f } 2nd orbit am \ ae 20.24 oN ? / t aer i 7 see ae i i a ; Sac 2 - eit ete = Ae. s = ee oe a ie oS . The “Surve llance an 7 strip of the / electronic reconnaissance Setellite «ferret» ~ Alaska REE ) se ‘ V/\ bnchorage ss 1 Dd S \ Intruder ' 1 Ist stage Spy satellite linked Chart shows relative movements of Flight KAL 007, the U.S. Ferret-D satellite, and RC-135 U.S. spy plane, U.S. Orion reconnaisance planes and the frigate, Badger. In his Sept. 20 delineation, with Korean flight Soviet Air Force Marshal Pyotr Kirsanov re- ported the coincidence of the appearance of 007 over strategic spots with the three orbits of the satellite. Note the international air route. { German parties issue appeal Use the opportunities we have tT TWh Liilitl PTT In an appeal to the peoples of Europe, and by extension to people of the whole world, the three communist parties on German soil made known their united position on disarmament and peace with the document below issued Sept. 27. THEE En We, the communist parties on German soil — the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the German Communist Party, and the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin, are speaking out at a time when deci- sions of paramount importance are imminent which will affect the destiny of all European peoples, indeed, of all mankind. At the end of World War II, with the nazi fascists defeated, German communists joined with German Social Democrats, Christians and non-Christians in an oath to do all they could to ensure that another war would never originate on German soil. This pledge was made in homage to the 50 million people killed during the war — those who fought against the nazi barbarism, who were murdered by the fas- cists, and who perished on the battlefields and in . the air-raid shelters. We have worked and fought for the pledge for more than three decades: e Inthe German Democratic Republic, we have done so by building the power of workers and farmers and establishing the first socialist peace state on German soil, e Inthe Federal Republic of Germany, we have done'so by resisting remilitarization and by standing up for detente and social progress, e And in West Berlin we have done so by oppos- ing all front-line-city politics and by working for _ peaceful, co-operative relations with the GDR. _ Inthe present situation we declare that the plan- ned deployment of new U.S. intermediate-range missiles in the FRG revives the danger of another ‘war being unleashed from German soil, from the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, be- cause: e Those missiles are first-strike weapons targeted on the USSR and the other | socialist countries. e They are strategic weapons whose deploy- ment would upset the military-strategic balance. e They are weapons of mass destruction in- tended to serve the politics of confrontation and crusading and to make nuclear war wageable in Europe. Turning the Federal Republic of Germany into a launching site for U.S. nuclear first-strike weapons PACIFIC TRIBUNE— OCTOBER 5, 1983— Page 8 not only involves the risk of the FRG inviting its own destruction but also threatens the security and survival of all European peoples. But Europe must not become a ‘‘Euroshima’’. There is still time to avert a new round in the nuclear arms race,.a development which would further exacerbate the international situation and heighten the risk of war. Relevant proposals are on the table. Given goodwill, negotiated solutions can be found for any matter at issue. The USSR has made far-reaching offers on missile reduction. The Warsaw Treaty Organization advocates a treaty on the renunciation of the use of military force and the maintenance of peaceful relations. The GDR sup- ports the Swedish initiative aimed at the establish- ment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Europe. Renowned personalities and political groups in the USA and in the Western European countries are arguing for a freeze on nuclear arsenals, the non-de- ployment of U.S. missiles and other moves which constitute a real security policy. In a peace move-, ment that spans the world, hundreds of millions of people in east and west are demonstrating their desire for disarmament, peace and cooperation. However, the danger keeps growing. Inthe USA they are adopting maniacal arms programs which risk turning not only the earth but also outer space into the scene of nuclear conflicts. The nego- tiations in Geneva are threatened with failure be- cause the USA refuses to observe the just principle of equality and equal security and seeks to gain superiority for itself. For the sake of preserving life on our planet for this generation, for our children and grand- ~ children, we call upon everyone to make use of whatever opportunities they have for political ac- - tion, dialogue, parliamentary initiatives and mass protest in order to; e Prevent the deployment of new U.S. nuclear missiles in western Europe, e Press for the conclusion of an agreement in Geneva pursuant to the principle of equality and equal security and, if need be, continued nego- tiations rather than deployment, e Campaign for nuclear-weapon-free zones as steps toward a Europe free from nuclear weapons. Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany Signed by: Erich Honecker Executive of the German Communist Party Signed by: Herbert Mies Executive of the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin Signed by: Horst Schmitt , World News Mass burial try-out FRANKFURT — Anger and disbelief have been expressed by L & TV, radio and newspapers over the latest U.S. Army operation in | § the Federal Republic. Soldiers of the 26th Supply and Service Company have been'tehearsing mass burials — of Germans and other Europeans. In an ominous prediction of what U.S. nuclear | weapons escalation foreshadows, the exercise showed, in the words of a TV commentator, “‘total lack of sensitivity.” Photos || of a bulldozed mass grave were chillingly reminiscent of those || used by the Hitler regime for mass killing victims. “‘This situation || ... can only cause fear and fright in the face of a‘possible nuclear | war,”’ the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper said. Two defeats for Kohl BONN — West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s determina- tion to deploy U.S. nuclear missiles here, is considered one of the major reasons for his party’s setbacks in two state elections, Sept. 25. (The other main reason is his economic policies, which have produced high unemployment.) In Hesse State, the Social | Democrats won 46.2 per cent of the vote and 51 of the 110 seats. Kohl’s Christian Democrats took 39.4 per cent and 44 seats, a loss of eight seats. In Bremen 51.3 percent went Social Democrats to the Christian Democrats’ 33.3 per cent, for a ratio of 58 seats to || 36 in the 100-seat parliament. — ‘Shoot protesters!’ MANILA — Filipinos at home and abroad are concluding that | dictator Marcos has nothing to justify his regime except guns and other means of force. Calls for his resignation were compounded | by his orders to troops, Sept. 23, to shoot protesters. 8,000 join French CP PARIS — In a demonstration of activity and widespread sup- port the French Communist Party and its newspaper I’ Humanité held the annual Féte de 1’ Humanité on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10-11. Some idea of its popularity and political success is ] _ seen in the fact that hundreds of thousands of people attended and participated; 8,000 used the occasion to join the French Communist Party; 15,973 subscribed to l’Humanité; and 2,700 joined the Young Communist League! U.S. jails Jamaican KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Workers’ Party of Jamaica. 1s calling upon individiduals, organizations and governments to |} press the United States for the release from detention of John || | Haughton, general secretary of the National Union of Demo- | cratic Teachers (NUDT) and a member of the central committee | of the WPJ. Haughton was arrested in Miami on July 27, his trial date has : been postponed indefinitely, he is prevented from leaving the | USA, and is labelled as a ‘‘dangerous criminal’’. Despite ques- | tions raised by a number of U.S. media (Washington Post, Miam! | - Herald, CBS, etc.) and by Senator Hatfield in the Senate Appro- | priations Committee, U.S. Immigration remains rigid. The WPJ is also protesting the refusal of U.S. authorities to | grant a visa to the party’s general secretary, Trevor Munroe, who | for two years has been unable to take up invitations from | academic and broad-based groups in the USA. Reject U.S. missiles COMISO, Sicily — A protest, Sept. 26, against the proposed installation of 112 U.S. Cruise missiles on this island was broke? | up by police using tear gas and water cannon. More than 10 people were injured when police attacked the peaceful sit-in at Magliocco Airport where the intermediate range nuclear missiles will be based. CMEA trade surplus MOSCOW — The economic body made up of the socialist | community of countries and several participating countries oul- | side the socialist community reported a $2.9-billion (U.S.) tradé surplus in dealings with the West in the first half of 1983. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA 9° Comecon) notes that this is more than double the $1.2-billion of 2 | year earlier. A Washington-based research agency, Wharto? Econometrics, attributes this in part to lack of regular Weste™ | credits which would enable socialist countries to buy. In other | words with proper economic co-operation the socialist countries would buy more from the West — a major job-creatio® | consideration. ‘Arafat urges UN meet GENEVA — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s call for a UN-sponsored international conference to reach a solution 0° the plight of the Palestinian people, is one of those events whic | buried by the imperialist media, is ‘‘news’’ to most people lon’ afterward. At the UN Conference on Palestine here at the beg!™” | ‘ning of September, Arafat called for such a conference attended by the USSR and the USA. He stated the need to stop t aggressive and militaristic frame of mind of the Israeli authorities and the USA’s backing for the Zionist war machine. “Israe™ | U.S. policy,” he said, ‘‘calls on us to capitulate,”’ a policy ™ | Palestinians reject.