By NIKOLA! OBOTOV
Novosti Press Agency

_, MOSCOW — What have we
One to sterngthen the process
Of detente? What have we done
Or the aims of the United Na

tions?

ce participants of the 25th
ey Assembly of the World
“eration of United Nations
Associations, (WFUNA), which
pened in Moscow on Oct. 1

ave to answer these questions.
‘l0Wever, the tasks of the dele-
ig from national associations
a Not limited to the summing
A] . of results and analysis of
ork. The agenda also includes
© question of enhancing the
Tole of the Federation and. its
| Tational associations in solving
€ topical problems of today.
a Ou have gathered at a re-
, sa eable time when, as a re-
; ad of the struggle of peace
,| wees, great successes have
_| ,-©" achieved in the jrestructur-
; the Of international relations on
| ape basis of peaceful coexistence
| States with different social.
Al qaems,” said Vitaly Ruben,
j| ,2itman of the Soviet of Na-
of ualities of the Supreme Soviet
the USSR.
| Phasing the great signifi-
2}  C& Of the results of the Con-

ti Widespread interest in the ac-
Vities of the multi-nationals is
ththtened by the approach of
Ne World Conference on Multi-
in wonal Corporations to be held
"Toronto, Nov. 14-16, 1975.

This is the last of a four-part

©, Multinationals and the
ung States, in the USSR pulse-
; ion, Asia and Africa Today
ly,_8 1975).. The writer, I.
Vv, is a Soviet economics

m, Diktat to “Partnership”
he international corporations
ie resorted to a new tactic in
Ronn into the national eco-
tri 1€s of the developing coun-
*s and in exercising influence
oe policy. This new tactic
tug, down to the replacement of
Mo © methods with more ca-
—«Cuflaged methods, including
ehip™ with local capital.
y .~ Process is particularly
} anifest in politics. For in-
Ce, in the Republic of South
ed a2, the Duponts have remov-
and a name from a subsidiary,
State Olaroid Co. of the United
| the -. have even tried to ease
Tune ® of employment and re-
The tion of labor in its outlet.
€ tactics of adaptation is
cong Practised in the sphere of
Inves en proper. In its Foreign
‘Nal cent Code the Internatio-
th la of Commerce warn
€rnational corporations
fecinst 32 “typical” abuses in

 , & countries.
“Bus Special research entitled
Countries in the Developing
€s" carried out by the

:- tele which appeared under the |

ference on Security and Coop-
eration in Europe, he drew the
attention of the assembly to the
fact that the main task of the
UN today is to work for the
consolidation of detente.

Moreover, priority should be
given to halting the arms race
and the achievement of practical
results in disarmament.

“In other words” stressed Ru-
ben, “political detente must be
complemented by military de-
tente.”

World Public Opinion

Speaking of the work done by
the Federation with other non-
governmental organizations in
the field of disarament. Horace
Perer, the Federation’s head,
stressed the need for further ac-
tions to: mobilize world public
opinion for world-wide recogni-

tion of the treaty on non-proli-

feration of nuclear weapons.
Perrera also called for efforts
to elaborate and ratify the
treaty on the complete ban of
all nuclear weapon tests and

for work on governments to’

undertake commitments on gen-
eral and complete disarmament,
and the earliest convocation of

the world disarmament confer-

ence.
Since the first UN General As-

PARTNERS

Dibold Institute of the United
States lays down approximately
the same recommendations. —
The international corporations
are beginning to take account of
the national plans of the reci-
pient countries in inner-firm
planning, to agree not to insist
on excessive privileges in the
recipient state that might com-
plicate their relations with the
given country in the future and
to revise from time to time the
agreements and contracts. These
contracts and agreements have
been increasingly including a

Turning political detente
into military detente

sembly session the Soviet Union
has introduced important initia-
tives in the field of disarma-
ment. Many of them served as
the basis for decisions adopted
by the UN.

The Soviet Union has submit-
ted two most important propos-
als on disarmament for the con-
sideration of the 30th General
Assembly session.

The. first concerns the prohi-
bition of the development and
production of new types of wea-
pons of mass destruction. The
second is aimed at the complete
ban of nuclear weapon tests.

The approval and support of
these important proposals by the
plenary assembly of the WFUNA
would undoubtedly facilitate
their implementation.

UN Enhances Detente

In his report, Fyodor Konstan-
tinov, head of the Soviet UN
Association stated that the role
of the UN is steadily enhancing
the conditions of detente. The
situation makes it imperative for
the UN to take further steps to-
wards the establishment of a
just and lasting peace in the
Middle East.

“It is necessary that Israel
withdraw its. troops from all
Arab territories it occupied in

“formula of withdrawal” agreed
in advance. The purpose of this
formula is to regulate the rela-
tions between the international
corporation and the recipient
ccuntry, should the latter for
one reason or another decide to
discontinue the operations of the
corporation.

Subsidiaries of international
ccrporations with 100% control
are being replaced with mixed
companies with the participation
of local business or even the
state sector.

In isolated cases the develop-

Disarmament, Mid East, Chile, Korea . . . are some of the urgent
items before the 25th session of the United Nations General

Assembly.

1967, that the legitimate rights
of the Arab people of Palestine,
including its right to a state of
its own be ensured. Also that the
rights of all Middle East coun-
tries to independent develop-
ment be guaranteed.

“Tt is necessary that the work
of the Geneva Conference be re-
sumed with the participation of
all states concerned, including
representatives of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.

ing countries have managed to
attract the participation of inter-
national corpcrations without
share control or even to “cut
off’ the capital. accompanying
the: knowhow purchased. For in-
stance, the Kleckner Humboldt
Deutz company is building in
Algeria a diesel engine plant
which will be handed over to the

‘Algerian government.

Many of the contracts include
a so-called “de-investment’’ re-
servation stipulating that shares
of the international corporation
will be gradually turned over to

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“The UN is in a position to
promote a just settlement of the
Cyprus problem on the basis of
the implementation of its well-
known resolutions. The time is
ripe for stepping up the peace
settlement in Korea.

“The world expects the fulfil-
ment of the resolutions adopted
by the UN General Assembly de-
manding the restoration of the
principal human rights and free-
dom in Chile.

the local entrepreneurs in whole
or in part.

“Managerial contracts” have
gained wide currency too. Under
their terms an international cor-
poration will build a plant and

_ The turn toward ‘partnership’

will manage it on a commission, .

but without share control.

Quite often international cor-
porations agree to finance social
and other programs in the devel-
oping countries. (Incidentally,
the outlays for these programs
are tax-exempt).

The policy of the governments
of the Western countries has
changed to a certain degree too.
In some conflict situations they
merely present démarches.

Undoubtedly these changes
have taken place in the wake of
the new situation taking shape
at present for the international
corporations in the Third World.

However, the tactics of adap-
tation is not limited merely to
general passive retreat. :

As an inalienable component,

it also implies the regrouping of

their forces and the launching of
a new large-scale social manoe-
uvre designed to shift the focus
of the conflict with the young
states from the sphere of the
world market to the inner
sphere of their economic and
social structures.

What is meant is that imperial-
ism and the international corpor-
ations are giving up the policy
to preserve economic and social
backwardness of the former co-
lonies in favor of stepping up
cultivation of the mass of loca
bourgeoisie as a class which
wculd guarantee the retaining of
these countries within the orbit
of capitalist economy.

—Asia and Africa Today