GENERAL ALEXANDER HAIG, Korea and Vietnam, started it. Answering questions from the consideration by the administration.
Socialist Challenge, 3 December 1981, page 5 veteran of star general, Secretary of State and anti-communist fanatic gressional Foreign Affairs Committee, he affirmed that military action against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, and even military action against Cuba, was under confew days later Reagan stated at his news that the US had no 'active plans for immediate. military intervention anvwhere in the "Active" or otherwise the United States has a number of contingency plans a series of projects to thwart the revolution, in Given that the United States presently, through its zero option DrODOSalS and other measures attempting itself being DECYET isolated from democratic public Interna tionally, actual military intervention on Vietnam or Santo Domingo lines is a last resort.
But there are plenty of other options between now and then For the United States the stakes Central America are enormous. the revolution in El Salvador successful, given the continued deepening of revolution in then Guatemala and Honduras will come under increasing Imperialist domination of the whole region will be threatened.
The southern and northern neighbours of Cen tral America among the countries which are the biggest and most important in Latin America: Mexico is by far the richer and the less stable. Both of these countries risk being profoundly shaken by revolutionary victory.
Steps towards a Central American socialist TeneRO WOWE TOCK LIE whole of Latin America. For the United States the logic of this is implacable: isolated and the revolution must be defeated.
FOI the US the two things link together; they as constituting the spiration and practical aid the revolution Salvador.
The most likely interim step sending troops the advisors they already have there; nor is it a direct The most likely interin The interim step is an exile-led attempt overthrow the Nicaraguan government from of elements of the Honduran army The problem with this particular enterprise is that the Honduran ruling chique is busy attempting to give itself cratic* credentials by staging elections: a project cer sing Hondurassins be Hondura: base to attack El Salvador Whatever the precise timescale and form ofmiltary intervention. the US through Haig has served notice that it will not accept the . in Er Salvador. revolution in E In response to this both Cuba and Nicaragua are mobilising for a possible military confrontation. In Cuba. troops have been called up, troops confined to barracks and aircraft guns have been set Havana. Nicaragua is ac- roof tops celcrating the preparations of the militia, and together the army people are under arms There will be no east victories for exile invasion tack the United States.
For the United States therefore mintary tervention pose problems. In the US itself military intervention Dopular option. This would abroad is still redoubled by the kind of prolonged battle which would be required defeat Nicaragua and Cuba.
Internationally, the Reagan would beome more and more unpopular and isolated. But to be world cop or unperialism is not necessarily to take the most popular option. The task now is to make the United States pay the highest price for playing with military fire international protest can start to stay imperialism's hand.
By Davy Jones 'THERE IS another promise and understanding: namely confrontation', warned hard-line party leader Stefan Party leaders in Warsaw.
The meeting discussed a parlamentary Bill to give the government SWCCOLE new powers to deai with the independent union movement. Solidaritv The Special Powers Bill is expected include: drastic Curbs on SITSKCS prohibition non-religious public gatherings STETa LIOnS internal travel and access telecommunications, and exTenS On jurisdiction over civil TOTTE af.
1al1s. option to that of comdrawn up proposals on TCC ALC ORS WHC NaDe put to Solidarity's national leadership this week.
In the past weeks there has been a flowering of new independent political nationally and locally The most significant are the fast-growing natonalist Confederation of Independent KPN), and Jacek Kuron's for Self-Governing Republic, group with a more anarcho-
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