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PORTUGAL- EUROPE'S CUBA?
lncreasing communist
influe~ce
in Por–
tugal has raised the specter of a Soviet
satellite on NATO's doorstep.
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BRITAIN:
"GOING DOWN THE DRAIN"
British political cartoonists examine the
economic plight of thei r beleaguered
nation .
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THE MISSING DIMENSION
IN SEX
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Part 3 of the Editor-in-Chiefs newly
fevised book.
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THE BIBLE - WORLD'S MOST
CONTROVERSIAL BOOK
Though widely misunderstood and mis–
applied. the world's " best sellar" has
had a profound impact on the. Western
world.
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ORCHIDS AND ONIONS
Readers throw a few of each our way.
IN BRIEF
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General Counsel to the Editor-in-Chiet.
Staniey R. Radar. reports on a personal
visit with Kenya's President Jomo ,.
Kenyatta.
GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
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SPEAKS OUTI
The press siumbled over Mr. Ford' s
unfortunate slip in Salzburg. says Editor
Garner Ted Armstrong.
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CURING THE FEAR OF AGING
" Gerontophobia" - the fear of grow-.
ing old - is one of our most common
diseases, afflicting young and old alike.
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NATO SUMMIT= PRIPARID
SPHCHIS ANO
fll
RISUlTS
by
Ray Kosanke and Henry Sturcke
BRUSSELS: Tne trip by Presiden!
Gerald Ford to NATO neadquarters
here - an attempt to reassure Euro–
pean allies of the U.S. commitment
to the 26-year-old alliance- is now
history.
Yet. desRite tne flur,Y .of activi ties.
speeches, bilateral and multilateral
meetings. the most immediate secu–
rity tnreat to Europa and tne West
was not even mentioned in tne com–
muniqué produced at tne end of tné
two-day NATO summit.
At a time when many Europeans
are wondering about the relevance
of tne alliance. nothing is being
done w ithin the NATO t<11mework to
enable its Europaan members to
meet the immediate dangers facin'g
them. Tne worldwide economic situ–
atton and the present reality in tne
Middle East - otl , the Palestinian
question. the status of Jerusalem -
all hang like a guillotine poised to
separata Europa, Japan and the
United States from their abiliry to
continua as advanced
ind~Jstrial
so–
ciettes.
Severa! European leaders under·
lined the economic dangers. One
was Britain' s Prime Minister Harold
Wilson who said:
"lt
is no good hav–
ing a credible defense system. if the
economic framework on which it de–
pends líes in ruins:· German Chan–
cellor Helmut Schmidt noted this
same threat, stating that Western
defensa was less threatened by a
specific military danger than " by
tne state of tne world economy on
whicn our prosperity depends:· And
Norwegian Premiar Trygve Bratteli
saw tne
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5 mili ion unemployed in
tne NATO area as "unwortny of our
democratic societies.''
For all tne speecn-making. the
summit servéd as an anempt to
patch over problems threauining an
archaic entity ratner than generating
bold new initiatives to meet present
realities. At a time of growing War–
saw Pact strength in Communist
Eastern Europa and a continuing
threat of war in the Middle Eest
- upon whícn Europa depends for
some 90% of its oil, concerned
observers could cenainly have ex–
pected more.
NATO has definitely "preserved
the peace and safeguarded the free–
dom and prosperity of Western Eu–
rope. and Nonh America" for a
quarter of a century, as former Su-
preme NATO Commander Andrt
Goodpaster has said. But in
1975
system of defense that does not '
elude coverage of the Middle East
really no security system at all .
France·s Foreign Minister J01
Sauvanargues did not feel that t •
Ford visit ·was really necessary
this time and NATO Secretary-GE
eral Joseph Luns addéd that it tak
more than a quick summit to shc
up an alliance. But sensing the e
sire for ' a strong U.S. policy
Europa alter recent events in Sout
east Asia, he told
Pfain Truth
Edil
Garner Ted Armstrong: "Europa
in the middle of your nation's inb
est. Vietnam might have been in t
middle of your principies. but at t
fringa of your interests . .
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not worried. "
Man.v European leaders car
away ímpresséó 'wiih" Geralá F'c
personally. As Belgian Prime Min
ter Leo Tindemans told Mr. Ar
stfong. he and severa! other lead<
were taken by President For<
open-'!'inded and humble approac
An Outdated System'7
The general feeling ís that NA'
is in need of a lar more substan1
review- even pernaps overhaul
that is beyond the scope of m•
.summitry.
'
A growing number of observ
lfoubt that such conferences.
w
their snort duration and prepal
speeches. can ever come to gr
with present, complex difficuhi
The lack of real problem·sofving
such meetings was exemplif
when the final communiqué - s•
posedly a reflection of matters e
cussed and conclusions reached
was read and approved within
teen minutes.
Not oñly that. it nad been
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pared ahead of time by politi
aides. The security of the world
e;
for more than this. O
WEEK ENDINO JUNE 21, 1