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Weekly Update: Thai Fighter; Algeria/UK; Singapore Trainer; Pucares
THAI DECISION NEAR: Royal Thai Air Force officials began deliberations December 1 on a
choice for a new attack fighter: decision is due by the end of the year. The prime contenders are the
Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Vought A-7 Corsair H. Sources tell the Weekly that the
Thais favored the A-10 on technical/performance grounds, but strongly favored the A-7 on price.
Look for a decision to go with the A-7, with 18 A-7s acquired from ex-US Navy stocks via a USN
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract at $ 1-million each, with a refurbishing contract to Vaught at
$42-million, to bring them up to front-line capability, with modern avionics, weapons and weapons
control systems. The A-IOs were reportedly offered at $18-million each, a difference which might not
be sufficiently compensate for by the performance advantage. There was a suggestion that some of the
upgrading on the A-7s would be handled by Singapore's aerospace industry on subcontract.
ALGERIAN-BRITISH DEAL: The long-anticipated Algerian-British defense agreement may well be
signed by the end of the year, sources tell the Weekly. The British Aerospace Hawk trainer and light
attack aircraft has been one of the systems under discussion, and the deal may also include the Rapier
SAM and the Swingfire anti-tank missile. (British discussions on naval cooperation are also known to
have taken place.) The deal comes at a time when a French defense deal with Algiers is also in the air
(see this page, last week), and Algeria's ties with the US are also warming.
NO SINGAPOREAN DECISION: Despite published reports that Singapore has decided to favor the
Italian SIAI-Marchetti S-211 as a trainer and light attack aircraft, sources say the decision is still open,
and the other contender - Spain's CASA 101 Aviojet -- is not out of the running.
NIGERIAN SWINGFIRES: Well-placed sources confirm that Nigeria recently concluded a deal for a
"substantial number" of Swingfire anti-tank missiles, made by British Aerospace Dynamics Group. The
sale, following other recent UK buys by Lagos, may represent a sign that difficulties in the Nigerian-
UK defense relationship are now overcome.
PUCARAS FOR VENEZUELA: After drawn-out talks (the Weekly, April 18-24, 1983), sources sug-
gest that a sale of 24 Argentine FMA IA 58 Pucard attack aircraft to Venezuela is on. Venezuela had
been insisting on Garrett TPE3 31. turbine engines for the aircraft, instead of the standard French
Turbomeca Astazou XVI G turboprops. (A prototype called the IA 66 with Garrett engines was built
and flown by FMA). But French engine representatives carried the day in Caracas, according to an
observer, and the Turbomeca-equipped aircraft will be sold to Venezuela.
NEW TROUBLES IN ADEN? There are signs of new splits inside the South Yemeni leadership, as
the rivalry between President 'Ali Nasir Muhammad and his rivals. former Defense Minister 'Ali 'An-
tar and present Defense Minister Salih Muslih Qasim, continues. A scheduled (constitutionally re-
quired) congress of the Yemeni Socialist Party, scheduled for October, has been shifted to May, ap-
parently due to differences in the leadership, perhaps even 'Ali Nasir's desire to try to consolidate his
strengths for another six months in order to avoid being deposed. There are rumors 'Ali Nasir's recent
visit to Moscow --- his first in two years - was less than smooth: some say the Soviets have doubts
about his reconciliation efforts with North Yemen and Oman. Others think Moscow is backing the
rapprochement, hoping Aden will receive much-needed Gulf aid, easing Moscow's own burden.
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Latin America: Brazilian Weapons Sales
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Brazil has sold over %2-billion worth of defense equipment this year, according to Brazilian defense in-
dustrialist Jose Whittaker Ribeiro, head of IMBEL ordnance factories and founder of the armor maker Engesa.
He told the press that arms exports earnings will surpass those from coffee in 198 3. Whittaker Ribeiro noted
that over 95 percent of Brazilian arms production is sold overseas, to some 40 countries. He added that
one third of Brazil's weapons exports are to the Middle East.
In a related development, a Brazilian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Brazil will not sell weapons
to Iran while that country is at war with Brazilian arms customer Iraq. Iranian interest in such sales was
expressed earlier this year (see the Weekly, September 5 - It, 1983). Iran is believed to use some Brazilian
military hardware, some of which is thought to have come from Libya's arsenals. The London-based Latin
American Weekly Report has reported that Iran had proposed investing in the Brazilian defense industry earlier
this year, but was turned down because of Brazil's concern over its oil-for-awns relationship with Baghdad.
COLOMBIAN AIRCRAFT BUYS: Colombia is negotiating with Lockheed of the US for two C-130
Hercules transport aircraft. The sale will be a direct commercial sale, approved by the US Government. Col-
ombia's Air Force lost one C-130 this year when it crashed off the US coast during a logistics flight to
the US. Another Colombian buy, according to reports, is of 10 Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porters for use as com-
mand and communications aircraft connecting the country's widely separated urban centers and trouble spots.
The PC-6s are reported to already be in Colombia. A buy aimed at enhancing the military's supply and
logistics capability is the reported purchase of two Fokker transports (type unidentified) at a reported cost
of $10-million. Fokker officials could not confirm details of the sale.
Middle East: Egypt Unveils. First Gazelle
Egypt rolled out its first license-assembled Aerospatiale Gazelle helicopter at an Arab Organization for In-
dustrialization plant near Cairo December 1. AOI will produce two Gazelles per month until 1985; Egypt
is believed to hope to market its locally-assembled helicopters in some Middle Eastern and African states.
The French Gazelles are being asembled at the ironcally-named Arab-British Helicopter Company, originally
so named before the pullout in 1979 of Egypt's other Arab partners in the AOI, at which time AOI was
scheduled to produce the Westland Lynx.
SUDAN'S SOUTH WORSENING? There are both direct and indirect indications of a rapid worsening
of the situation in the southern Sudan. In addition to reports of buildups of Ethiopian troops along the
border (see the Weekly two issues ago), there are reports of increasing fighting with separatist guerillas in
the southern Sudan. No sooner had Sudanese leaders announced that they were in full control of Upper
Nile province - itself an unusual statement unless serious clashes were taking place - than there came new
reports of guerilla operations, some allegedly supplied by Libya from bases inside Ethiopia. In one interview,
First Vice President and security chief Maj. Gen. 'Umar Muhammad al- rayyib blamed a Libyan plot, but
did admit that "there are camps or pockets" of dissidents in Bahr al-Ghazal province, and that the rebels
hope to bring about tile establishment of a separate government in parts of the south. There were indications
of increasing Saudi Arabian concern about the troubles, most notably in the extensive coverage given the
events in the Saudi press in recent weeks.
CISKEIANS IN ISRAEL: Some 18 Ciskeians have arrived in Israel for a year-long pilot training course
as part of Israel's military cooperation with Ciskei. The arrival of the Ciskeians came at a time when Israel's
policies with regard to the homelands granted independence by South Africa (but not recognized elsewhere),
of which Ciskei is one, are the subject of growing controversy. Ciskei's leader, Chief Lennox Sebe, has made
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for Ciskei's Combined Forces and provide the bases for a. Ciskeian Air Force. The pilot training is part
of the latter agreement. Israel maintains trade relations with several of the homelands, as part of its close
economic and military cooperation with South Africa. But Israel's attitude towards the independent homelands
is controversial, and the present campaign to restore diplomatic relations with black Africa (so far Zaire and
Liberia have restored ties) has been hindered by Israel's South Africa ties.
Israeli policy has been to refuse to recognize the independent homelands, in keeping with the international
refusal to do so, even while maintaining commercial and, in the case of Ciskei, military relations with them.
When Sebe visited Israel, he is believed to have done so on a South African passport, and it is presumed
that the Ciskeian pilot trainees are also using South African travel. documents.
According to reports in the Israeli press, the Israeli Government is now considering means of discouraging
the trade ties with the homelands as well, on the grounds that they damage Israel's growing ties with Africa.
It is said that Prince Minister Yitzhak Shamir opposes recognition or dealings with the homelands, and that
the Government will officially boycott visiting officials from the homelands and ban Government involve-
ment in commercial activities. Pressure, it is reported, will be brought on Knesset members and others to
end. commercial ties with the homelands, and legal steps might be taken against homelands representatives
in Israel who portray themselves as diplomats.
How such a hands-off policy would accord with the agreement to train a Ciskeian air force remains unclear.
Asia: Japan-[JS M ilitary Tech Transfer Progress
The Joint Military Technology Commission (JM'I'C), the primary mechanism through which a decision
will be made to transfer Japanese military technology to the US, will include three Japanese and two US
Government officials: one representative each from the Japan Defense Agency, the Ministry of International
Trade and Industry and from the Ministry of Foreign -Affairs, the US Ambassador to Tokyo and an agent
from the US Mutual Defense Assistance office in Japan.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed by Japanese and US officials last month put the JMTC in place
and established other transfer procedures. The Commission allows for a case-by-case review. US officials
envision.Japanese and US aerospace and military firms becoming aquainted with what each produces and
then deciding what it is in their best interest to acquire, The [IS has vet to make ,uav specilic tvqursts [Or
information because there is still a gap in knmwled,;c of what csacd v is avaUat'lc in 1;t~~at\ t?heLt' hae lwvt t
some talk that the US is pa.1iicallatl\ lilt ctr`stcil all tl;tta ht'it;111\illA to 01NIli s ;Mki 1;k% 1v 1N \N A ll fly t~~~~ll{r m~o
for robotics.
US firms are now free to make deals with Japanese manufacturers just as they do with German, French
and other allied countries. The way has been cleared for joint. co-production projects between Japan and
the US although no specifics have been ironed out. The two countries are likely to pick areas where they
both need a similar type of weapon system and where they are interested in bringing production costs down.
Torpedo, missile and future aircraft projects may be on the horizon. The US Government expects most
of the transfers to be of a dual-use nature rather than military, however. Where this is the case, the JMTC
will be by-passed.
INDIAN SECURITY BREACH: India has arrested three senior retired officers and a civilian in a security.
case which, if Indian press reports are true, involved the leaking of secret details of India's arms purchases
from the USSR to US intelligence. Indian Defence Minister Ramaswamy Venkataraman told Parliament
that Army Major General F.D. Larkins, his brother Air Force Air Vice Marshal K.H. Larkins, and Lt. Col.
Jasbir Singh (all retired) had been arrested, along with a civilian, Jaspal Singh Gill. Venkataraman merely
said the arrests were made under the Official Secrets Act and did not disclose the charges. But press reports
claimed that the four had passed information on India's Soviet purchases over a five-year period to the US,
and claimed that four US diplomats, two still in New Delhi, were implicated. Venkataraman noted that
retired officers would no longer have access to the Armed Forces Defence Library, which contains classified
information.
Africa.. Plots Claimed in Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea
Yet another plot to overthrow the Seychelles Government was revealed when South Africa announced
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dent France-Albert Rene. Seychellois authorities claimed the plot involved promises of Seychelles passports
and prisoners to British businessmen concerned about the end of the Hong Kong lease in 1997. They also
claimed that the plotters intended to kill Rene as well as attack the US satellite tracking station on the islands,
in an attempt to provoke the US into a Grenada-style invasion to restore order. A British private investigator
reportedly infiltrated the group for the Seychelles security forces.
South Africa denied reports that a South African Defence Force officer was among those held. Other
reports said the plotters included three Britons (one a Zimbabwe citizen) and two Frenchmen.
In a much-publicized plot in 1981, a number of mercenaries were arrested with alleged ties to South Africa
after an abortive coup. There were allegations of a similar plot in 1982. After the US invasion of Grenada,
former Seychellois Prime Minister James Mancham, from his London exile, called for US intervention in
the Indian Ocean islands. Most observers considered Mancham's appeal hopeless.
AND IN MALABO ... The Spanish media have reported an alleged plot to overthrow the Government
of Equatorial. Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbazogo, A Madrid television report claimed
that Secretary of State for External Affairs Apolinar Moiche had been arrested and that others, said to be
involved in passport irregularities, had also been apprehended. But the Equatorial Guinean ambassador to
Spain denied the reports of a coup as "all untrue and all lies".
SECRET MEETINGS? Amid continuing speculation of a possible concession by an increasingly beleaguered
Angolan Government on the remaining issue in the Namibia negotiations (Cuban withdrawal), South African
press reports have claimed that Foreign Minister Pik Botha has been in touch with senior Angolan and Mozam-
bican officials during his recent visits to Europe, and that secret meetings may have prepared the way for
meetings between Botha and the Angolan and Mozambican leaders.
MOVEMENT IN CHAD? The agreement by both Presideet Hissene Ilabre and former President Goukouni
Waddeye to attend talks in Addis Ababa marked the first move off dead center in the Chad situation since
the crisis of last July. Although the talks - tentatively proposed for December 22 - might mean little in
themselves, the fact that Habre had agreed to talk suggested that he had finally realized that France would
not support a military victory over Goukouni, but would merely help him resist defeat by the latter's Libyan-
backed forces. Goukouni's acceptance suggested that he and his new "National Council of Liberation" (CNL:
see Transition, Page Five) might be more eager to negotiate some sort of coalition than to settle for con-
tinued de facto partition, in which Goukouni is left with little freedom of action and with far more Libyan
control than his past record indicates he finds acceptable.
Latin America: Sandinista Peace Offensive
Most observers of Central America have either voiced skepticism of Nicaragua's recent "conciliatory"
gestures or wondered just what measures would be enough to satisfy the Reagan Administration, but it
is possible that neither perspective takes account of the real thrust or significance of the Sandinistas' propos-
ed moves. The most important of the several planned measures, the amnesty for armed exile opponents
and a new "hands-off' policy towards the Atlantic coast Indians, can be seen not as insincere tactical gestures,
but as moves that directly attack the already slender political base of the anti-Sandinista forces.
By offering contra soldiers (whose prospects for military success has been repeatedly and publicly rated
as very low by none other than the US Central Intelligence Agency) an opportunity to disarm and return
to Nicaragua., the Sandinistas may be attempting to attack the morale of such groups as the FDN, and inten-
ding to materially weaken their strength through desertions. This analysis is supported by the specific exclu-
sion of contra leaders from the amnesty, as well as those "accepting foreign assistance" in their fight. And
by mending fences with the Miskitos and other disaffected Indian groups, Managua may hope to eliminate
one of the most vigorous sources of opposition to Sandinista rule. The moves may.not yield dramatic results,
but they are probably aimed straight at the minds of the armed exiles rather than at the US media and
public, as is assumed by most analysts.
Other measures, such as relaxed censorship of La Prensa and a dialogue with the Church and opposition
parties, seem more designed for a foreign audience, but perhaps still not primarily the US. The Sandinistas
seem to sense immutable hostility in the Reagan Administration, but they have come to rely on support
from other Latin American countries, especially Colombia and Venezuela, and the Socialist International,
especially its European affiliates. But lack of pro ess towards democracy has eroded this su ort, and Managua
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NO VENEZUELAN SURPRISES: The margin of Jaime Lusinclti's Accion Democratica victory in Venezuela's
elections may be unprecedented, but policy changes are expected to be moderate under the new Govern-
ment. Economic and foreign debt questions will continue to dominate the agenda. AD's historical pro-Sandinista
stance has soured somewhat, and the success of the above-mentioned Nicaraguan campaign to bolster its
international support may be judged in part by the reactions of Venezuela's new ruling team. One way
to look at yet another democratic and smooth power transition in Caracas: an additional boost to what
many assert is a "creeping democratization" of South America in the last year - beginning with Bolivia
and (partially) Brazil, extending to Argentina, and now pressuring the rulers of Uruguay and Chile.
FFI,IZ NA VIDAD: El Salvador's Secret Anticommunist Army (ESA), one of the organized "death squads"
causing such a stir in US-Salvadoran relations, has released a communique in keeping with the Christian
holiday season. The message calls on the FMLN to release several Army prisoners (including former Dep.
Defense Minister Col. Adolfo Castillo) in return for guerilla captives held by ESA.. "In view of the Christmas
holidays, we wish the members of the Armed Forces and the three guerilla commanders to be free and
to spend this holiday with their families." Noting that it made the proposal out of "huma.nitairian motives,"
the ESA concludes by saying that unless the Army prisoners are let go, it will execute the FMLN prisoners
"one by one", as well as step up attacks on FMLN "collaborators."
Middle East: The US, Syria and the Asad . Question
The escalating confrontation between the United States and Syria has spurred further rumors about the
fate of Syrian President I Iafiz al-Asad, variously said to have suffered a heart attack, or perhaps two; a stroke;
to have been operated on for cancer; to have been seriously wounded in an assassination attempt inside
the Presidential palace. There was talk that he would be moved to a hospital in France, or in Switzerland,
or in Moscow, and rumors that the security services opposed this. The rumors and reports agree only that
the official cover story (appendicitis) is not true: he is said to have had his appendix removed in 197 3 .
The publicized photos of Asad raise as many questions as they answer (some believe the photograph of
the Ba`tli Party Command meeting was taken in a hospital room; the presence of Defense Minister Mustafa
Tlas suggests it was not taken on the day claimed, when he was out of town; and so on). The extreme
"celebrations" of Asad's announced "recovery", when not followed by a public appearance or a meeting
with a foreign diplomat, merely intensified the sense that the Syrian leadership was adrift and uncertain
of its future at a very sensitive and delicate moment in the Lebanese crisis.
One published version, by the leftist Paris fortnightly.Afrique-Asie and subsequently repeated by Baghdad
Radio, alleged a power struggle is taking place between Rif'at al-Asad\and key party leaders on the one
hand; and Chief of Staff Hikmat Shihabi and intlligence bosses 'Ali Duba and Muhammad al-Kholi on the
other, after what it claimed was an assassination attempt in which Asad was badly wounded. Most sources
favored the heart attack version, but a military vs, party or intra-security services power struggle seemed
a real possibility if Asad is unable to return to work quickly.
Transition: Recent Appointments and Changes
Argentina: Senator Oscar Napoli (Rio Negro) was elected president of the ruling Radical Civic Union
(UCR)'s Senate bloc.
Brazil: Army General Staff Chief General Tulio Chagas Nogueira was appointed to the Supreme Military
Tribunal, and replaced by General Jose Magalha.es da Silveira,
Cameroon: President Paul Biya. has announced that Presidential elections will be held early in 1984.
Chad: Goukouni Waddeye and his supporters announced the formation of a new National Council of
Liberation (CNL) at Bardai in the territory they control with Libyan support in northern Chad. The CNL
was described as the "supreme organ of the Chadian Revolution" and apparently is intended to some extent
to supersede the previous Transitional Government of National Unity (GUN[).
Colombia: In several Army appointments, Gen. Hernando Diaz Sanmiguel is the new commander of
the 3rd Division; Maj. Gen. Luis Rodriguez Botiva is commander of the 5th Division; Maj. Gen. Oscar
Botero Rostrepo is chief of the 1st Division; and Gen. Jaime Gomez Martinez is the head of the 2nd Depart-
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Cyprus (1RNC): The newly-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" announced that a 70-member
constituent assembly was being formed, consisting of the members of the Legislative Assembly, other cabinet
members, and selected other representatives.
Ghana: Dr Ayirebi-A.cquah has been named to replace Dr J.E. Taylor on the National Defence Committee.
Grenada: Anthony Rushford, the-legal adviser to the country's interim advisory Council, has resigned
and left the island, expressing unhappiness with Governor General Sir Paul Scoop's running of the Council.
In temporary appointments, Barbados Acting Commissioner of Police Mervyn Holder has been named police
commissioner, with St. Lucian George Rock becoming deputy police commissioner. Barbadian Lionel Maloney
is the temporary commissioner of prisons, with St. Lucian Randolph York as deputy commissioner.
Guatemala: Deputy Defense Minister Col. Carlos Enrique Vides Reynoso was replaced by Col. Raul
Alburez Arriola.
Honduras: Armed Forces Commander General Gustavo Alvarez Martinez was promoted to Division
General; Col. Daniel Bali Castillo (Public Security Forces chief) was promoted to Brigadier General along
with four other colonels.
Lebanon: Sheikh Halim Taqieddin, Chief of the Druze Courts system, was found murdered in Beirut.
Morocco: The new Government of National Unity, led by Mohammed Karim Lamrani as Foreign Minister,
includes the left-wing Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP). Party leaders lost such key posts as Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister; there are now eight ministers of state, most of them party leaders: Maati
Bouabid, the outgoing Prime Minister and head of the Constitutional Union (UC); M'harned Boucetta,
the outgoing Foreign Minister and head of the Istiglal Party; Ahmed Qsman, the King's brother-in-law and
head of the Rally of National Independents (RNI); 'Abderrahim Bouabid, in the Government for the first
time since he has been leader of the USFP; Mahjoubi Aherdane, former Cooperation Minister and head
of the Berber-based, rural Popular Movement (MP); Moulay Ahmed Alaoui, a close adviser and cousin
of the King and publisher of Le Matin du Sahara and Maroc Soir; and M'hamed Bahnini, an independent,
Replacing Boucetta as Foreign Minister is Abdelouah.id Belkeziz, who was Minister of Information, Youth
and Sports in the outgoing Cabinet. Abdelhaq Tazi remained Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Belkeziz
was replaced in the Information Ministry by United Nations Ambassador Dr Abdellatif Filali. Driss Basri
remains Minister of the Interior.
Niger: Recently replaced Prime Minister Oumarou Marnane was named President of the National Coun-
cil for Development, ending speculation that he might be in disgrace following the recent coup plot.
Nigeria: The chairmen of the Senate's committees for the new session were announced: Sen. Isa Dabai
chairs the Defence Committee; Sen. Abubakar Tuggar chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen.
Ahmadu Ali chairs the Committee on Internal Affairs and Police.
Philippines: Foreign Minister Carlos Romulo gave notice of his resignation from the Cabinet post due
to ill health. His resignation will take effect on January 14, his birthday. A replacement has yet to be named
by President Marcos. A new political party, the Lafian Manggagawa, has been formed from 25 labor groups;
Jacento Tamayo is its President.
Peru: Army Commander General Carlos Briceno Zevallos has announced that his successor will be General
Julian Julia Freyre; change of commands normally takes place around the new year.
Thailand: Air Marshal Thuanthong Yotawut, who was Assistant Air Force Chief of Staff for Intelligence,
has been made Assistant Chief of Staff for Operation of the Supreme Command. Air Vice Marshal Phaithun
Toburuni, an Air Force adviser, will fill the Assistant Intelligence Staff Chief slot.
Turkey: The generals. who have ruled the country have resigned to become civilian members of a new
Presidential Council to advise President Kenan Evren, who resigned his military command earlier. The new
Chief of General Staff, replacing Gen. Nurettin Ersin, is General Necdit Urug, formerly Ground Forces
Commander. Replacing him in that post is his former deputy, General Haydar Saltik. Air Force Commander
General Tahsin Sahinkaya was replaced with General Halil Sozer, and Navy Commander Admiral Nejat
Turner was replaced by Admiral Zahit Atakan. Gendarmerie Commander Gen. Sedat Celasun has been
replaced with General Mehmet Buyruk. In addition, the majority Motherland Party (ANAP), as expected,
elected its candidate, Necmettin Karaduman, as Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
Uganda: Uganda Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Oyite Ojok died in a helicopter accident, along with
five other officers and three civilians.
Yemen (YAR): Dr Iiasan Muhammad Muhsin has been named an adviser to President 'Ali Muhammad
Salilr.
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The Rumor Mill
As negotiations continued over PLO withdrawal from Tripoli, there were claims that Syria was deman-
ding that Tripoli Muslim fundamentalist leader Sheikh Sa'id Sha`ban withdraw from tripoli along with Yasir
Arafat; Sha'ban's Islamic Unity Movement has ties with the anti-Asad Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and
joined with the pro-Arafat forces in the recent fighting ... Reports in Thailand that a Cabinet shuffle is
imminent have been dismissed by Thai Prime Minister Preen 'Tinsulanonda ... The Hong Kong press alleges
that former PRC Prime Minister and Communist Party Chairman Hua Guofeng tried to commit suicide
recently ... Nicaraguan exile radio claims that nine Bulgarian pilots (presumably fighter pilots) recently
arrived in Nicaragua; Nicaraguan pilots have allegedly been training on Soviet fighter aircraft in Bulgaria
... Brazilian officials deny a claim out of Argentina that they have granted the UK landing rights for Falklands-
bound aircraft in return for help with debt rescheduling ... It has been rumored that Salvadoran rightist
leader Roberto D'Aubuisson favors a US military intervention in his country, and has considered launching
a coup to provoke such intervention ... Chilean security officials claim that the USSR spends millions
of dollars a year for "terrorist" actions in Chile, and that Chilean insurgents are trained in the Libya, Cuba,
and Eastern Europe by the USSR. . . Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir reportedly rebuked his Deputy
Premier, David Levi, for Levi's public complaints that he was not receiving reports from Shamir and Defense
Minister Moshe Arens on their conversations in Washington, though he was Acting Prime Minister ...
There's new speculation in Lebanon that Druze political and military leader Waled Jumblatt may be near
an open falling out with his Syrian allies of the moment (whom he blames for his father's assassination)
... Former Egyptian cabinet member and Presidential adviser (under Sadat) Mansur Hasan, once a fast-
rising star of the National Democratic Party who was eclipsed when Husni Mubarak became President,
has denied that he plans to join the opposition New Wafd Party ... A French press report claims that
Paris secretly recruited 32 mercenaries and sent them to Chad during last July's confrontation there, and
that they were headed by Olivier Danet, an ultra-right wing figure in the so-called "black international",
suspected of involvement in the 1980 Bologna train station bombing ...
Leadership Profile:. Jaime Lusinchi
President-eT,ect, Republic of Venezuela
The man who recently captured the Venezuelan presidency by the largest margin in 25 years of democratic
elections in that country is regarded as a skilled, plain-spoken politician who is expected to bring few radical
changes to Venezuelan internal or foreign policy.
Born in 1924 in the town of Clarines in Anzoategui state, Lusinchi was educated at local public schools
before entering the Central University in Caracas to study medicine, Once at the University, Lusinchi soon
became involved in the fight of the Democratic Action (AD) party against the military dictatorship then
ruling Venezuela. He quickly achieved prominence within the younger ranks of the party. Lusinchi graduated
with his medical degree in pediatrics in 1947. In 1948 a Democratic Action government was overthrown
by the military, and Lusinchi joined his AD colleagues in going underground.
In 1952 Lusinchi was arrested, imprisoned, and then expelled from Venezuela, beginning six years of exile
in Chile, Argentina, and the US. He continued his medical studies during this period, and worked at Bellevue
Hospital in New York City. While in New York Lusinchi spent time with AD colleagues also in exile from
Venezuela, and in 1958 when the military withdrew from power the group returned to help set up the
country's first free elections since 1947. In the following election Lusinchi won his first political post, as
a delegate in the House of Deputies. His legislative career lasted 25 years, capped by Lusinchi's choice as
AD's congressional leader.
Lusinchi campaigned for AD's presidential nomination in 1977, but failed. He worked throughout the
last six years to secure the nomination, and took advantage of the country's first economic slump since the
oil boom to defeat his COPEI rival, Rafael Caldera. Lusinchi is seen as a moderate with excellent personal
political skills whose ability to find consensus will be important in solving Venezuela's financial and economic
difficulties. He is also considered a non-ideological politician who will rely on technocrats for policy advice.
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Significant transfers of arms and. related equipment to the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia and the
Pacific i
n the past qu
arter.
Middle East
Aoqukbv
Cantry/Gnmp
Syakern
hemp
From
Quantity
Cat
Status
Egypt ......
........ Missiles.....
.... Harpoon ship-launched version [McDonnell Douglas) ....
.. US ..........
.. 18 .....
... 840m ..
.. . Before Congress (September 19831
Egypt ......
........ Vessels. . ...
.... Anti-submarine warfare ships .............. . ..
.. PAC .. ......
.. 2 .......
.. , NA . . ..
.... Delivered (October 19831
Egypt ......
........ Missiles.....
.... Chaparral missiles (Ford Aerospace) .... ..........
.. US . . ......
. 450 ....
... $160m .
.... Before Congress (October 19831
Greece .....
........ Ammunition ..
.... HEI-TMK11 and AP-t M81 A 1 cartridges .............
. US ..........
.. 900,000 .
... 830m ..
.... Before Congress (October 19831
300,000
Greece .....
........ Aircraft .....
.... F-6 fighter aircraft (Northrop(.
. . .... . ..... ....
.. Jordan .. ....
.. 15 .....
... NA ....
. . . Reported negotiating (November 19831
Iran .. ....
. ....... Amer ......
.
.. . . TAM medium tanks .....
.. Argentine ...
.100 ....
... NA ....
... Ordered (October 1983)
Iran .......
........ Aircraft .....
.... PC-7.Turbalre/ner (Piletus) ................... ..
.. Switzerland ....
.. 6 ......
... NA ....
.... Reported (November 19831
Iraq .......
........ Aircraft .....
. ... Super' Eteridads (AMD Breguetl ...................
.. France .......
.. 6 ......
. . . NA ....
.... Delivered (October 1983)
Kuwait .....
........ Aircraft .....
.... Hawk trainers IBAe) ............ .............
. . UK .........
.. 12 .....
... 842.8m .
.... Ordered (November 19831
Kuwait .....
.
....... Radars .....
.... Upgrade of elr defense network (Thomson CSF(. .....
.. France .......
.. NA .....
... $12.6m,
.... Ordered (November 1983)
Lebe'ar, ....
........ Amax .....
.... M48A5 tanks, ammunition, spares and training ... .
US .........
.. 58 :.. .
... 964m ..
....letter of Offer (September 1983)
Lebanon ...
..... . Various . ..
. .. Artillery, rifles, ammunition, mortars, machineguns ......
. US ......... .
.. NA .....
... NA ..
.. . Supplying (September 19831
Lebanon ....
........ Ammo ....
.... 155mm ammunition ......... ................
.. Greece .......
.. NA . ..:
... NA ....
.. . Delivered (Octobet 19831
Lebanon ....
........ Munltione ....
. .. 5.56mm, 7.82mm, .50 caliber, 40mm, 81 min, 105mm .
. US . ... ...
.. NA .....
... 8102m
. Before Congress (October 1983)
155mm ammo; mines; Fares; hand grenades
Lebanon ...
........ Various ....
.... Ml 13A2 APC with comm. equipment, M2 .50 caliber....
. US .... . ...
.. 253/NA..
... $81m ..
.... Before Congress (October 19831
mechinmguns, spares
Nigeria ......
....... Missiles .....
.... Swingfire anti-tank missiles (BAs Dynamics) . . . .....
.. UK ...... ...
.. NA .....
... NA ....
.... Ordered (November 19831
Omen ... ...
....... Construction .
.... Army base for Safrat el-Dewh ICoste(n Group] .... . ..
. UK .........
.. NA ....
.. 8112.5m
.... Letter of Intent (November 1983)
Oman
.
.
Aircraft
International
(
PECATI ..
.....
..... .
.
UK
..
.
....
..
.
1 .... .
... NA ...
. .. Delivered (November 19831
Saudi A.
.
..
.. . . . . . Armor
. . . .
. . . . M60-A3
SE
I
cal
ire with
.
.
. .
. .
. .
. ...
US
.
. 100.
... $178m .
.... Letter of Offer (September 1983
Seudl Arabia .
ry .....
? ..... pl
o
.... M-198 156mm towed howitzers ......
. US . . . . .
. . .
42
m ..
....
Letter of
1883)
Offer (September
Seudl Arabia ..
....... Su
rt
f
.. Turnkey facilities for F-15 IMetco f & Eddy) ..........
!
US ....... ..
.
NA
. 91 S
.. 816m ..
1983
O
rdered
....Ordered (September 19831
Saudi Arabia ..
....... Support.....
.... Contractor Technical Services for F-1 Be (McDonnell Douglas
) US ......
. NA .....
... 91.6b ..
... Before Congress (October 1983)
Saudi Arabia ..
....... Ammunition ..
.... 155rnm projectile rounds, propellant charges, fuzes, . .
.. US ........ . .
. 985,920.
... 8126m .
.. . Before Congress (October 1983)
percussion primes
Saudi Arabia ..
...... Amer... ..
.... M578s, M86Aia, M t 08A2s, Ml09A2s, M677A2s, .. ' .
.. LIS ...........
. 623 ..:.
... 6271 m .
.... Before Congress (November 19831
M992s, M113A2s (FMC/BMY(
Turkey ......
....... Aircraft .....
. .. F-18 fiphung Falcons (General Dynamics) .... ..... .
. US ... , ......
180(7) ..
... 84b (est.)
.... Selection (September 1903)
Turkey .... ,
. . ..... Aircraft .....
.... AH-1 S Cobra/TOW attack helicopters (Bell) . ... ....
.. US .........
.6 ....
.$50m ..
.... Before Congress (October 1983)
Turkey ......
... .. Aircraft .....
. , .. Components and. subassemblies for UH-1 H helicopters (Bell
. US ...........
. 15 .....
... 827m
. . .. Before Congress (October 1983)
Turkey . .. .
....... Support... .
.... For US origin aircraft ... .......... . .... ....
. US ..........
. NA . ...
... $75m ..
. .. Before Congress (October 1983)
Africa
Burundi . . .,.
. . . ' , . NA . . . . . . . .
Unspecified Military Assistance .......
. .
Egypt . . .. ? ...
. NA ......
.. NA ....
.... Reported providing (September 19831
Liberia ......
..... Aircraft .....
....Areves for Armed Forces, Air Liberia (IAII
Israel ? ....
, 1/3 ......
.. 81Dm .
....Ordered (September 1983)
Asia and the Pacific
Australia. ..
. ..... Support .....
.... Spores for US-origin aircraft ......................
. US ..... .....
. NA ......
.. 912m ...
... Ordered (September 19831
Australia ....
... .. Avionics ....
.... Pave Tack Target Designator (Ford Aerospace ..... ....
US .. ......
.1 .......
.. NA .....
... Delivered (October 1983)
& Communications)
Australia ....
....... Aircraft .....
.... Ecurevil helicopters (Aeroepetala) ...................
. Fiance .......
.6 .......
.. NA . , ...
... Reported ordering l0ctober 19831
India .......
....... Aircraft ... ..
... Sea Harriers [British Aerospace) ....................
. UK ...........
. NA .... .
.. NA .....
... Pending negotiation (November 19831
India ..... . .
. . . . . . . Rader ......
.... Super Search command and control (MEL) .... ........
. UK ...........
. 20 .. . .
. 813.6m ..
... Ordered (December 19831
Indonesia ....
... ....Vessel .......
... KdS7dleaAttack-class petrol boat ............. ....
Australia .......
.1 ... ...
. NA .....
. ..Delivered (October 1983)
Korea IROK) ..
....... Support ......
... Cooperative ioglstics for LISorigin aircraft ............
US .... .....
. NA .. ...
.. 871 m ...
... Letter of Offer (September 1983)
Gorse (ROKI ..
....... Support ......
.
... Installation and spares for chaff/Sera countermeasures (Tracer) US ...... ..
NA ......
.. 93,7m . .
...Ordered (September 19831
Korea(ROKI ..
....... Support ......
... ANIAVQ-28 Pave Teckpods, training, support (Ford Aorospace(US... ......
. 8 . ....
.680m. .
...Letter of Offer (December 1983)
Malaysia.....
....... Radar .......
... Air defense radar (Hughes Aircraft) . ...............
. US . , .... ....
NA ... ..
.. $180m ..
... Planning to order (October 19831
Pakistan .....
....... Vessel.......
... l7eadngclass destroyer . ......... . .....
. US .... .....
. 1 .......
.. NA ... .
... Delivered (October 19831
PNG ......
....... Vassals .......
... Patrol boats for surveillance ............. .........
. Australia .......
. NA ......
.. NA .....
... Interest In now construct (Sept
1983)
Singapore ....
. ..... Aircraft ......
.. E-2C Hawke yes (Grumman) ..................... .
. US .. ........
. 4 .......
. 8410m ..
.
.. Before Congress (October 19831
?
?
l.
.
.. . . . .
.
. . Patrol boats for surveillance . ........... ......
. Australia .......
. NA ......
. NA .....
.. Interest In now construct, (Sept. 1983)
Tha
..
.
. Vessel ..
. HMS Sonngkhle frigate .. . .............. .....
Italy ..........
. 1 ......
. NA .....
... Delivered (September 19831
Thailand .....
..... . Aircraft ......
... Abrad Saarchmasrer (GAF[ .....................
. Australia ......
.4 .....
.. 87.6m ..
... Agreed (October 1983)
Latin America
Colnrnble ....
....... Aircraft ......
... PC-6 Afho-Porters IPilatus) ............ .... ..
. Switzerland .....
. 10 ......
.. NA .....
... Reported ordering (December 19831
Colombia ....
Cobmble
.... .. Aircraft ......
Ai
f
... F-27 transports (Fokker) ... .... ..............
. Netherlands ....
. 2 .......
. NA .....
.. Reported ordering (December 1983)
....
.......
rcra
t ......
... C-130 Hercules transports (Lockheed I ...... . ....
. US ..........
2 . . ..
.. NA ... .
... Pending order(December 19831
Colombia ....
Col
bi
....... Aircraft ......
A
... PC-B Turbo-Porters (Pllatus) ........ _ ............
. Switzerland ...
.10 .....
. , NA .. ..
... Reported delivered (December 1983)
om
a ....
Nicaragua
.......
ircraft ......
Vessel
... F-27 transports (Fokker) .............. .........
P
l b
. Netherlands .....
. 2 .......
.. NA . ..
... Reported ordering December 1983)
....
Peru .......
.......
.......
...... Aircraft ......
...
atro
oats .. ............ ......... ........
... MI-24 Hktd helicopter gunships
France .......
USSR
.2 .. ...
16
. , NA .....
. Commissioned (September 19831
Peru .......
....... Infantry equip..
....... ............
... Various night vision, other infant. equipm ... ........
......
FAG . . . . .
.
.....
. NA . ...
.. NA ....
.. 832m ...
... Reported (September 1983)
... Reported (September 1983)
Venezuela ....
....... Aircraft ......
... IA-58 Pacers attack aircraft (FMA) ....... . .....
Argentina ....
24 .. ...
.. NA ....
... Negotiating (December 1983)
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Gregory It. Copley
Managing Editor
Jacquelyn S. forth
Assistant Managing Editor
Michael Gable
Contributing Editors and Consultants
David Harvey
Dr Stefan T. Possony
1)r Michael C. Dunn
Dennis J. Culkin
Richard Dana
Associate Publisher, Europe
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Editor's Preface
"No inan is an Island, entire of itself,
every Man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main. "
John Donnc
P robleiiis of the world weighed heavy as the Defense & Foreign Affairs Hand-
book, 1983 went to press as evidence of a massacre of civilian Palestinian
refugees in Lebanon came to light, while countries on a variety of continents were
attempting to cope with staggering debt levels.and extrodinary inflation rates. The
past year or so has seen the assassination of a number of political figures around the
world, but few can forget the shooting of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, or the
murder of the late President-elect Bashir Gemeyal of Lebanon just days before his
inauguration. But as the Middle East -- particularly during the Iran-Iraq War -
captured the attention of many, political violence continued in Kampuchea,
Afghanistan, El Salvador, in the Horn of Africa between Somalia and Ethiopia, in
Ireland, Nicaragua, Chad, Honduras and Peru as well as in many other locations
around the globe.
Looking back on time since the last edition of the Handbook there are many
points worth highlighting for their significance to strategic doctrine and concepts as
well as foreign affairs planning. The South Atlantic War will be.studied and
restudied throughout the world as furthur details are made available. Recrimina-
tions have been made against the UK Government and its intelligence networks for
their failure to anticipate the takeover of the islands long claimed by Argentina. At
the same time, the Argentine military has faced similar charges for its miscalculation
of the British reaction to its maneuvers. The Argentina Junta also failed to accurate-
ly gauge international opinion on the seizure of the islands, .
Meanwhile, defense manufacturers and tacticians have been supplied with a
wealth of data on the performance of weapons as a result of the conflict there. This
brief war, in the South Atlantic between Argentina and the United Kingdom resulted
in the first carrier-based combat seen since the Korean War, often in the worst
weather imaginable. In addition, many weapon systems saw combat use for the very
first time. For example, the AM.39 Exocet anti-ship missile was extensively used as
was the helicopter-launched Sea Skua missile. The Argentines used their
indigenously-made Pucara in a variety of creative roles during the war proving its
adaptability in combat. Also, the Super Etendard naval strike aircraft proved its
value over and over again. Nor should the important missions of the Harrier aircraft
be forgotten in this war: it was the first operational use of V/STOL fighter power,
and it was overwhelmingly successful. Lastly, nuclear submarines - although in-
conspicous - played a quiet but crucial deterrence role in this crisis.
Defense & Foreign Affairs Publications have, during their decade of operation,
been covering many international conflicts for its readership. Although the
Argentine-UK crisis and the Iran-Iraq war tends to predominate thinking on the sub-
ject, it is perhaps not every day that we stop to think about or tally all of the
numerous wars which have occurred since World War 11. According to data
gathered by the US Department of State, there have been some 130 international or
civil wars since that time. The preface of a book. is not the place for an in-depth
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discussion of the breath and far reaching effects of those wars, but a Handbook
such as this must act as a reminder of what has come to pass. The Western Sahara
War involving Morocco, Algeria, Libya and the POLISARIO has had a widespread
influence on its participants, as have the many Arab-Israeli wars in the Middle East.
The latter wars have left their scars and problems to the troubled Lebanon which
seeks to cope with the stresses and strains of Maronite Christians, Phalangists,
Druze, Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, Palestinians, Greek Orthodox and Catholics,
Armenians and many other religious actors. Perusal of the relevant country sections
of this book will supply all of the other conflicts to numerous to detail here.
Apart from the political, military and economic ramifications on this earth,
outer space has received more attention than ever before as the realm of the future.
The US Columbia space shuttle brought triumph to its Government in the past year,
while the Soviet Union continued to maintain its apparent lead in the field of anti-
satellite systems (ASATs). The technology of space-based defenses will clearly be a
part of the Government mindsets of these two superpowers and others for some time
to come. Meanwhile, the US made headway in its efforts to seek international
cooperation with the Japanese, Canadians and Europeans in an attempt to launch a
space station by the 1990s. All this leads one to imagine that the world of outer space
will become a key theater in the global strategy of the future.
On another front --- away from much of the public focus - the Soviet Union
continued its transition process, awaiting the time when President and CPSU
General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev would relinquish the reins of office. This
transfer of power, when it comes, will result in considerable change in the way the
East-West balance is viewed, and we should be in a position to see the impact of this,
probably by the time the next edition of the Handbook appears.
The 1983 Handbook has grown ever larger with more crucial and timely infor-
mation. This edition is the product of an Herculean effort by Assistant Managing
Editor Michael Gable, whose pursuit of the most up-to-date narratives and
economic statistics kept him burning the midnight oil throughout the duration of the
project. Scrambling to make sense of the battle orders of warring countries such as
the United Kingdom and Argentina was another example of just how conscientious
Gable was about his task. His meticulousness in tallying Navy Battle Orders has
made this editon of the Handbook particulary noteworthy.
The Middle East and a number of African sections, particulary Chad must be
highlighted for the expertise which Dr Michael Collins Dunn brought to bear. His
erudite histories - he is an historian by training - provide enlighting background
in complex areas of the world. His analysis of the Iran-Iraq war is the product of
many interviews and contacts with both Arab and Iranian sources.
The NATO and Warsaw Treaty Organization sections of the book once again
received the close scrutiny of defense analyst Richard Dana. These excellent sections
should not be overlooked.
Because there have been so many coups and changes in Government leaderships
in the past year and even while the book was being typeset, please turn to both the
Power Tables and the Late Addenda for the most current information. The Arms
Transfer Tables - a new feature in last year's edition of the Handbook - have
become a regular feature by popular demand. As past readers will note, these have
greatly expanded. The Missile Tables and Standard Arms Price Index have been
recently updated for incorporation in this issue.
A special thanks to Graphics by Gallo for production assistance in the compila-
tion of this book and to the entire staff of Defense & Foreign Affairs Publications
who have contributed their expertise to the book in many capacities.
Jacquelyn S. Porth
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Conflict Management and Peace Science
(Journal of Peach Science), Peace Science
Society, Sch. of Management, State Univ. of New
York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13901
[phone]
Ed. Manas Chatterji
Promote studies focusing on peace analysis and
foster exchange of ideas.
SA $16 $8 per copy Circ-1,000 Internatl. No Adv
78pp. Jour. sa (853377)
Conflict Quarteiiy
Centre for Conflict Studies, Univ, of Brunswick,
Fredericton, N.B. E38 5A3, Canada
Promotion of peace and social harmony through
study and understanding of international &
internal conflict situations. ISSN 0227.1311
1980 Q $12.50 Internet). Jour. s [897302]
Cohfrontation
New Democratic Party, 301 Metcalfe St., Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada
SM (266005)
Connection, The
(Libertarian Connection), Erwin S. Strauss, 9850
Fairfax Sq., #232, Fairfax, VA 22031 (703)
273-6111
Ed.-Publ. Erwin Strauss
Analysis, pro and con, of conventional and
libertarian/anarchist thought on political,
philosophical and economic issues. Contents
consist entirely of unedited subscriber
contributions, thus subjects and quality may vary
widely. Bk. revs.
1968 8x/yr. $10 $1.50 per copy Circ-100
Internet]. Adv 8 1/2 x 11 Offset 64pp. Mag. c
[517603]
Conspiracies Unlimited
P.O. Box 3085, St. Paul, MN 55165
Articles surveying an extremely wide range of
plots, theories in politics, economics and religion.
Q NatI. Mag. s [907060]
Conspiracy Digest
Alpine Enterprises, P,O. Box 766, Dearborn,
Ml 48121
Sophisticated, objective effort to look behind the
scenes, past and present.
Natl, Mag. s [907126]
Constantian
Constantian Society, 123 Orr Rd., Pittsburgh,
PA 15241 '
SM $6 Circ-400 (853398]
Constitution Eagle News
P.O. Box 1192, Lebanon, MO 65536
Free Nat). Tab. s (906730)
Constitutions of The Countries of The World
Oceans Publications, Dobbs Ferry, NY, (914)
693-5944
Ed. Albert Blaustein
Up-to-date texts of national constitutions in
English.
$1,200 Lsif. $t [876477]
Contemporary Marxism
Synthesis Publications, P.O. Box 40099, San
Francisco, CA 94140
SA $8 [898443)
Coro Foundation Annual Report
Coro Foundation, 1370 Mission St., San
Francisco, CA 94103 [phone]
Ed. David Sibbet
Covers news of the public affairs training activities
of Coro Foundation.
1964 Q Circ-4,500 8 1/2 x 11 Offset 4pp. An.
Rpt. as (266089]
Cosmopolitan Contact
Pantheon Press-General Enterprises, Post Office
Box 1566, Fontana, CA 92335 [phone]
Ed. Irene Anders Pubi. Romulus Rexner Adv.
Dir. Nina Norvid Mng. Ed. Maria Monteverdi Circ.
Mgr. Alexander Braganza
An auxiliary of Planetary Legion which promotes
the philosophy of Planetary Universalism. Bk.
revs. ISSN 0010-955X
1962 SA $4 $2 per copy Circ-1,500 Internatl.
Adv $40 6 x 9 Letrpr. 32pp. Color-2 Newsi, a
(266103]
Crisis Intervention
Crisis Publications, 1790 Broadway, New York,
NY 10019
Q $15 Mag. s [906469]
Crosscurrents
Greenwich-Meridian Press, 516 K South,
Saskatoon, Sask. S7M 2E2, Canada (306) 244.
0679
Mng. Ed.-Art Dir. Bob Fink
Themes are interdisciplinary. Deal with concrete
events, but also with lasting or universal aspects
surrounding any issue. ISSN 0704 6588
1975 M $10 $.50 per copy Circ(contr)-750
Newsst-650 Subs-100 Internatl. No Adv 7 x 8
1/2 4pp. Color-2 Newsi. c (536903)
Crusader
Black Silent Majority Committee, P.O. Box 5519,
TX 78201
Q NatI. Spp. Newsp. (905524]
Crusader
P.O. Box 624, Metairie, LA 70004
Tabloid of Knights of the Kiu Klux Klan.
M Natl. Tab. s [905527]
Current
Louise Dudley, Heidref Publications, 4000
Albemarle St., N.W., Washington, DC 20016
[phone]
Ed. Grant McClellan Pubi. Cornelius Vahle, Jr. Adv.
Dir.-Mng. Ed. Laura Sardo Circ. Mgr. Barbara
Marney
Reprints of articles on current social, economic,
and political issues. ISSN 0011.3131
1960 10x/yr, $25 $4 per copy Circ-6,000 Natl.
Adv $275 7 x 10 Offset 64pp. Mag. film fiche c
(549058]
Current Biography
The H.W. Wilson Co., 950 University Ave., Bronx,
NY 10452 [phone]
Ed. Charles Moritz Adv. Dir. Thomas Fitzgerald
Articles on people in the news. ISSN 0011.3344
1940 11x/yr, $25 $2.50 per copy Circ?15,406
Internatl. No Adv 6 3/4 x 10 1/8 Web 50pp.
Mag. film c [266173)
Daily News Digest
P.O. Box 39027, Phoenix, AZ 85069
Excerpts and highlights of economics, financial
and national security news.
W Natl. 9pp. Newsl. s (907270]
Defense and Foreign Affairs Daily
2030 M St., N.W., Ste. 602, Washington,
DC 20036
Details of defense equipment and procurement
plans, strategic news and intelligence.
$300 Natl. lpp. Newsi. s [907267]
Democracy
Common Good Foundation, 43 W. 61st St., New
York, NY 10023 [phone]
Ed, Sheldon Wolin Publ. Max Palensky Adv.
Dir. DavidLusterman Circ. Mgr. Andrea Gilbert Art
Dir. James Wageman
Journal of Political renewal and radical change.
Bk. revs..
1980 Q $12 $4 per copy Circ-10,000 Newsst.
1,000 Subs-9,000 Internatl, Adv $400 6 3/4 x
10 Offset Color-2 Jour. a (827190)
Democrat, The
(The Commonwealth; The Federationist),
Democrat Publications Limited, 517 E. Broadway,
Vancouver B.C. V5T 1X4, Canada (604) 879.
4601
Ed. Stephen Brewer Adv. Dir. Brian Emery Mng.
Ed. Soren Bach
Independent democratic socialist magapaper. Bk.
revs. ISSN 0070-3346
1933 lOx/yr. $5 $.50 per copy Circ(contr).
22,000 Subs-22,000 Sworn Local Adv $930 9
3/4 x 15 1/2 Web 16pp. Color-2 Newsp. a
[181634]
Democratic Left
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, 853
Broadway, New York, NY 10003
10x/yr. $8 (898422]
Democratic Viewpoint
Democratic National Committee, 1625
Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036
a (776485)
Dialogue on Liberty
Young Americans for Freedom, inc., Woodland
Rd., Call Box 1002, Sterling, VA 22170 (703)
450-5162
Ed. Mark Huber Publ. Sam Pimm
Current political controversies with particular
emphasis on limited government, individual'
freedom, and conservative education of America's
youth.
1971 Q $1 $.25 per copy Circ-80,000 Subs.
7,000 Natl. Adv $500 8 1/2 x 11 Web 8pp.
Color Newsi. a [379323)
Diplomatic History
Society for Historians of American Foreign
Relations (S.H.A.F.R.), 104 Greenhill Ave.,
Wilmington, DE 19805 [phone]
Ed. Warren Cohen Pubi. Daniel Helmstadter Adv.
Dir. Barbara Seidler Mng, Ed. Philip Johnson Circ,
Mgr, Dale Zentz Art Dir. James Preston
Scholarly articles in the fields of diplomatic history
and American foreign relations. Bk, revs.
ISSN 0145.2096
1977 Q $30 $7.50 per copy Circ-1,300 Subs-
1,300 Adv $125 6 x 9 Offset 125pp. Jour, a
(502580]
Directory of the American Right
Editorial Research Service, P.O. Box 1832,
Kansas City, MO 64141 [phone]
Ed.-Pubi. Laird Wilcox
Directory of Anti-Communist. Patriotic,
Conservative, Traditionalist, Free Market, Pro-
Family, Tax Revolt, Racial Nationalist and other
'right-wing' organizations and serials in the United
States and Canada. 2,160 listings.
1969 A $12.95 Circ-800 Internatl. 5 1/2 x 8
1/2 Offset Dir, a (267111]
Don Bell Reports
P.O. Box 2223, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Analysis and commentary on trends toward
expanding non-elected government.
W Natl. News(. s (907264]
Eden Underground News Service
P.O. Box 8410, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
News, information and technique of the "counter .
culture",
25x/yr. NatI, Spp. Newsi. s (907261]
Emancipation
Anarchist Association of America, Box 840, Ben
Franklin Sta., Washington, DC 20044
M $3.50 (898415]
Exclusive
Special Reports, Inc., P.O. Box 727, McLean,
VA 22101
W $24 Circ-8,000 [853412]
Federal Election Campaign Financing Guide
Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W.
Peterson Ave., Chicago, IL 60646 (212) 583-
8500
Ed. Allen Schechter Art Dir. James Merchant
Interprets and updates laws covering federal
elections.
1976 $175 $140 per copy Circ-1,030 Cubs-
Irreg. Natl. No Adv 6 x 9 Web 60pp. LsIf. t
(821897)
Firing Line
P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206
Analysis of current aims and actions of "militant"
groups.
M Nati. Spp. Newsl. s [907258]
Firing Line
American Legion, National Americanism
Commission, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis,
IN 46206
a (776527)
First Monday
The Republican Nat'l. Committee, 310 First St.,
S.E., Washington, DC 20003 [phone]
Ed. Rob Mahaffey
Political science news.
1970 M Circ-1,000,000 Offset Meg. as
(890652]
Florida Perspective
Florida Conservative Union, 20 S.E. 8th St.,
Miami, FL 33131 [phone]
Ed: Publ. Mike Thompson
1975 M $10 Circ-5,000 Newsl. (833721)
Flying Eagle
Blue Pond, Malta, 10 83342
M Natl. Bpp. Tab. s (905878]
Focus
Joint Center for Political Studies, 1301
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20004,.
[phone]
Ed. Catherine lino Pubi. Eddie Williams
Topics of political interest to the Black ,
community.
1972 M $12 Circ-8,500 Natl. No Adv 8 1/2 x
11, Sheetfed Spp. Color-2 Newsl. s [827372]
Focus on Governmental Affairs
(Focus on Public Affairs), Lutheran Council in the
USA, Office for Govt'I Affairs, 475 L'Enfant Plaza
S.W., Suite 2720, Washington, DC 20024 (2023
484-3950
Ed. Allan C. Carlson
Interaction of church and government in public
policy.
1967 M $3 CIrc-2,400 No Adv Offset 4pp.
Newsi. (266670)
Forge
C.P. 346, Station Place d'Armes, Montreal Que.
Canada
1975 BW $7 Circ-4,000 11 x 17 (529541)
Free Socialist
Box 1751, San Francisco, CA 94101
(573086)
Freedom Socialist
Freeway Hall Publications, 3815 5th Ave., N.E
2nd FIr. W., Seattle, WA 98105
Q $2 Circ-10,000 (857080)
Freeman Digest
3740 W. 1987 S., Salt Lake City, UT 84104
Documented background to current problems.
8x/yr. Nati. Mag, s [907114]
Freeman Report
Freeman institute, Box 7060, Provo, UT 84o0
Ed. David Skousen
1971 SM $12 Circ-1,500 11 x 17 (529567
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