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Anyone could have predicted these developments excepe the COLTLELS DIES LICE HEED by the unbalanced optimism of he "dynamic' young men in the US imperialism's latest foreign debacle is being ma minded by the President himself. on the advice of the National ecurity Adviser, an enigmaticcalled Zbigniew Brzezinski who is long on clever phrases like the world commandy and tech netronic age' but, by all accounts, rather shon on practical JBCd5.
VARIETY theory see do as stei Carter has got his that 1111 positions that have been spelled sut in general terms deliherately are the ones we still espouse'. he told Time Ill a recent foreign polley which conadering the intinue variety or statements onl Middle East, gets no-one very Cyrus Vance's Middle mission was predominantly "Fact state can countenance no Palestinian state- the Palestinians can arrive at no settlement without one.
So the current LIs initintive. despite the apparent detente with the Arab regimes, adds up only one thing Teoonvene the Geneva conference, preferably with the PLO presen carter could hardly be mor bonest about where he intends to go from there: "I can't anticipate now what our position would *fe is important to set the presen Geneva conference so as not to obscure a fundamental point. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's diplomatic shuttle is to put the Americans back where they started. And the decision of the Palestine Liberation Organisation to maintain its opposition to LN Resolution 242 (recognising the existence of the Zionist state), though inevitable, has put the initiative back even further, writes RICHARD The present overtures to the Arab Terimes in no way contra dict the underlying aim of US strengrhening of the Zionist state aS JEs pontical, military agent in the Carter soes this as best achieved in the context of political stahility. Israel can covisage no settle.
fundamentally with its Zionist allarter and his team were desperately hoping that week's central committee meet ing of the PLO would accept UN Security Council Resolution 242 even if only in an amended form PLO ekplicitly recognising Israel.
UWI the East Israel's Begin [ief) and Cyrus Vance.
the latter would accept them at Geneva. to wouldn't, but nor was there any chance of the PLO changing the fundamentals of its positior Syrian pressure is the convenArafar's rejection of the resolution and refusal to the fact that the PLO could never make such changes and remain the PEO That & it wauld he running agaiast every aspiration of its social base. the conomic and Folverent is not The son ine ascendan emine Syrian hacked Saiga PLO, hardly surprising when you onsider that the Syrian army 288083 38417 control over PLO activity. The Taly their matars and tain are kcat in stones rather than carried by individual militants.
Despite all the thetanic abou the Palestinian without his gun', the enire PLO Just fallen in line with the Syrian plan to 'play the Palestinian card" as its sale diplomatic asset.
PROTECTION The PLO leaders have opted for the protection of Blance of i Tale tan and rather Lebanes masses each so nearl won the civil war.
But then the PLO had never Lebanon as more than the pro Israel tection of its camps. To do more the affairs of an Arab regime.
The Syrians have come out with i lot of radical talk to woo thei formier encories, emains the amend the PLO. If that imperialism might wand a chance SUCCESs But it is a long way from the world of diplomatic manoeuvres to a change in fionship of social forces be organisation, could carry penafties jail topped off adminestrative exile.
According Ukraina Sovie KGB seized the army wa rather than ICSUCUSTED since there but their destruction of the carrying propaganda the real rela lawsintheUSSR. 4 picker or the Sol Lanka High Commission was omen/sed by Sni Lonkao Tamils In Britain. ma! The big four chew over the Middie East probiem ar a While House break ne rice mine: | NUS protests Ukraine arrest Some members of the Notional Union of Students Executive ane prohably the of Andy Klymchuk.
London amested by the KGB on 1 August He has been charged with antiSover spitation' and 'partictoming in building an anti-Soviet which of 1 years' with 10 pears points to to Radyanska • Uttainel.. EDE Andy Klymchuk because films with coded infor mahon and directives trom ade of the emigre centres of Ukrainian bourgeois nationalism concerning the underaking of hoselle ant Soviet acts' were found in bis possession. This bails down to the chargethat the British student was to the polities of the Sect politics of the Soviet Assuming that the charges are cials from correct, thereis likely to be n storm LEOUL SUSHIEL and communest students in Brain Is not single organisation on the British Jelt TRIPLIN that advocates jailing people for from ope press bome the charges the result will he to highlight in the most dramatic fashion the utterly renctionary character of the repressive Tamil leaders here claim that over 2000 Tam/is dave been killed' and 100,000 made homaless in the recent The arrest of Andy Klymchuk is part of a runewed campaign hysheSovier authorities alains opposition forecs in the asd cational rights in the USSR's second most important Republic The last bie crack down, in 1972, started with the arrest of a Relgian oppositionists with being Linked to sinister foreign agencies. All the evidence collected so far conclusion that Klymchuk is not and never has Fany kind, English or Ukrainia His fellow students in Hull ar wildered by the charges which have been laid against him, and disbelief about his possible inThis points to Lh has fallen victim to KGB provoDiscussions between NUS offi Hull and various members of the executive, includ ing Mick Antoniew, have resulted in a call for the formation of a committee for tbe release of Andy Representarives of student and ocher political organisations being invired to meeting of the committer bat will take place at NIS headquarters in COS EL BILLINELL More information can be abrained Trevor Paillips, NUS, Excisleigh Street, Lomdon.
They were PORTUGAL: Prime Minister SORres bAs announced an aus terity budge which inciudes many price rises and an in LEASE WEIRD SECOLLUT panies facing economic diff will be allowed to sus bend their workine contract with the unions, cut wages and SOUTH AFRICA: The Gov ornment has rescled to a three week schaol barcolt a sawen against Benea closing down forty secondary school which are to be re opened This will give the Goverument direct cacitrol over BRAZIL: In a renewal political controntation in Sai Paulo, the student movement has forced the Government to release all but 90 or 19 people arrested in reocut dem onstrations.
USA: The position of th American Indian bas worsens since the inauguration of the with discriminacion agninst In dians in prison. The proportion AROAMI times as reat as blacks. The URUGUAY: Uruguay is the country with the highest prop artica of political prisoners, according to a British repres CHEREISC every 600 Uruguayans is a palitical prisoner, 400,000 out Uruguayan prisoner on the caballete, a sharp iron bar We nance Droners dr forced for hours, with their feet dang ling CASTES CUT CO of a population of 3 million have emigrated since 1973. And back by the military regime's vague promises of elections in 1981.
CHINA: Haich Yu-chen ha China's champion rail ticker clerk, for issuing 630,000 tickets witbout a mistake. According to the New China News Agency she was inspired by the fall af the "gang of four LATE CAPITALISM: Marvin cessor as Governor of Mary land, has beco convicted on WORSE OF PREER SUEPRE SPAIN: The issue ar stake in last monch's 'strike' by bread to introduce the 700 gramme kilogramune weight by 3u per cen -110 covert price rise. After the 300 Spanish paper, sty not the 900 kile, suggested subeantially reduce transport would allow tbe bread proprietors to
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