Volume 4, Number 45, November 8, 1977
International
Latest Stage in Dollar-Pound Battle: Central Bank Support Operation for Dollar?
by David Goldman
“Luxembourg Plan Will Favor Exports” – West German Press Looks Grimly at Pound Sterling.
National
Foreign Policy Battle: Geneva, Détente at Stake
I. The Administration Reaffirms Commitment to Peace, SALT – II. From the Soviet Side, Brezhnev Offers Concession on Nuclear Blasts – III. The Coalition To Wreck Geneva: Inside the Jewish Lobby – Nitze and Co. Fire Torpedoes at SALT – “Human Rights” Revised To Wreck U.S.-Soviet Relations.
GOP Dumb-Bunnies Join Effort To Stop Geneva
John Connally: New Threat to Fabian Democrats
Congress Report: Jawboning an Energy ‘Compromise’
“The Answer Is To Produce More.”
DOE Fight: Schlesinger’s Covert War To Keep Nuclear Advocates Out
by Carol Lerner
Why the Labor Party Backs Thorne’s Nomination
Economics
Eurodollar Lending Spree Entraps U.S. Commercial Banks
Soviets Equivocate on T-Ruble
Fekete Explains the Basis for Expanded T-Ruble Role Then Bows to Oblomov
The Blumenthal Tax Program: Revival of the ‘British System’
by Richard Schulman
Energy
Mexico To Use Oil Reserves To Become Advanced Sector Nation
Misinformation Campaign Hides Schlesinger Sabotage of U.S.-Mexico Energy Cooperation
Labor
Labor News: ‘Depression’ Strikes Sweep Country
Banking Economist: Labor-Industry Confrontation on Agenda.
West German Unions, Industrialists Unite for Dortmund Nuclear Rally
North American Labor and Industry Leaders Endorse Dortmund Rally.
Fitzsimmons’s Testimony Answers Senate Subcommittee
Enemies of Labor: Humphrey-Hawkins Just Around the Corner?
Conyers Ponders Shorter Work Week Legislation — Globe Democrat: Short Work Week No Solution.
Fight Emerging over U.S. Steel Policy: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid
Counterintelligence
Franco-German Counterterror Focuses on British
New York Daily News: Frankfurt School Created Baader-Meinhof – Die Welt: Baader-Meinhof Links Extend to Paris, London – French Weekly: Terrorists Aided by Infiltrators in EEC, Finance Ministries.
H.H.A. Cooper: Terrorism To Escalate, U.S. Prime Target
Bowyer Bell: ‘Everyone Wants To Make Terrorism Look Like a Conspiracy’
Soviet Sector
Soviet Harvest 20 Million Tons Short
Poland Seeks To Buy Western Grain
Polish Prime Minister Jaroszewicz: Shortages and Discipline – Vicious Cycle in Polish Trade Revealed.
Europe
Economic Program of Franco-German Alliance Takes Shape
Saltzgitter Head: “Compete” by Upgrading Workforce – West German Industrialist Calls for Investment Drive – A New “Super North-South Conference?”
Schmidt: ‘We Need Nuclear Energy Despite Carter’s Reservations’
FBIS Caught in Distortion of Schmidt’s IISS Speech.
How Cuccia Destroyed Montedison
by Margaret Bardwell
Blumenthal Demands Humphrey-Hawkins for Italy–Or Else
Middle East
Israeli Austerity Crisis Paves Way for Yadin-Dayan Takeover
Israel Will Take Atomic Energy Help Where It Can Get It
Syria and PLO Square Off Against Egypt
IMF Foments Government Crisis in Turkey
by Nancy Parsons
Morgan Guaranty: “The IMF Is Having Trouble” – “The IMF Is Naive.”
Asia
Currency Chaos Is Hurting Japan–Deliberately
by Richard Katz
China’s Teng Seeks World ‘United Front’ Against Soviets
