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the government was overthrown; and the king fled into exile. Twice
I visited Emperor Haile Selassie, but in August 1974, he was taken
prisoner in a military coup overthrowing his government; and about
a year later he died.
In August 1973, I went to Santiago, Chile, for a meeting with
President Allende; and three weeks later he was assassinated by
a machine gun in the very room where I had the meeting. I had
visited Prime Minister Kittikachorn of Thailand twice in his
residence in Bangkok. A riot of 200,000, mostly students,
overthrew his government; and he fled to the United States. I
knew President Thieu of South Vietnam, but he fled to Europe shortly
before the North Vietnamese took over Saigon. I KNEW these men.
When their countries were overthrown, you may be sure I realized
the significance of it.
One of the most recent government leaders whom I knew was
President Rahman of Bangladesh, who was recently assassinated
and whose government was overthrown.
But what about the world TODAY?
In Europe, the troubles in Portugal and Spain may trigger a
resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire in the form of a UNITED
EUROPE. Leaders in Europe have long wanted a political-military
UNION in Europe. They just have not known how to bring it about.
In Portugal, communists virtually took over the government,
then suffered a temporary setback. But communists never give up
or quit. If they stage a comeback, gaining the government in a
country that has for centuries been Roman Catholic, Rome may take
drastic action to unite all Europe.
In Spain Franco won the war against communism, 1936-39, and
he has kept the government rightist. But recently Franco has been
under sharp criticism from all over Europe for executing guerrillas
who had killed Spanish policemen. Since then he has suffered a
series of heart attacks. Conditions are becoming ripe in Spain
for a united, religious-dominated European government, with Prince
Juan Carlos as king.
Since World War II, the nations of Europe have relied on U.S.
military power to offset Soviet power. But they are fast losing
all confidence in the United States as world power.
Right now I feel sure that North Korea is planning an invasion
of South Korea. If it comes and the United States does not go
immediately to South Korea's aid, the United States will no longer
be recognized as a world power! And the present temper of the
American Congress seems to totally forbid any U.S. intervention
again in Korea!
In the Middle-East we have a temporary agreement Secretary
of State Kissinger worked out between Egypt and Israel. At best,
it will be temporary. It is under attack by guerrilla leader
Yassir Arafat and other Arab nations. Biblical prophecies show
that the Middle East around Jerusalem will be the focal point of