco. ranging discussion with EIR 6 UNCTAD: waiting for a correspondent Marsha Freeman. 56 Mother Russia policy change Sainthood for Dostoevsky? The delegates in Geneva were told 44 Marivilia Carrasco that the world debt crisis is a In an unusual analysis of the 57 Northern Flank threat to civilization-but the Mexican presidential sweepstakes Selling out the Baltic to Russia. Neros in Washington keep madly from a historical perspective, the fiddling. secretary general of the Mexican 72 Editorial Labor Party asks, "Will Mexico's 7 Some implications of the AIDS: PANIC ...or euthanasia. next President be chosen by Gulf re-flagging Harvard?" A guest commentary by J. Scott Morrison. AIDS Update 8 Currency Rates Book Reviews 18 Evidence heard on insects 9 Foreign Exchange 49 Narco-terrorism seen as and AIDS Trade deficit ends dollar recovery. Soviet biochemical warfare 21 AIDS spreads faster 10 Overcoming the Reagan Jeffrey Steinberg looks at America among heterosexuals "recovery" the Vulnerable by Joseph D. Douglass, Jr. and Neil C. Part II: Save lives, create Livingstone 47 Euthanasia lobby seeks economic growth: Develop the new victims water resources of Virginia 70 New PANIC initiative 15 Domestic Credit launched in California Declare a recession and go home? 18 Medicine Evidence heard on insects and AIDS. 20 Business Briefs Volume 14 Number 29, July 24, 1987 Feature International National 40 Soviet move to Iran no 60 The Iran-Contra hearings: penalty for Western the congressional cover-up alliance Someone should ask the "secret Fuzzy-headed fellows in Western government's" chief protector, capitals fear that U. S. military Sen. Daniel Inouye, about his moves in the Gulf will result in a position as the largest senatorial Soviet takeover of Iran . But the recipient of American-Israeli Soviets were given Iran years ago, Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) by Jimmy Carter and Zbigniew fu nds . An image from the televised "Irangate" hearings which have riveted Americans for several weeks on the ac Brzezinski. tions of a lawless secret government. without really 62 The mind of Oliver North going to the heart of the problem. 42 Japan holds firm to U.S. Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. looks alliance with sympathy at the figure of 28 A plan to replace Despite the increasing perception "John Rambo" disguised as Lt. Executive Orders 12333 in Japan that the United States is Colonel North, whose testimony in the Irangate hearings was a TV and 12334 not a reliable ally, Japan has shown no inclination to shift away movie special, with repeated In last week's issue, Lyndon H. from its postwar strategic ties. flashbacks to North's bitter LaRouche wrote, "Under EO memories of Vietnam. The 12333 and 12334 ... there grew 43 Irangate touches Brazil problem North ducked, was the up a complex of covert activities fact that his own, Reagan's, and 'untouchables' which has been fairly described as Casey's policy in the Contra