MOSCOW (APN) — From the
Start the Camp David agreements
looked like a circus stunt.

How was Sadat induced to sur-
Tender and accept the ‘‘Frame-
work for Peace in the Middle
East.”? What secret word did
Carter whisper in his ear on that
dramatic Friday when the Egyp-
tian president’ was packed and
Waiting for a helicopter to take
him home from the forests of
Maryland? The public documents

On’t answer why Begin aban-
doned his dream of ‘‘Heretz Is-
rael””. (term used by Zionist

‘groups who advocate expan-

Slonism based on their inter-
Pretation of the bible.)

There can be no question that a
Secret package exists which
Makes the Camp David results
€ven more cynical and paves the
Way for a fifth mideast war.

Some idea of these secrets can

€ garnered from materials pub-
lished in the Paris-based journal
Afrique-Asie, No.-172 Oct. 16-29,
and Newsweek, Oct. 23. They
paint a picture of a conspiracy be-
tween the United States, Israel
and Egypt to betray the hopes of
the Mideast peoples for a just and
Comprehensive peace.

A series of secret agreements
between Washington and Tel
Aviv shows a degree of U.S.

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Military involvement in the region

Begin, Carter, Sadat conspiracy blocks road to peace in Mideast.

Camp David ‘agreement’ paves
way for new war in Middle East

which would seem unthinkable
after the Vietnamese lessons.
One of them stipulates nothing
less than U.S. aircover for Israel
in case of a war against any of the
Arab countries - participating in
The Front of:Steadfastness and
Confrontation. It is proposed this
will become the linchpin of a
planned American-Israeli “‘mutu-
al’? defense treaty to be con-
cluded by 1983. This is seen in
U.S. plans to build air bases in the
Negev Desert and by Israel’s re-
ciprocal consent to provide bases
for the U.S. navy. :

The American taxpayer May
faint. at the sight of the secret
Camp David accords: on U.S.
military supplies to Israel. During
the next five years, Washington
undertakes to credit Israel to the
tune of $5-billion dollars to be
used to buy up-to-date aircraft
and missiles which even NATO
has not yet fielded. Israel will be
allowed to purchase all the F-15
and F-16 jet fighters it has re-
quested.

The mutual promises of Carter
and Sadat also clearly show
Cairo’s newly-acquired role as a
U.S. satellite. Egypt will receive
no less than Israel from
Washington. For instance, in case
of a conflict with a neighboring
Arab country (meaning Libya)

- Mass strikes oppose.
wave of terror in Iran

Large demonstrations were
held throughout Iran, Oct. 15 in
which working people, students,
shopkeepers participated. The
demonstrations were peaceful
and were in commemoration of

those killed when the Shah’s’
troops fired on marchers Sept. 8.

The Oct. 15 protests are a con-
tinuation of the struggle against
the reactionary, anti-democratic
policies of the Shah. They were
led by the families and mourners
of those killed a month earlier. All
shops in the major cities were
closed.

Today’s struggles mark a new
Stage. For the first time govern-
ment employees have joined the
protest movement. The two
largest government-controlled
newspapers, Ettelaat and Kayhan
were shut down by strikes. De-

spite wage increases offered by -

the government, many workers
remain on strike, especially those
engaged in sales and purchases
from rural areas.

During the Oct. 15 protests,

troops fired on marchers In the
city of Zanjon killing and injuring
many. Similar incidents took
place in the cities of Quam, Dez-
ful and Isfahan. Rifts in the armed
forces are beginning to show as
troops refused to fire on demon-
strators last month in the city of
Tabriz and reports indicate some
500 police submitted their resig-
nations. :

Estimates are that many
thousands have already been kil-
led in the wave of protest sweep-
ing Iran over the past months.
Martial law exists in some 20
major cities and persons are exe-
cuted on the streets for breaking
curfew, putting up poster and tak-
ing part in demonstrations.

The Shah’s armed forces,
among the strongest in the area,
are equipped and trained by the
United States despite interna-
tional recognition of the repres-
sive nature of the regime. In fiscal

‘year 1978, the U.S. sold Iran

$2.59-billion in weapons, second
only in arms purchases by Saudi

Arabia.

Cairo is also promised military
support.

In addition, the U.S. undertook
to provide a total of $4-billion to
give a shot in the arm to the ailing
Egyptian economy.

The U.S. secretly promised to
instigate crises and regional con-
flicts to impair the unity of
Egypt’s opponents in the Arab
world. In return Cairo promised
to use the weapons supplied by
Washington to give ‘‘aid’’ to the
African countries ‘‘threatened by
communism.”’

A third group of secret agree-

ments, those between Egypt and -

Israel, envisages that Egypt will
not support the Arabs in case of
Israel’s conflict with other Arab
countries. Moreover, it will help
in spotting “‘terrorist bases’’ to be
destroyed by Israel. The “‘ter-
rorists”’ are, of course, the Pales-
tinians.

Egypt undertook to refrain
from upholding the role .of the
Palestinian .Liberation Organi-
zation in determining the future of
the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Conversely it will assist in creat-
ing an ‘‘alternative force’ of
Palestinian collaborators.

Newsweek also mentions sec-
ret cooperation between Egyp-
tian and Israeli intelligence ser-
vices since 1976 and military and
political consultations that are
tantamount to a military alliance
between Cairo and Tel Aviv.

The secret package of Camp
David is an abominable bundle of
details used to decieve inter-
national public opinion and betray
the interests of the Mideast na-
tions.

Publisher faces

12 years in jail
LONDON — A three man
group left here for Istanbul Oct.
14 to attend the trial of Ahmet

. Tastan, director o the Urun pub-

lishing house, publishers of the
program of the Communist Party
of Turkey, which began Oct. 17.
Turkish law (articles of which
still contain parts of Mussolini’s
Penal Code) provide for up to 12
years imprisonment for publish-
ing banned material. The Turkish
Communist Party is the last illegal
Communist Party in Europe.

Rhodesia
raids Zambia

TORONTO Canadian
Communists have called for a
total break of Canada’s rela-
tions with racist Rhodesia over
the lan Smith government's at-
tack ondefenseless civilians 90
miles inside neighboring Zam-
bia on Oct. 19.

A resolution passed by the
Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Canada
urged “the Canadian govern-
ment to call now in the United
Nations for the international
condemnation of the murder-
ous attack by Rhodesian armed
forces on a camp near Lusaka,

dren, women and sick people.”

The Communist Party “also
Calls on the Canadian govern-
ment to immediately sever all
economic, diplomatic and other
relations with the racist re-
gime” of lan Smith.

Zambia, which sheltered chil- |

NEW MILITARY BLOC ACTIVE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

DAR-ES-SALAAM — The Tanzania magazine ‘“‘New Outlook”’
states that the long-planned ‘‘South Atlantic Treaty Organization”’
modeled on NATO is emerging as a reality, despite denials from the
U.S. and South Africa. It said the SATO plan, sponsored by the
Pentagon, aims at joining South Africa with reactionary regimes in
South America.

‘‘Worthy of note in this connection,’ the magazine said, “‘is the
recent statement by the South West Africa People’s Organization
(SWAPO) that 1,000.Chilean troops are in combat with the South
African army against SWAPO in Namibia.”’ The magazine called for
unity of the progressive forces in southern Africa and Latin America in
opposition to the SATO development.

MOSCOW HOSTS INTERNATIONAL SUBWAY MEET

MOSCOW — An international conference on subway systems at-
tended by delegations from 19 countries was ‘held in Moscow last week.
The conference was sponsored by the Committee on Subways of the
International Public Transportation Association.

Yevgeny Legostayev, head of the Moscow subway system, said in
an interview that Moscow has one of the biggest and most efficient
subway networks in the world. Over six million residents ride the
subway daily. The fare of 5 kopeks (8 cents) has not increased since the
subway was built in 1935.

CUBA’S SHIPPING CAPACITY INCREASES

HAVANA — Cuban government investments in developing the
countries ports have made passible a 650,000 ton increase in Cuba’s
port capacity. With the cooperation of overseas technicians, mainly
from the Soviet Union, Cuba’s Transport Ministry has raised the
capacity of the port of Havana to over a million tons. By 1980, Havana
port development will mean the complete mechanization of the entire
ship-to-destination process. Side by side with this process port and
dock workers are being trained and re-trained in new skills involving
handling of computers, data-processing etc.

UN FORCE TO STAY IN MIDEAST

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council has
renewed the mandate of the United Nations Emergency Force in the
Middle East for another nine months. The resolution was passed with
the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia abstained and China did not
vote. China opposes peacekeeping operations in principle, but does not
veto them. The extension of the mandate means that the 4,178 man
force will remain in place in the Sinai Desert till next July.

POPE JOHN PAUL SUPPORTS DETENTE

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II has endorsed the Catholic
Church’s policy of accommodation with the socialist countries, saying
dialogue was ‘‘the only way to ease problems. There cannot be true
human progress for lasting peace without the courageous, loyal and
disinterested search for cooperation and an increasing unity among
peoples,’’ the Pope said in an address to representatives from about 135
countries and world organizations. :

FORMER SOVIET PRESIDENT DIES

MOSCOW — Anastas Mikoyan, former President of the Soviet
Union, died, Oct. 21, after a long illness, the Soviet news agency Tass
reported. Mr. Mikoyan was 82. Mr. Mikoyan’s death was announced
‘‘with deep sorrow’’ by the Communist Party and the Soviet Govern-
ment. Mikoyan joined the Bolshevik Party in 1915 and served in
various posts during 40 years in governmental service, he retired in
1966 due to ill health.

REVOLTS REPORTED TAKING PLACE IN CAMBODIAN ARMY

Hanoi radio Oct. 24 reported that widespread revolts are taking
place in the ranks of the Cambodian army. It also reported that troops
killed their senior officers and took over an airport control tower. The
news item told of soldiers joining with resistance forces in different
parts of Cambodia in an effort to unseat the government at Phnom
Penh. |

More than 200 persons, among them many soldiers of the Federal
Republic of Germany’s army, gathered at the graves of 65,000 victims of
Hitler's SS and Gestapo in Stukenbrock on September 2 to observe
World Peace Day. The banner carried by the soldier. reads: “Soldiers say

NO to the Neutron Bomb.”
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