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th is is written in Tokyo, it ap- leaders if I should see them face to

Personal-from...

I pears that Saigon could fall

to the North Vietnamese com-

munist forces within a mat-

ter of a few weeks . Already Hanoi

i s in control of more than two

face . WHY must-there be all this ani - :

mosity, hatred , kill ing , and destruc-

tion of war ?

I thought of the minister of educa -

tion , who showed ,g reat interest

thirds of South Vietnam . Only a when I described to him the two

comparatively small area surround- op posite ways or phi losophies of lif e

ing the southern capital , Saigon, re- - one of which is the root CAUSE of

mains . And Cambodia has , now all mankind 's troubles and evils .

. f a ll en t o the communists . The As I was w riting this Personal , my

Un ited States has closed its em - thoughts went to Senator Pauline

bassy and airl ifted most or all of its and her husband , whom I have vis-

personnel out of Cambodia . ited in their lovely home. He is a

But what is the real sign ifica nce of college professor and former cabinet

this? What does it mean for the im-

mediate future? Why should there

member, and she was a senator in

the nation 's lawmaking body. Both SOUTH VIITNAM ANBAll . t

have been all th is bloodshed, this

killing of m ulti ple thousands of sol-

diers and innocent l/Vomen and chil-

are at tive , energetic workers for

what she bel ieves . Wha t will happen

to 't heir beautiful' home? To their

SOUTHIAST ASIA fAlliNG m'~

dren? What does it all mean' to the

United States and to the world?

Arnonq presidents, kings, prim e

children? W ill they be taken and ex-

ecuted , or escape to live in exile?

These are human bei ngs who have

COMMUNISTS? HIRrS WHYI

m inisters and other world leaders I been fr iendly to me .

have met as an ambassador w ithout Why does the ugl iness of war

portfolio for WORLD PEACE has been have to lay its hurt on them ? Why ? the rest of the world , we would have on television . Finally America got

Presiden t Th ieu of South Vietnam . I Let me now view this situation to figh t them on our own sho re. out of it. trusti ng the North V ietnam-

have met and spoken befo re most of which has cost America such So the United States involved it- ese to stay home and not carry the

the lead ers in government. educa - en ormous sacr ifices in multiple self - at first by sending war mate - w ar on south. But of cours e they

ti on, industry and business life in thousands of human lives and mul- rials , then . some adv iso ry and didn 't stay home .

Sou th Vietnam . A major campaign ti ple billions of dollars - where it is train ing personnel, then troops , in- And now they are on their way

to br ing the message for WORLD -Iead inq - what prob ably w ill now creasing in number until " V iet nam i- . knocki ng down the dominoes ahead

PEAcE had been planned a year ago happen in Southeast Asia , as well as zation " allowed the U.S . to bring its of th em . Sources close to the top in

for Saigon. From 10,000 to 50 ,000 in the M iddle East. troops home. - Thaila nd have assured me they do

people were eXflected at outdoor ser- Then let me show you what bibli- But d id United States part icipa- not expect the comm unist thrust to

vic es in the Umvers'ty'StaClilim: But " c prophecy says abo ut it and what

al tion STOP the communist movement start a drive into the ir country. But

war devel opments made it too dan - will happen . And , finally, let me ex- southward? It did not: Why? my hope and prayer is that I may be

gerous to assemble so large a crowd plai n why it has all happened and Because the United ' States had allo wed to hold the big campaign

in ' one place . Now, unless held un- how wo rld peace will yet come! lost all pride in its power. Its POWER pl anned for Bang kok before the ap-

der North Vietnam 's auspices, no In the early days of United States was the greatest in the world , proaching red offensive renders it

such campa ign can ever be held. involvem ent in the Vietnam war , closely followed by the U .S.S .R. im possible!

However, I did have opportunity there was mu ch talk abou t the "do- And China also possesses nuclear So where now? Will the commu-

to speak before nearly a hundred of mino theory. " That is, if commun ist power. Nuclear powe r could erase nists stop after the y take over Cam-

the leaders - and at least the mes- forces were allowed to take over all humanity from the earth I The bodia , South Vietnam and Laos?

sage of PEAcE reached th ose at the So ut h V ietnam , then Cambod ia , Un ited States , and probably also They will not! Not if you und erstand

top in that war -torn country. Laos, Burma , Thailand, Malaysia, Russia, has been afraid to challenge commun ism , and the communist

But , as communist forces closed Singapore, and Indonesia : would any other nuclear power. It cou ld goal. How far w ill they get , ult i-

in on Saigon , I could not but think of top ple next . Then Austral ia would lead to the extinction of the human mately? Well that depends on what

those I had com e to know personally fall into commun ist hands. Perhaps race . happens in the Mi dd le East and in

in Saigon and to wonder what will then India, and ,' finally Europe ' and So the United States policy was to Europe . For events th ere are going

now happen to them. What will hap- the United States. wage a war it m ust not win for fear to br ing the whole wo rld into a su-

pento President Th ieu? Will he be The " dom ino theory" argument of selting the whole world on fire in prem e crisis before the communist

taken and executed? Will he escape was that it wo uld be better for the a blaze of · hu man ext inction . As a goal of con quering all in its path '

in exile? Of course he is viewed by United States to make its stand result, American fo rces carefully dow n to A ustralia and beyond .

the other side of th is war as the ch ief against communism at the North- avoided bringing the war to an end Meanwhile, the big news center

villain, just as Hanoi' s chief leaders South Vietnam line than to allow all w ith victory. It was a kind of war in will be Jerusalem and the M iddle'

have been viewed in South Vietnam . Southeast Asia and then Europe to which Americans were not experi- East.

Yet I saw him as a human being of fall into communist hands, and then enced . As former ambassador to Secretary of Stat e Henry Kiss inger

more than average ability - just as when the communists were so vastly South Vietnam Ellsworth . Bunker fa iled in his final supreme effort to

I would see the North Vietnamese strengthened w ith possession of all said to me it was the first w ar fought (Con tinued on page 15, col . 1)









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"between' the two NATO allies, Greece the chances' were best for 's uccess in the



8 and Turkey , ove r Cyprus. and the dra-

matic turn to the left in Port ugal .""

Pres ident Ford.stressed tha t American"

short 'or long ' run . •Every step wou ld be

taken, however. -to 'avoid a majo r "con -

frontation ' with the United " States. In

ASTROLOGY - efforts since the end of World War II fac t, the client states were cau tioned

SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY have saved nations and millions of and even prevented from acts so pro--

peopl e throughout the world and that, vocative that they would arouse the

Our staff astronomer grades "zero for as a result, "peace is a real prospect for United States to such a point tha t U.S .

the Zodiac, " examining numerous dis - us and all nations, " a nd that "American reta liatory measures would unleash the

effons have prevented World War 1/1 for kind of military power that would de-

proofs of our national hobby. more than a generation. " stray the client state . just as the U,S .

But, I cannot help but reca ll. Thurs- had destroyed the mighty 'Japanese mil-

day .October 4 , 1973, in Saig on , when ita ry machine during the Second World

ANCIENT SPIRITS

HAUNT MODERN SCIENCE

10 Mr. 'Armstrong and I were received by

President Thieu of th e Repubric of Viet-

War.

President Thieu sta ted that at any mo -

nam in the Pres idential Palace and the ment another military conflict cou ld

Research in parapsychology proves the e ns uing dialogue that lasted for . more break out - in the Midd le East, for

existence of a spirit world around us . than an hour . This was not our first visit example . between the Arabs and Israel.

to Sa igon . but it was our first aud ience or in his own cou ntry , and all that would

with President Thieu . and , frankly , I had be necessary would be Moscow 's giv in9

GARNER TED ARMSTRONG

SPEAKS OUT

12 been much influenced prior to that

meeting by the efforts of the media

worldwide, includ ing our most vocif-

the green lig ht to Egypt and Syria in the

m iddle ' East and to North Vietnam or

North Korea in the Far East .

The Editor compares recent Arab press e rous dissenters in the United States of We flew home to California immedi-

our entire American Vietnam -effort. who ately aft er our audience with President

releases with the prophecies .of Daniel. claimed that the people of Sou th Viet- Thieu . Less than tbinv-six hours later I

nam would prefer the Viet Cong to the was rev iewing our 'rneetinq, on Satur-

re pressive and corrupt regime of Pres i- pay , October 6, 1973, with one of my

ORCHIDS AND ONIONS 14 de nt Thieu. .

However, I found that President

. friends in the los Angeles area who was

a former colonel in the United Sta tes

We answer questions from our readers , Thieu was not the man descri bed by Marine Corp. +told him how impressed I

the media ,' but was 'a n i'n te llig e nt , was with Pres ident Thieu and his grasp

admitting errorsand defending truth. articulate and far-see ing leader of a gov~ of worfd affairs and his great concern

ernment and a peopl e fight ing for the ir that an armed conflict mig ht break out

independence, as they had for so long . at any moment as a result of Russ ia's

15 Pres ident Thieu was well steeped in the

history of his country, as well as in the

'des ire to use its clien t states to the full-

est In order to accomplish its objectives.

history of the world, and he was very .: . My friend looked at me and said , " Yo u

MORE THAN ONE MAN frank and open in his discussion about must be' kidding . .Haven 't you heard the

COULD DO th e future of his country in light .of the news? " I sa id, " No, I haven't although I

withdrawal of the Amer ican military . had just read the morning newspaper."

How Will true peace be achieved? Not support in accordance wid) the " agree. rad

" Turn your _ io on . The Egyptians

me nt on end ing the war and restoring have cross ed the canal in force and the

until there is a basic change in human peace in Vietnam ." Syrians have gained much ground on

nature, writes Stanley R, Rader. President Thieu stated that America (Continued on page 6, col. 5)



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ISOLATIONIST TREND·IN U.S~ The Vote'That Could ·Decide

WORRIES EUROPEANS Europe's Future

LONDON: A massive "YES" will they reject their government's

With the American withdrawal for Europe -and the Common Mar - recom m endation? ~'-

of support for her Indochina allies, ket was reco rded in the House of

Western European leaders has- Co mmons after the recent thr ee- Th e Issues

tened to reassure themselves that day debate. Parliament voted 396 The Co mmo n Market issue has"

they still believed in the strength of to 176 in favo r of a motion apprcv - for ma ny yean . provoked strong

their own alliance with the United ing Britain 's renegotiated terms of passions in British politics . It has

States . membership in the nine -nation Eu - rubbed nerve endings raw and re-

Reflecting the official viewpoint, ro pean Community which ha d minded Britons that their country

former West German Chancellor been engineered by Prime Minis ter ; . is now alone witho ut the comfort-

Willy Brandt, speakingtin Wasb - Harol d Wilson at the European able economic lifebelt of an em-

ington after conferring with Presi- Summit Conference held in Dublin pire. In a few short post-war years

dent Ford, said that "everyone in early March. -: continental countries have quickly

should understand tha t there is not But instead of being a vote of outpaced Britain in trad e, standard

the slightest idea of mistrust of the confidence for Haro ld Wilson, the of living and political influence .

United States." huge affirmative acclamation for The European Community was

The popular press, however, re- E uro pe is like ly to ca use h im " therefore atta cked from the Left as

flects far more concern over Amer- enormous headaches between now being "a rich man 's club." The

ica's future role in the world than an d. the referendum day . Ana lysis Right was dist ur bed by the large

the politicians admit. The two of the figures showed that a majo r- Communist parties in many Com -

French news-weeklies, L 'Express ity ofWilson's own party had voted . mon Market countries.

and Le Point, respectively . carried against him. Deep and ingrained British sus- 0

cover stories about "America's re- Proponents of troop reductions Congress held lengthy deliber- Wilson was supported by a mere picions are aroused that _ continued

treat" and " Am erica 's decline." . argue that only a small "regimental ations while Communist forces 137 members of his party in the membership will not only raise the

The West German Frankfurter All- combat team" (in Senator- Mans- captured giant chunks of Western vote . The motion carried only with price of food and other goods to

gemeine_headlined a page one edi- field's words) -in Europe is neces- Europe. In 1974, Frencb Gaullist the support of the opposition Co n- ino rdinate levels but that the Brit-

torial entitled "Amer tca : A . \3TY to "demonstrate the American leader Alexandre Sanguinetti servative and Liberal parties. isb Parliament will be reduced to a

Help less Giant," . . nuclear commitment to the defense called the nuclear umbrella ~ a The issue, of course , still has to cipher . Some hold the view that

. Not comforting to m ilitary of Europe." "myth" anywa y. His thesis was be decided in Britain's first-ever Britai n will be con trolled by a Con-

strategists 00 the other side of the . based on the hard-headed assump- nationwide referendum sched uled tinental Commission without the

Atlantic is the fact that according to Will the U.s. Lose its Nene? tion that " no country will commit for Ju ne 5. The British electo rate British people bein g able to in-

a recenf poll, only 39 perce nt of the The argume nt poses two essen- suicide for the sake of ano ther ." will be asked to answer "yes" or fluence it. The re.is still a wide-



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American public favors military in-

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v Iveme tl f' 'V" stern Europe is in-

vaded. The poll, cond ucted by the

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Co ntine nt. First, they -fear tha t the

The second problem surround- "no" to one straig htforward q ues-

'vingtreduced U .S~· commitment, is tion: "Do yo u want Britain to re-

that in order to avoid a , n'u d~{ .main in the Co mmon Market?"

spread fear that the country will be

thrus t unw illingly into some'sortof

federa tion of Euro pean states by

Chicago Counci l of Foreign Re la- U.S-:"nuclear umbrella" might be holocaust, NATO officials propose Will the voters, now enco uraged by the concerted , sche mings of some

tions, reflects what some observers removed at the " last moment if the to meet an invasion by conventional the majori ty of thei r officials to an- visionary Europeans.

feel is a Vowing wave of isolation- United States lost its nerve or if (Continued on page 4, col. J) swer in the affirmative, do so - or Mr . Wilson has tried to allay

ism in the United States. The pros- these fears . The-history of the las t

pect of -the United Sta tes, kingpin four years has changed Britain's

of the NATO alliance , turning in- initial reservations about Commu-

ward, cutting back on com- nity membership, be said . "The na-

mitments to Western Europe, holds

the promise of a major shakeup in

World Reaction The influential Corriere Della Sera lack of grea ter flexibili ty by Israel

'of Milan said in an editorial that ' , was ~ a direct consequence of the ture of the Communit y has

changed, is changing and will

the 27-year-old, 15-member de-

fense pact . -

To U.S. Downfall only the Soviet Union was willing ' fail ure of Dr. Kissinger's Paris

to move into the power vacuum left agreement on Vietnam. change further. It has changed in a

way which bas greatly reduced my

Who's in Charge - The

InIndochina behind by the Americans. BANGKOK - It has been clear

PARIS - Senior French officials since the downfall of the last m ili-

refuse: to be pan icked by the In- tary regime here 17 mon ths ago

anxieties about the power of supra-

national institutions established by

AdministntiOD or Congress? Diplomats Cautious, ' dochina situati on despite the shrill that the era of close T hai -U.S. co- the treaty . . . . Economic and mone-

President Ford decl·ares that _

"no Press Outspoken criticism of the American adminis- operation was over. The with- tary union is not a feasible proposi-

allies or time-tested friends of the tration in the French press. (The drawal of the remaining 25,000 tion for as many years ahead as we

United States should worry or fear . LO NDON, April 5, 1975, Reu- conservative Le Figaro headlined a American troops scheduled by the 'can see."

that our commitments to them will ter : This is how Reute rs correspon- whole page: "The Indochina prcb - new government within a year is a But Edward Heath, in his first

not be honored ." But Cong ress dents in various capitals reported lern: America is fleeing before its symp tom of a , chan ged Thai atti- pa rliamentary speech since he re-

may be more sensitive to the mood the impac t" of the Am erican di- responsibilities.") tude . linqu ished the leadership of the

of an electorate increasingly reluc- lemma and the Vietnam tragedy: These officials believe the United MANILA - Preside nt Ferdi- Conservatives, did not attempt 'to

tant to commit American man- BONN - Despite all official as- States would maintain its military nand Marcos has told newsmen avoid this im port ant political ques-

power to the defense of Euro pe. As surances of solidarity and con- presence in Western Europe. not to . that the Philippines has been reas- tion. The European Community

congressional intervention in for - fidence this week , ma ny West please the Europeans but because sessing its arrangements with the ha d, in fact, been created for a po-

eign policy becomes more preva - Gennans say in private that recent the American forces are a key ele- United States with a view to up- litical purpose, he said . That was

"lent, Europeans are rethinking developments have raised doubts ment in the Un ited States strategy dating the American military assis- the containment of Germany. "The .

their relationship with America . about Washington's credibility. of maintaining stability with the tance pact . power of Germany now is im-

One official in Brussels summarizes West German newspapers have Soviet Union. TAIPEI - There bas been specu- mense , financially ; and economi -

the trend , "We no longer ask 'our- been accusing President Fo rd of MADRID - Latest Indocbina lation here that the U.S. Military cally, as well as its military

selves what Kissinger thinks , but running away from United States developments strengthen theargu- Assistance and Advisory Group strength.-The ·great majority of the

what Congress thinks ." responsibilities inIndochina. ment of Spaniards who oppose the may be withdrawn as early as June Germans want to have a frame-

Commenting on the election of- The German tabloid Bild z«: presence of U.S. forces in Spain , as an American gesture to Peking work in which they can work and

the new American Congress last tung blamed "a weak president" according to political observers before President Ford visits the be contained."

November" the English daily, the and a powerful Congress for the here . Thei r main argument against Chinese "capital. Military .experts The only way to maintain the ,

Guardian, warned that ..the fresh, country's dec line . a renewal of a,five-year agreement, say the withdrawal of the small prosperity and defense of the West,

young Congressional blood will ROME - The latest events in expiring in September, is that it ex- group would be mainly psyc hologi- he added, was by Britain staying in.

come down on the .sid e of mo re South Vietnam have raised fears poses Spain to Soviet nuclear at- cal. There was a da nger , he warned ,

defense cuts and speedi er troop that the Uni ted States may be re- tack - a risk not commensurate SEOUL - The onc e dominant that the United-States might wash

withdr awals from Europe." This treati ng toward a mood of isolat ion with the amount of American aid U.S. influence in South Korea has ber ban ds of Europe if the Com -

statemen t augments the possibility and abdication of its responsi- Spain is receiving.. waned. But South Ko rea -feels that mu nity disintegrated.

that sometime in the next year and bilities. . TEL AVIV - Prime Minister American influence should not be , The issues are immense.

a half, Congress will push the The Italian press, which has de- Yitzhak Rabin on Thursday said : ' reduced further. It wants the Amer- ' Th e British refere ndum of June

" Mansfield Amendment, U a mea- voted acres of newsprint to. both "I believe there is a distinct differ- ican military presence and eco- 5 will therefore go a long way in

sure to cut US. overseas troop events, is far more concerned by ence in the approach of the Ameri- nomic partnership to contin ue ' to determ ining not only the future of

strength by half a move which the prospect of a dangerous power can people and Congress to preserve the balance of po wer Britain . but also the destiny of the

would rome down very hard on vacuum than by the apparent dan- Southeast Asia and to Israel :' Ob- among its big neighbors: Japan, whole of Westem Europe.

American forces in Europe. gers of relying on American aid . servers here ·are convinced that the China and the Soviet Union. 0 - David Price



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Egyptians to keep faith in Ameri-

can diplomacy.

. .As far as- an , interim solution is

concerned; wagers are to be made

'on Washington rather than Ge-

neva. If the U.S. is willing .- and

there is no question that it is able - , by Gene H: Hogberg

_ something could still be salvaged in

the three months of grace given by

President Sadat. The only missing

element for a renewal of the secre- Will Europe Go It Alone?

tary of state's efforts in the region

would be Israel's realization that it The most critical question of the hour is: What will be tl

has committed a mistake by not impact of America's excruciating experience in Indochina upon h

accepting an interim agreement other far more strategic_interests? .

with Egypt, It has irritated' the . In Europe, specifically, the big fear now is that Washing«

Washington administration and en-

couraged extremist elements in the will abandon its position as leader of the free world and inste:

Arab world . seek a dangerous accommodation with the forces of tota litarianisi

First contacts for a second try at For it is not America's power Europeans are beginning to distru

interim agreement could probably but America's judgment and will. _.



SADAT'SWINDOW

begin in Wa shington and later

Vietnam, concerned Europeans believe , may have cloud

move to the Middle East .' President

S adat has allowed only three Washington's world perspective. They fear that the United Stat



TO PEACE

by Adli Muhtadi

months fOT agreement. He is in the

hab it of making a major decision

every year , and this should be his

- having tasted bitter defeat at the hands of a second-rate, hom

grown Communist power will "go soft on" the truly international

Communist power, the Soviet Union; that it will give away t

achievement of the year. (He

much to Moscow in strategic anns negotiations; that itwill give

crushed the left-wingeis in 1971,

Jud ging by .initial reaction from the U.N . peace fo rce by thre e expelled the Soviet advisers in and receive nothing in return in the upcoming Soviet-inspir

Israel , President Sadat's speech of months and reopen the Suez Canal 1972, fough t a war in 1973, and European Security Conference. In short, as Britain's weekly Ecor.

Ma rch 29 ,might have left a small on June 5 , - two moves that are achieved the first . disengagement mist put it, the U.S. is in' danger of ignoring the fundamental n

wind ow open for negotiations in obviously concil iatory despite the agreement in "1974.) It will be that "two very different ideas about the organization of socie

the Middl e East. Israeli leaders failure of Dr . Kissinger' s mission. ruinous to 'allow President Sadat to

have reacted by insisting that all is Sadat's decisions were surprising

remain the centerpriece of international politics."

make a different kind of major de-

not lost -e- that there is ample time because no one else appeared at cision in the absence of progress After two or more decades of unprecedented prosperity, m:

befor e the 'reconvening of the Ge- the time to have' faith in the possi- toward peace . 0 of America's allies in Europe have no desire to slide by default -

neva peace conference to indulge bility of peace . His actions may un- ap pears to be happening in Portugal- into the Communist carr

in furt her bilateral talks through derl ine a s t r o n g personal Adli Muhtadi is a Palestinian Arab . Says the astute political analyst for ..l ondon's Daily Telegraj

the U.S. The Israeli press charmed conviction that peace is likely, as from a long-established Jerusalem

in with the id ea that while the road Peregrine Worsthornei v'The Americans,' haying been militar

the reopen ing of the Suez Canal family.r.He was educated at . St.

to Gen eva 'is fraught with danger with its consequent repopulation of Georges. Anglican " School , .J erusa- :': humiliatedjn Vietnam, andforce(U\l'''bclr~y th~~au~" h" VI:

and complications, the bilateral ap- the Canal cities 'would strictly limit lem, and at the College of Journal- vested interest now in overlooking the moral dimension, since it

proach continues to -hold promise. Egypt's military options . _ism, Cairo. In 1951 he jo ined the

_ too painful to consider. But for the rest of the world,West,

The Israeli reaction is best un- - The Syrian s and Palestinians, Hashemit e Broadcasting Corpora- Europe included., this could be a ' terribly dangerous pr",

dersto od in relati on to President who had hoped that the Egyptians tion of Jordan, and from 1962 to

Sadat' s own 'proposa ls and the ,re- 1971 was Director of the TV and

dent . . . just at the moment when Communist liberation mo-

would join them in demanding a

flections of the Syrians and Pales- return to G ene v a, must have 'Radio Commercial Department, Jor - ments are beginning to rear their ugly heads in Europe too,"

tinians . The Egyptian leader has . looked askance at President Sadat 's danian Ministry of Information. He • But what are the Europeans to do? - trapped as they ,

proved himself once mor e a master latest decisions . The Israelis, mind- has also served as consultant for between one power with dubious intentions and another, th

tactician . Instead, in his own words , ful of Syria's disillusionment and R.T. V. International of N. Y. and protector, who as the French newsweekly Le Point editorializ

of succumbing to emotions, he has the Palestinians' hostilit y, reacted for the Associated Business Consul-

has become a "chained Gulliver" unable to act and whose "para

chosen to extend the mandate of as _expected by encouraging the tants of Beirut.

..

sis was contagious." . , . .

Another Frenchman, the noted political comm enta tor for

ISOLATIONISM {C' ''' ,,But he added that there is evi- ' been written : with tongue in cheek ." He

No form of illiteracy in the United States touch off a;chain of events ultimately trig-, ~ dence suggesting a .Iink .between very 'small . pointed out the . authors poke fun at astrol -

is as widespread as ignorance about pain - - gering a great earthquake along California's s

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1: Late one afternoon a seven-

ASE - # have tested for telepathy (mind ' to mind





C te en-year -Qld.bo y sat at his typewnter

in his par en ts' Michigan home. 'As the

sun started to set and th e room da rk-

ened, he reached for the ligh t. switch- But '

befo r-e his ha nd could touch -it, he sensed a

.

communication - without use of . the five

senses), clairv oyance. (the abilit y to- ..see.. an

--, ' obj ect hidd en from view), precogni tion (th e

.: ab ility. to corr ectly predict mino r futur e oc-

",currences such as the lighting of a particular

voice sayin g, "Don't turn on' the light : ' The bulb), and psych okinesis (th e ab ility to mo ve

impression was so eerie and out of the . , ~ or influence an object under circumstances

ordinary that the yo ung typist felt co mpelled ~~at normally m ake such ,influence humanly

to return to his wotk without the ben efit of impossible) . Evidence has been found for

'additional light . . each. Altho ugh ' experimental results.were at

A few minutes later.it-was gett ing too da rk ' first commonly labeled' both un scientifi c and

to work , and he reache d a second time for • frau d ulent , eventually it could only be ad-

the switch. Again the warning. "Do o't tum .. !!litted, that the experiments were well done

on the ligh t" It was only seconds later that a and that 'there defin itely was something to

utili ty lineman came - to o -the fron t porch this " ESP business.' ?"

warn ing the fam ily Dot to tou ch My electri- . That was - 'and still is - almost too big a

cal switch es because a high voltag e wire was . .. scientific pill for many to swallow. As m ath -

down across the lin e to the hou se. ematician Warren Weaver put it. "1 find this

' Th is happen ed in 1915, and the young . [ESP) a s ubj ect that is so intellect ually un -

man, Har old Sherman. went on to become comfortable as to be almo st painful. I end by

one of the twentieth -century 's most famous conc luding that I canno t explain away Pro-

"psychics," But in 1915. and for most of the fessor Rhine's evidence, and th at I also can-

time since; any sort of interest in the psychic not accept his interpretat ion" (Lady Luck

~r paranormal. was considered strange, and the Theory of Probability, p, 361).

weird , and abo ve"all, unscientific, Sure there What is so painf ul about "his inter -

were kooks, nuts, and a potpourri of eccen - pretation"? Basically that if ESP is a rea lity,

tries who belie ved in such things. But the it rep resents a human abilit y to gain infor -

general pub lic wasn't about to elevate telep-" mation and inftuence events without use of

athy, clairvoyan ce and the like to the status the five extern al senses. Th at would mean -

of reality. And men of science were even there exist yet uncharted dimensions to the

mo re adam ant. 'mind, or levels 'of " reality" in the universe

CASE # 2: Before critical onloo kers a about which science presently knows. vir-

young Israeli psychic d emonstrates his .ap- tuall y nothing. .

parent _ ability to telepathically perceive In fact, psychic experiences seem to occur

thou ghts by reproducing diagrams drawn by in direct contradiction to what we commonly

o th e rs . H e consistently a n d correctly call scientific laws.

"guesses" the position of objects inside a Sam e scientists don't see this as much of a

1 steel box. He. displa ys what seems co be the Pater L. Gould - k.-;s lorM . problem. They point out that everything

?" ._ ~ental. pow~r to erase information stored on. PSYCH IC. Carroll' Jay puis w ife Dolores into a hypnotic tranc e. The famed husband-wife science n ow understands was once -in the

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ers are refe rred to in the Bible .

To explain why the United States is

not winning wars anymore. one

needs to understand the prophecies

of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28.

[Continu ed from paKe I) Because of the national sins of the by Stanley R. Rader

U.S . and Britain , God is quoted as

achieve peace between Israel , Egy pt saying , " I will break the pride of your

a nd Syria, The Geneva Con ference

hadn 't even gotten off the ground as

power" (Lev. ' 26 : 1 g) and " yo ur More Than One ManCould Do

strength shall be spent in vain " (verse SALZBURG:

this was written .

20) ; again " " stra n ge rs [other na- The ' forces of President Thieu fleeing before the armies of Hanoi. the

Mr . Kissinger has been, on the tions] have devoured his strength ,

whole, highly successful in bringing assassination of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. and Henry Kissinger's failure to

and he knoweth it not." bring peace to the Middle East - these seemingly unrelated events portend

about temporary delays, agreements The United States has had the

or cease-fires, especially in the Middle greater trouble for our aU too troubled world and place an even greater strain on

'POWER! The " United States had the

East . " W hy?" asked a few of my the alreadytoo delicate fabric of our' world order. Nevertheless. these events are

power'to win the Korean war but had ,

"Japanese sons" (members of the related in one significant and little emphasized sense. They prove once again that

lost the PRIDE in that power and had

Japanese Diet who call themselves man . placing his faith in man alone. whether he be president. king or secretary of

become afraid to use it. The United

that) , of the Egyptian ambassador to state cannot bring about a peaceable world.

States hac the POWERto have won the

the United Nations at Geneva . " Be- Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. on Dr. Kissinger's departure from Israel at the

war in S out hVietnam , but the PRID E

cause," this astute diplomat replied , end of the fruitless talks. stressed that the Secretary of State had done more than

in that, power had been broken and

"Mr. Kissinger is a man both sides one human being could ever 'be expected to do in his singular effort to bring

the leaders at Washington (IN BOTH ·

" fe e l they can trust - . and who is PARi"IES) were afraid to use it! about a negotiated settlem ent in the volatile Middle East. Dr . Kissinger re-

impartial and fairto both sides: ' And sponded that the breakdown was a sad day for America which had invested SO

The Vietnam war, sapped Un ited

I feel that the leaders of both sides in much hope and faith in these efforts.

States strength to the tune of 56,000

.the Middle East feel .th e same way Let us not forget that Dr. Kissinger was truly working for peace - not for

lives and $170 billio n .

toward me. I shuttle back and forth personal aggrandizement or more power or increased prestige as his critics and

. What is the cause of all these world

between Cairo, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem , detractors often contend. Some of these same people . by the way. did the most to

troubles? Why wars?

and Amman , Jordan , also. But I am build up Mr. Kissinger 's image as a superman or a magician or a Captain

You' can find NO explanation but M~ ' . .

not working for a temporary political '

that revealed from the Creator. The

peace that can't last - but showing Yet in the final analysis the problems in the Middle East were beyond 'the

Creator gives the CAUSE, but nobody

the WAY to permanent world peace! power of one man to handle regardless of his approach, whether through the

BELIEVES what the Maker says - well,

Prince Mikasa, speaking at abanquet personal "step -by-step" method or by the practice of more traditional diplomacy. '

in Tokyo, called me the "spiritual

almost nobody: I happen to be one

who does - but , then, it is not fashion- With the Middle East "shuttle diplomacy" now a matter of history the wliole

t~ " t 1 ••

.---J$is ipJle ~-:;~'!!Ja~.'J1~tce~ainly I am. , able and most lack the courage. ' ' world awa its -the-reconvening of tbe Conference of Geneva where' the ' parties-will '

• . no po I IC~ : " ,

Where, -f rorn here? From here on

, '

. But revealed , truth shows u: all a

renew their efforts for peaceful solution to the Middle EaSt problem tIiat has '

started with the first man and woman been with us since the end of World War II. Meanwhile. it is interesting to note

we won 't find South Vietnam head- that President Sadat has just given tangible proof of his moderation by announc- :

lining the wo rld news. The world who ' were created. Their Maker

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started' revealing to them necessary ing the reopening of the Suez Canal in about a month - albeit the canal will still

'news center will shift now to ' the be closed to Israeli ships .

Middle East and to Europe, Events basic truths - facts absolutely nec-

essary for their peace; happiness and Perhaps this announcement by President Sadai is related directly to the

. will happen that will cause Western assassination of King Faisal who more than any other person dominated the .

Europe to unite politically - and well-being . But they DID NOT BELl EVE

WHAT THEIR MAKER SAID! Instead they polit ics of the Arab world and who certainly would have been opposed to any

militarily. There will comparatively

took to themselves the knowledge of separat e peaceful negotiations between Egypt and Israel which could have led 'to

soon rise a third giant power in the

what is good and what is evil. , a breakdown in the Arab unity which he had striven so mightily to bring about.

world , perhaps even stronger than

They chose the way of get - the Now that an assassin's bullet has removed Faisal from the world scene. what

either the United States or the

self-centered way of competition, will be the result? Only time will teUbut certainly the already too tense . too

U.S,S .R . It will turn its attention to

the Middle East . And these events pride, jealousy, envy and hate, in- radicalized . too militarized area will be exposed to ,the danger of further ex-

stead of the way of LOVE - which is tremism . .

will bring to a supreme crisis the

whole world 's political situation , long outgoing concern for the good of At the opposite end of Asia. the South Vietnamese army now flees in total

before the communist push south; others equal to self-concern. They disarray before the onslaught of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong . The

ward in S outheast Asia achieves its chose the WAY OFLIFE that has caused Saigon government apparently relied heavily on moral obligations that Dr.

goal of conquering all the world ex- all the wars, crime, and evil. ' Kissinger made to them ' at the time of the 1973 Paris accords . That treaty

cept the United States . The whole Some 4,000 years later, God sent aUowed the North Vietnamese forces to remain in place in the south and

world 's trouble will be over before Jesus Christ to earth as a messenger required withdrawal of U.S. forces. but permitted the United States to continue ';

they get around to their final goal of bearing a message to mankind . It supplying economic and military aid to Saigon . Now the U.S. Congress is

conquering the United States. The was, in effect, the SAME message their resisting President Ford's and Secretary Kissinger's efforts to increase both

Russian Bear moves too slowly. .The Maker st arted to tell Adam and Eve . A military and economic aid in accordance with the promises of two years ago,

European lion will move much faster. ' handful of disci ples believed what he Kissinger has since stated that he would not ha,ye extended his promised aid had

Why has the United States failed to said, and went out proclaiming it - . he known that Congress would not back him lip. He made it plain that there is a

.win its C 'ast two wars - . Korea and but they; like their Master, were put to difference between OU T being ~volve~ in Vietnam originally and our standing by

South Vietnam? To understand, you death for proclaiming it. Soon an- our word to our allies. .' - .

need our free booklet, The United other."gospel " replaced the true mes- Where do we go from here in our efforts for world peace ? Certainly in the

States and British Commonwealth in . sage . - one about the messenger short run . the entire foreign policy of the United .States ~ up for reassessment.

Prophec:.y. You need to know where doing away with his message . And, in . But in the long-range analysis it is obvious that man cannot rely on himself alone

these two powers are mentioned in . addition , they proclaimed a d istorted in his quest for peace . Man's attitude toward his fellow man and toward God

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June 5 . Don't be surprised if Britain one s ing le WORLD government over But as Mr . Herbert Armstrong has proclaimed throughout the world in his

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