The Guardian of Liberty - Nemzetőr, 1983 (6. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)

1983-01-01 / 1. szám

BI-MONTHLY B 20435 V THE GUARDIAN OF LIBERTY (NEMZETŐR) Vol. 1 XXVII January - February, 1983 "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion" Article 18 Universal Declaration of Human Rights THE NUCLEAR DEBATE A SIMPLE GUIDE 1983 is the year of the nuclear debate. As the arguments on both sides inevitably grow more technical, detailed and complicated, the simple truths are lost to many people. Some of them who would want to express their own views, feel they do not understand the issues well enough to do so. Others, with the best of intentions, put forward solutions which seem ideal, but which ignore some of the realities of the situation, of which they are unaware. We illustrate these realities in these dia­grams. We do not pretend that all aspects of the subject are as simple as this, but the basic truths are. The first diagram (Figure 1) shows how the question divides into two parts, the strategic, long-range, missiles based in the USA and the Soviet Union, and the intermediate, me­dium-range, missiles. The Soviet Union can reach all of Western Europe with medium­­range missiles based inside its own fron- CONTENTS: What Led to World War 2 Afghanistan: Soldiers Murdered in Hospital - Says General 3 Cuban Economy under Severe Strain 4 Bloc’s Ties with Grenada Strengthened 5 KGB Involved in „Treatment” of Trade Unionists 6 Psychiatric Body Resignes ... 7 CSSR: Political Scientists Given Religion-Watching Post 8 Treason Trial Seen as Warning 9 Germans Barred from Emigrating 10 Slow Genocide by Colonial Power 11 Israel in „Roundabout" Dialogue 12 tiers. When the Soviet Union proposes that neither side should have nuclear weapons based in Europe, it is not giving anything away. The second set of diagrams (Figure 2) shows how the balance has changed and what NATO has proposed to restore it. Fig 2A By the early ’60s the USA had developed effective strategic missiles The Soviet Union had not, so they built up their (Continued on page 2) USA WÊÊÊÀ EuTMPe Europe USSR ||jgg Fig. 1 Why the Soviet Union does not need to station its intermediate-range missiles out side its own frontiers and so is able to propose mutual withdrawals from Europe. Fig. 2A THEN USA USSR Fig. 2B NOW USA USSR

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