against the imperialist war drive..
Rearmament parations will begin for installing the missiles. Before the work is begun to actualagainst the colonial revolution missile sites "operational,"
the government says, parliament will have
The nuclear weapons programme is only the most spectacular tip of the time to discuss and decide on it.
But even if the government decides to conventional weapons one aimed in particular against the colonial revoluinstall the missiles at the end of 1983 which they are not going to do, since the
The core of this is the build up of the highly-mobile Rapid Deployment peace movement is strong enough and determined enough to stop them - the posed to be backed by the targeted 600-ship navy.
missiles cannot be stationed in Holland increase from 12 to 15 in the number of aircraft-carrier before 1986, and so we would have three
The number of Air force tactical fighter wings is to be increased from more years to build the fight against v Ta, die otto the specta prorate have ailed for in iran art of the
It takes time to produce the missiles, so a schedule has been set.
If the government decides to accept
1. In Central America the sending of American 'advisers' to El Salvador, the the missiles, it will find that its problems large-scale training of Salvadorian troops in the United States, the military have only begun! The peace movement buildup in Honduras, the support to the regime in Guatemala, and the unlearned some lessons from the last year's war with Nicaragua constitute peace demonstration, which was followed intervention by the U.S. since the Vietnam war.
by months of silence.
determined not to let this happen again.
*New Pacific Doctrine'.
The IKV says explicitly that in the comthe stability of South East Asia was held to depend on the military, polieconomic presence of the United States. Announcements made by ing year there has to be a constant cam-
Nixon of the reduction of U.S. forces in South Korea were in practice cancelled paign around the actions. A big demon-
- even though they were reaffirmed on paper in 1977. Major extension of the stration is planned for October 1983 in strategic Pacific air-force base of Guam was speeded up, as was the construc-
The Hague. But along with this, demontion of the vast Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia. The Japanese bases of the strations are being planned for
Seventh Fleet at Yokasuba and Sasebe were completely modernised. A contimediate aftermath of this demonstration conflict has been fomented through support of reactionary and the following weeks and months.
forces on the Thailand border in Kampuchea.
At a press conference on November
3. The greatest U. S. military buildup of all has been directed to the Arab
21, the peace movement made public
Right from the beginning the key American buildup area was the Gulf its plans and made it clear that the fight
The Rapid Deployment Force' was specially earmarked for this region. The is only beginning. The main lines are the aim to create a Fifth Fleet to secure the
Indian Ocean, to complement the Sixth in the Mediterranean and the Seventh in the Far East. In August 1977 Carter signed Presidential Directive 18 creating
— A mass demonstration in October, if possible coordinated with actions in special units for intervention in the Gulf.
of vital interests of the United States', meaning that all weapons, up to and inother West European countries and the cluding nuclear ones, would be used to maintain U.S. positions there.
In November 1981, with 'Operation Brightstar", the U.S. staged largest milita-
- A program of activities ry exercise it had even undertaken in the Middle East. The U.S. troops involved demonstration, up to this were increased from 1,500 to 6,000 following the assassination of Sadat.
This includes the prooperation involved landings in Sudan, Somalia, Oman, and Egypt. In summer soon as possible.
1982 U.S. troops were introduced into the Lebanon - complementing those jection of a day of action in the capitals of all eleven Dutch provinces.
The United States, as part of this policy, also commenced an even more rapid
- Discussions have begun between the buildup of the military potential of Israel.
IKV and the FNV to see if it is possible nuclear reactors was carried out with the direct knowledge of the U.S. The to organize a labor day of action against
Israeli invasion of Lebanon was prepared through a tenfold increase in U.S. arms the Cruise, involving work stoppages first months of 1982. In addition to these the country of at least two throughout moves a huge increase in weapons supplies to the Saudi regime and to Egypt was hours.
4. In Africa the United States has been the mainstay of South African policy
- Discussions have also started be-
It has blocked all pressure on the racist Apartheid regime and its tween the IKV and the PvdA, the main goal is to force the Cuban troops out of Angola.
This party gained seats workers party.
Since in addition to these quantative expansions, there has been a major imin the last general elections because it broke with the right-wing government and because it took a stand against the new Cruise missiles. The IKV is making it a priority to involve as many as possible of the 2 million people who voted enormous U.S. military buildup.
Announced by Carter and
2.In the Pacific, immediately Ford announced the so-called nuous military Carter and Reagan administrations shipments to Israel during the in Namibia.
the beginning of the Vietnam war.
The other part of the programme is the the largest direct armed military the "fall of 'South Vietnam',
According to this,
This was declared officially an, 'area
The Israeli raid to destroy the Iraqi
in the