dience at the Waldorf-Astoria last week. While countries like France and Germany have become distinctly edgy about the cold war policies emanating House, Thatcher's visit to the United States was all about 'defence.
But the neutron bomb wasn't the half of it. Thatcher really Went over when she suggested TACT Britain United States need a joint Rapid Deployment Force to defend the oilfields in the Middle East.
This proposal is not exactly original. It obligingly follows the strategic 'thinking' in Washington.
Besides trying to line up other Western countries besine plans to smash the revolutionary move ment In Salvador, the Reagan/Haig mafia are trying to persuade the Western TEne neutron bomb and the burearan EALING'S thousands of pounds on renovating ground bunker in Southall. to be used in the event of nuclear war by military and civilian officials to co-ordinate local 'governmer:
at a time when se tion spending, the bunker is ocates. -3€ local autorities is cutting back ee• school in South Road Last Saturday several hunc'es ==:
ng CND, including many yours e demanding that Ealing courc more productively. money for school shelters'.
the White strengthening Western extension of NATO's role. The latter would reach beyond West striking power eastwards.
In the 1950s the United States organised three alliances with world-wide NATO; CENTO, the Centra Treaty Organisation, which covered Western Asia:
SEATO. the South-east Asian Treatecouganisatio the Because political upneavals the last 20 rears CEN and longer function effectively.
Now the Ameritheir Carlo economy under strain, Tory council is planning to spend an under*==== : =:: want the Western allies to develop their striking capacity to help their defence of 'freedom world-wide.
Thatcher's help for a strike force the Middle East may well be more bravado than reality.
Although Britain #====-=-: has contributed the SAS and other military officers shore up the truly feudal despotism in the Gulf region, it is difficult to believe that any substantial forces could be committed outside the European theatre.
The last time that 25:50:- 5y menalism tried such an adventure the Suez inva sion of 1956 - it ended in farce, as the lumbering and outdated military machine showed itself incapable of deploying forces any speed.
Margaret Thatcher's remarks about dicate even more clearly the loony drift of her 'defence' thinking. 'I want an effec tive at-tank weapon, she said 'It "bomb" in the first place - it's a weapon' (sic).
Bomb It's true, of course, that the neutron bomb can be used as an antitank shell; but it has a yield of several kilotons. The weakest neutron bomb would stil cause a gigantic nuclear explosion.
The argument for an effective anti-tank weapon has a clear implication. InCL That. cher and Reagan are the West use nuclear weapons first in the event of a nuclear conflict As the hurtles towards a new cold war, Britain more than any other country aiding and abetting Reagan's lunacy. The labour movement has to pull out all the stops to put an end to it.
on against missiles? The following are listed by CND have film show demonstration.
meeting or anti nuclear event. piease seno I11€ details to us and CND 7 March: Bristol CND labour conterence: 'Jobs not Bombs' Sponsored by Bristol Trades Council and Benn Shepherds Market, 10 am-5pm. Films workshops. creene March: Jobs march cannam Wandsworth Town Hall.
Clapham South March: Picket Stockport conch agains their civil defence plans, o'clock at the Town Hall.
14 March: Sheffield nuclear demonstration TalV Assemble 10.30/11.30am, Carlisle St. . Rally in the City Oval Hall featuring Kinnock MP, Ray Bucktor ALer. bruce ken cN.
14.21 March: Cardift Week Action includes of The mai drive and El Salvador. Rock reading and Sodins, pity reatings demonstration 'No Cruise missiles, No Trident subs on Marcl invitea speakeis 10 the alone Mineworkers, Labour Par Plaid Cymru and CND secretary of Cardiff CND 0ZL2-3120/4 Organisation:
Political party Address:
=-== Socialist Challenge 5 March 1981 March: Ealing Trades Counci Movemen conference against the Manchester Phone Andy (574-2895) for celais. to return March:
CND public meeting Speakers: Richardson MP, Melvyn Bragg, Campbell ClIr Margaret Dr Berry Beaumont Holoway _centra Koad Library, Londor off April: 'Jobs Kombs' march in stockton (Bill Rodgers' constituen Trades Council Assemble Norton Greet 12.30pm. Details tel. 0642 2444316 11 April: Youth CND conference in Brimingham 12 April: Trans-Pennine Maren starline In recu through Rochdale to Man. chester, April Mass anc Mancheste Against the Missiles to gree the Trans-Pennine March Details tel 061-236 4905 Easter: No will lar mastor march take place There will be large tres.
May Dav: National CND don. Details from: CND conterence Lon Goodwin St London Na Tel 01-263 4954 Page?
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