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THE POUND SINKS
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The W ilson government faces imminent
economic disaster as the sick man of
Europe. a once-great Britain, gets sicker.
A COMMON DEFENSE
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FOR THE COMMON MARKET
For the fi rst time in European history,
the EEC plans a common defensa system.
HOW DO YOU FIGHT A
LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR?
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Humorist Art Buchwald examines the
Pentagon's option of " l imited A rma–
geddon."
THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN
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POTENTIAL, PART V
Why did God create man on this earth?
Was humani ty actually put here for a
purpose?
lf
so, what
is
that purpose?
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SOLZHENITSYN ANO DETENTE
The Russian Nobel laureate was spurned
by Kissinger and Ford, allegedly to pre–
serve a delicate détente. Must Ameri can
leaders con tinual ly bow to Communism?
A NEW FOUNDATION
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ANO A NEW M AGAZINE
Plain Truth Publ isher Herbert W. Arm–
strong announces a new Foundatign and
a new magazine -
HUMAN POTENTIAL.
THE M ISSING DIMENSION
IN SEX, PART V
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God designad sex to picture by physical
analogy his d ivine plan of salvation. Part
V explains this spir itual side of sex.
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THE SPIRIT OF HOLLYWOOD
Violence, crime and disaster are top box
office. ls there a spiri t worl d behind thi s
gore, or is it j ust lust for money?!
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MIDDliiAST–
ClDSIR TD PIACI?
by
Keith Swmp
Four months after a negotiational
deadlock forced Secrel ary of $tate
Henry Kissi nger 10 suspend his Middle
East ''shuttles:· caucious optimism is
being expressed lhat a new lsraeli ·Egyp·
tian interim peace accord may finally be
forlhcoming.
Hopes for a new agreement were
heightened by a productiva four·hour
meeting in mid-July betweon Kissinger
and Israelí Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
near Bonn, West Germany. Discussing
in detail the whofe range of problems
and i ssues i nvolved in a further Israel í
w i thdrawal from vi tal areas m the Sinai.
the two sought to formulate the basic
outlines of a new settlement package.
Should the Israelí cabinet"s review ol
the Kissinger-Rabin talks result in spe·
cific Israelí proposals on which the
Egyptians feel they can negoliate. Kiss–
inger could be back in the Middlc East
possibly before the end of summer on a
follow·up shuttle to nail down the new
Sinai disengagement accord.
The
~ey
element
in
any new
agree·
ment
will
be Israel's total or near-total
wi l hdrawal lrom the strategic Gidi and
Mitla mountain passes in the west cen–
tral Sinai ano from lhe Abu Ruoeis oit–
fields along 1he Suez Canal.
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n exchange for these terntorial con·
cessions by Israel . Egypt woulo repon·
edly be expecteo to i ssue a .. peace
dec1ara t,on·· renouncing the use of
torce for the
duration of the
accord.
Other Egyptian concess1ons would prob·
ably include t he lilting of the trade boy–
cott against Israel. the cessation of anti·
Israel propaganda. and the extension on
an annual basis of the mandate for
keepi ng U.N. peacekeepi ng forces i n
the Si nai bufferzones.
There are
indications
lhe
lsraeli·Egyp#
tian accord would
also entail
numerous
commi tments and guarantees from the
United States. i ncludi ng long-lerm aid
to Israel. an assurance of oil supplies to
Israel to replace lhe fuel she wi ll lose by
rel inquishing the Sinai oilfields. and
possibly the establishment of a U.S.·
manned early warning radar system in
the key Sinai passes to provide Israel
w1th advance warning of Egyp1ian troop
movements in
the a rea.
Only Poslponing the Inev itabl e?
Many observers. however. feel that
even
if
a new interim accord is con–
ciudad. it may do little more than
post·
pone
l he mevitable. The fundamental
differences which have for so long pre–
cluded an overall Middle East settfe–
ment would still remain unsolved . The
Arabs have consistenlly oemanded the
wilhdrawal of Israel from
al/
territories
occupied in the 1967 war before any
final and permanent settlement can be
effected. But the lsrael is - with ooubts
about the Arabs real intentions and
concern over maintaining " sec:ure and
defensible.. borders - feet such con·
cessions would be tantamount to na..
tional suicide.
1t
is not surprising. therefore.. that
paralleling the talk of a new " peace..
accord is l he contraoictory treno of an
mcreasing Middle Eas1ern arms buildup.
According 10 tables published in June
by t he prestigious lnternational Instituto
for Strategic Studies in London. the
armed ! orces of Egypt. Syria. and Israel
have not only made up for their heavy
battle losses in the 21 months since the
1973 conflicl . but have gone on in most
cases to escala te to levels
sharply above
their
pre~war
standings!
As of June - and figures have rísen
since then - the standings in tive ma–
jor ca1egories were as follows:
Tanks:
Egypt, 1. 920: Syría. 1.950:
Israel. 2.260.
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
Egypt.
2. 500: Syria. 1. 150; Israel. 3. 300.
Field Artillery:
Egypt. 1. 500 guns;
Syria. 800; Israel. 7 1O.
Fighter-Bombers:
Egypt. 140;
Syt~a,
150; Israel. 380 .
lnterceptqrs:
Egypt . 250; Syria. 150;
Israel . 4 7 (the new lsraeli-made Kfir jets
- soon to ba deployed - w ill bolster
lsraers air force i n this category).
These
stat~stics.
however.
only
begin
to tell the story. Massive new arms pur–
chases have been concludeo in recen1
months which wi ll greatly ínflate the
above figures. M ili1ary analysts. more–
over, point out
that '"
addi tion
to nu–
merical increases since
19 73, the
quality
of weaponry has nsen greatly
with lhe arrival of highly sophislicated
equipment f rom the two superpowers
and Western Europe.
According to one estimate.
the
com–
bined armies of aU Arab nations repre–
sent a
war
arsenal which now surpasses
the conventiona l forces of NATO.
Against this formidable challenge. mi li·
tary analysts estímate that Israel has
sufficient firepower to wage a 21-oay
war a1 the level of intensity of the 1973
conflic1. l t is believeo. therefore. 1hat
Israelí strategy in any new roul'ld of
fighting would be aimed at wagi ng a
s~i ft ,
decisive campaign to knock out
Arab power cen1ers. There is also specu·
lation l hat Israel has produceo primitivo
nuclear warheads
which might be used
should the tide of battle turn against
them and national survival hang in the
balance.
Bible prophecy shows that oesp1te the
current progress toward an interim
peace accord in the Middle East . this
massi ve arms buildup provides a more
accurat& i ndication of what
reBIIy
lies
ahead for the strife-lorn area...When
people say. 'There is peace and secu·
ri ty: then sudoen destrucl ion w ill come
upon 1hem ....
(1
Thes. 5 : 3.
RSV).
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WEEK ENDINO AUOUST 2,
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