Volume 3, Number 51, December 20, 1976
International Report
Soviet Union Extends T-Ruble As Base For Monetary System
IBEC Offers Transfer Ruble for Settlements of East-West Trade
“Gold And The Monetary Crisis”
Barclay’s Bank Review: Role For the Transferable Ruble
OPEC Settles On 5% Effective Price Increase
Algeria: ‘Third World Will Not Fall For Lying Declarations Of West’
CAP: “We Will Use Our Power Resolutely”
Saudis Reported in Agreement with Algeria, Venezuela
Yamani: No Embargo, We Want Dialogue
U.S. Press Retails State Department War Line Tio Break OPEC
National Report
Oil Price Already Up 20%, Carter Team Plans ‘Energy Embargo’ Against U.S. Industry
Carter Report: Carter Draws From Same Well Five More Cabinet Nominees
Congress Report: Carter Camp Forces on Defensive by Capitol Hill Backlash
Jule Sugarman: A Case Study of Carter’s Transition Team
Economics
Foreign Exchange: Soviet Initiatives Undermine An Already Shaky Dollar
Gold: Gold Strength Based on Use for New Monetary System
International Stocks: Britain Comes Back Strong
World Trade: Italian Trade Deals Show New World Trade Flows
Arab Investments After FIAT
Business Outlook: Weakness in Auto Production, Despite Oct.-Nov. Business Figure
Agriculture: Use Feed Grain Exports Show Early Strength; Possible Price Pressure in the Offing
Steel: European Steel Outlook Grim and Getting Worse
Science and Technology
The Great Plutonium Hoax
Soviet Sector
Ponomarev Leads Diplomatic Initiative To Gaullists
Soviet Union On Peace Offensive
Inroads Attempted Into Poland, Brzezinski Linked
Winslow Peck: Maoist Infiltration Worries East Germans
Poles, With Soviet Assistance, Take Protective Measures For Economy
Military Strategy
Plenty of Dissent in NATO Rejection of First-Strike Ban
Rumsfeld: NATO Has What It Needs—Defense, Deterrence
W. German Press: NATO Reaches No ‘Agreements In Principle’
French Press: Giscard Opposed To First Strike Ban, Wants NATO Expansion
Defense Research Director Currie Stresses Importance of Fusion and Basic Research
Rumsfeld, Clements, And Currie Receive Laurels From Aviation Week Magazine
United Nations
Economic Committee Votes Isolate U.S.; Can New Ambassador Save the U.S. Policy?
Europe
Schmidt Launches New Gov’t with Commitment to International Economic Cooperation and Peace
Fundamental Change in West Germany’s Foreign Policy
West Germans Press Comments on the CDU-CSU Agreement
Kissinger Tries to Intimidate Schmidt, Callaghan, Andreotti
Der Spiegel Takes A Harsh Look at the Rockefeller Empire
British Gov’t. Tells IMF: ‘No Draconian Cuts’
Healey Gives Background To Economic Package; Stresses Industrial Recovery
Callaghan Calls For World Economic Summit
Polish Delegation in Britain For Trade Contacts E-W Relations
Trade Unions Warn Callaghan On Spending Cuts
Defense Chiefs Call For No Cuts In Defense Spending Backed By Atlantic Committee
Gaullists, Soviets Box In Giscard
Debre: Need Europe-Wide Economic Action To Defend Against American Economic Policy
French Electric Workers Strike Against Giscard Gov’t. Austerity
Gaullist RPR A Fascist Political Movement
Giscard Proposed To Stop Nuclear Technology Export To Third World
Realignment in the Italian Communist Party
Portuguese Elections Results Stir Waters or Soares
Middle East
Jordan: Prying the West Bank from King Hussein
Palestine Central Council Resolution for Palestine State
Israel Fighting It Out For Peace Or War
Arabs Forming United Trade Bloc
Africa
British, African Initiatives for Speedy Rhodesian Settlement Accelerate
Asia
Vietnam Congress Inaugurates Strategy For Peace and Reconstruction
Daily Political Report to Vietnam Congress
Is Fukuda Next?
Confounded, Western “China Watchers” Become Blind, Deaf, Dumb
Latin America
Venezuela Crucial Link Between Latin America and New World Trade Flows
Mexico: Battle For Land Close to Civil War; Debt Question Pressing
Manley Wins Presidential Election in Jamaica
Ecuador Right Wing Shift Pressures Peru
Press
Beyond the Bylines: The Trilateral Press
