many European Gert Bastian nas pomted ou the Sovict Union has good there is already a balance of weapons in Europe. Bashan argued that any ge nuine proposal for disarwould proposais for reduction of existing nucicar weapons wone ne es the of the Soviet Union vividly ilustrate the incorrect approach of the Soviet bureaucrats to me queston or aciencc oi the Soviet Union. They rematch weapon for weapon the military buildup of the United States, instead of Extracts from the declaration by United Secretariat Fourth November 1981)
THE US RULING CLASS, with its allies in Central and Latin America, is preparing a qualitatively new level of military action against the deepening revolutionary struggles of the workers and peasants of Contral America and the Caribbean. Spokesmen for perialism such as US Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Secretary of Defence Caspar state that the moves being actively considered include: - use of troops from Argentina and other Latin American dictatorships Salvador, qualitatively expanded force of US 'advisers and shipments of military material to the Salvadoran junta. - attempts to blockade Nicaragua by sea and land, including an escalation of military action by armed forces and Somozista unit that operate out of Honduras show against Cuba, and a 'quarantine' of Cuban shipping to stop the alleged arms flow to El Salvador. four-week manoeuvre in the Caribbean involving dozens of warships and hun dreds of planes began tober. The announced site of the final GASTEISOS for Readex' is the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
This campaign has roached a new crescendo following the spec tacular military and political blow struck by the FMLN on 15 Octobe when they destroyed the strategical74 Lance missiles (70 miles)
32 Pluton missiles - French so Fa aireraft - W Germen 30 Buccaneer aircraft - British 300 M110 guna (13 milerta PLANNED: 112 crulse missile:
of the only revolutionary America.
Despite AMENGON the Salvador, Weinberger, nine of a workers together with tion.
massive the Honduran power' directed US naval ceed in hands.
on 3l Oc their 'Operation The solidarity militarist responsibility truth SOVIET UNION WARSAW PACT AIRCRAFT 65 Backtire bomberè (Range 2,500 miles) 300 Badger bombers (1,650 miles) 135 Blinder bombers (1,750 miles)
165 SU7 Fitter A aircraft (600 miles) 1 Mig-27 Flogger aireralt (450 miles) / SU17 Fitter C/D airereft (375 miles)
Mig-21 Fishbed aircraft (250 miles)
EAST GERMANI * 20 SS12/SS22 80 Scud/SS23 100 F100/332 4 S$12/SS22 9 Scud/SS23 : 10 Frog/SS21 HUNGARY 4 $512/SS22 18 Scud/S523 9 20 PI091332 B Honest Jan TOCKCu 54 F4 aircraft (700 miles)
60 M109 guns (11 miles)
Socialist Challenge ly important Puente del Oro bria over the Lempa River. It was alleg that such a professional action co have been executed by special strike force of Cuban troc secretly flown into Nicaragua and filtrated from there into E/ Salvad the dangerous movas by Washington, is one sim fact: all else has failed to halt 1 upsurge in Cent massive military aid brutal dictatorship despite the murder more than 11,000 people in the fi months of 1981 alone, Salvadoran military has been una to stop the advance of the FMLN The US rulers are now convinc there is no way to stop the creat in Nicarag short of outside military intervi The circumstances are remir cent of other moments in hist such as the eve of the Bay of Pigs vasion of Cuba in April 1961, and events leading up to the Gulf Tonkin provocation that precer the escalation of US aggression Vietnam in 1964 The imperialist warmakers c not ultimately be stopped until workers of their own countries s taking power out of t But they can be deter That is why a massive response threats is important before they move.
workers movem organisations, the a movement, all have to help get out about Washington's moves and to work to mobilise broadest possible response The time to act is now 75 SS 400 SU24 (5U19) Fencer aireraft (1.000 miles)
MISSILES IN WESTERN RUSSIA 175 5520 masies (Rance 2700 m 40 SS5 missiles (2,200 miles) 340 554 minsiles (1,000 miles)
About 40 S512 (300-550 miles) and. S522 missiles (335-625 miles) bout 270 Scud A/B (90:180 ml d 5523 (115-215 mles)
About 320 Frog (10-45 miles) and S521 missiles (65 mules) 5021 is replacing Frot Possibly 150 203mm gun 6 SS12/SS22 • 27 Scud/SS23 30 Frog/SS21 TURKEY 718 Honest John rockels (Rangi About 70 F4 aircraft (700 mles ecified no of M109 and M110 guns 26 November 198