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but the Soviet Union has shown they are not backing up--THEY NEVER DO
unless a stronger military force drives them back. They can pour enough
troops in there to hold Afghanistan.
Now look at that situation. One more small leap on south through
Pakistan, and the Soviets will CONTROL THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE PERSIAN
GULF. That is their goal. They then will control THE WORLD'S OIL.
One more invasion on their southeast into Iran, and they are next
door to the Middle East nations of Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel. Already,
through Eastern European satellite nations, the Russians are right on
the West European nations' borders.
Momentous things have happened since I last wrote you January 3rd.
Tito has died. There is much concern over the future of Yugoslavia,
a nation which Tito welded together out of several smaller nations with
different languages and cultures. It is a question whether the present
Committee from these various former smaller nations can hold together.
Tito was Communist, but NOT RUSSIAN.
I have visited Romania twice, and it is Communist, loosely
associated with the Russians, yet quite independent.
In my January 3rd letter I indicated some doubt that the present
Pope, John Paul II, would be the pope to fulfill prophecy by uniting
the nations of Europe into a revival of the medieval "Holy Roman Empire."
But John Paul II now looms as the world's strongest and most powerful
leader.
There are no more super-strong leaders--like Stalin, the man of
steel, or Winston Churchill. John Paul II alone is now looming as the
world's most powerful man. Since my last letter, he has become the most
travelled pope in history. He has toured three African countries. He
paid a four-day visit to France--the first pope to visit France in nearly
200 years. France is about 95% Roman Catholic IN NAME, but not devout
Catholic. This has concerned the pope greatly, and his visit was made
to start correcting this. But it will not be corrected by peaceful means.
Italy has been slipping rapidly from a state of devout Catholicism.
A revival of the "Holy Roman Empire" with the pope at the top would
change this lassitude by FORCE. That is the way it was done in the
Middle Ages.
Meanwhile President Carter's debacle trying to rescue the hostages
has greatly lowered his credibility in European capitals. Most European
nations have refused to go along with the Olympic boycott. They are
now AFRAID to offend the Russians.
At this moment the Soviet Union is in a much stronger military
position than the United States. European leaders have rapidly, the past
six months, come to lose faith in American ability to protect them from
the Soviet power. They know the Russians are NOW ON THE MARCH--now
Afghanistan, next Pakistan or Iran, then possibly Yugoslavia.
European leaders are NOW AFRAID. They no longer have faith in
relying on American power.