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Wanted, Soul Music In The Soviet Union SAT., JULY 18, 1831 n:CAr.CU:lT!5-9 The Killing Of Colonel Qaddafi ,, By Raymond II, Boone NNPA Foreign Correspondent . MOSCOW Tunes by Ella Fitzgerald and the late Louis Armstrong are among the most popular recordings. Young people really dig jazz, sing Negro spirituals and like to march to the theme of the black ; American . Civil Rights Movement of the ' Sixties,, ;. We Shall Over come.' When a record was released here that featured the predominant--ly black Shaw University choir of Raleigh, N.C. several years ago, t was in great demand. ; v - Three Soviet experts on American affairs gave the National Newspaper Publishers : Association these examples In an inter view to illustrate the popularity of black music' among the Soviet people. They gave them in response to ari NNPA question about whether current music by black American recording artists would be a hit in Russia if improved U.S.-Soviet trade relations would allow for its distribution in this huge Communist nation of 266 million peo ple. "There would be a crash at the shops" if cur rent black music were made available in the Soviet Union , predicted ' Dr. Svetlana Chervomaya of the Institute of U.S. Studies, Academy of Sciences . of the USSR. "There's a lot of interest" in black music that goes back many years. The other two experts, Dr. Igor I Geevsky, Sec tion Chief of the USSR In stitute of U.S. Studies, and Dr. Vladimir A. Yulin, Senior Researcher specializing in economics at the USSR Institute of U.S.-Canada Relations, agreed that the Soviet Union would open its, doors to black American businessmen just as if would others to discuss trade matters if there were no , objections by Washington. r::Tvh ;JSbviet . experts ' blamed U.S. trade restric tions on Russia for keep ing the American recor ding industry out of the Soviet market and for depriving the Soviet peo ple of the opportunity to purchase current American , recorded sounds, including soul music. Oddly, this time it was the Soviet Union which was charging. the United States of curbing the dissimination , of culture and expression. The unavailability of current records with American labels in the Soviet Union reflects in small part the strained trade relations between the two superpowers. U.S.-Soviet trade volume has declined drastically in the last year, from 2.8 billion rubles in 1979 to 1.5 billion rubles in 1980. Dr. . Yulin, the economist, said he saw no immediate improvement in trade relations because, he said, the United States continues to follow an un fair, discriminatory trade policy against his country although Washington has promised to give Moscow the most favored nation status in trade and credits. For example, he ex plained, Washington re quires Moscow to pay on Soviet-manufactured goods an import duty that is "two or even four times as big as that paid by Western European or Japanese exporters." Such discrimination, he pointed out, violates prin ciples of the most favored nation status which are ac cepted internationally. Until this kind of policy is changed, "there is no future for stable, regular Soviet-American trade," Dr. Yulin said, calling for a i non-discriminatory trade policy that would ' 'enable both countries to benefit from the exchange of raw materials and manufactured products. Dr. Yulin said that the United States policy of economic sanctions against the Soviet Union is "doomed to failure" because Russia is not alone in the world of trade. , "We , are now . trading with 139 coun- tries," he said. "So if the United States proves to be an unwilling partner in trade, we can easily, find , some alternatives among the other 138 countries." " This is what the Soviet Union did " to beat the Carter - Administration's : 1 5-month grain embargo . which was lifted April -24.1 by President Reagan. Piy , ; Yulin said the embargo. 'had little effect on food: . supply in the Soviet Union since his country was able to find grain elsewhere. "We had some difficulties, making arrangements with other countries, but not to the extent expected by the Unked States," Dr. Yulin said. ." He said the biggest em bargo losers were American farmers who have lost "for years to come the access to the USSR market." He ex plained that American i farmers would not be able ' to sell grain immediately in ? the Soviet Union "because the American share of the market has been taken "by Argentina, Australia and , Western European countries." The Kremlin is "optimistic" that the cm JJEWS business-oriented Reagan Administration will review -and change its current hard-line trade policy, but; Moscow- will not ,be waiting for this to happen, Dr. Yulin said. "We can . do business in France, -Great Britain, West Ger. many, Italy and that's the point." Dr. Yulin indicated that the Soviet Union has no hang-ups about trading with capitalistic countries and ; suggested that Moscow looked with favor on capitalists who spoke out for trade based "On equality and mutual benefits." Said Dr. Yulin: "Our present position is that we give due credit to , mmany capitalist coun tries and businessmen for their constructive ap proach to the question of trade with the Soviet Union. We shall develop our trade first with those countries which do not discriminate against us. We do not have this sort of problem in Western Europe and in Japan except when certain restrictions are; imposed by the American side." A Weekly Digest By Laura Parka NNPA United Nations , Correspondent A major strategic effort the State Department's policy planning group, guided by President )S now under; way to 4 pagans aecreiary oi eliminate Colonel Qaddafi State General Haig, and of Libya from his role as .', global planners. . national leader. Nerve The political cover for center of the operation is the operation is the power ful and emotionally ex hilarating cry to combat terrorism. A State Depart ment official has called Colonel Qaddafi a Durham Youth State Federation Winners Pictured (left to right) art: Mrs. Edith M. Johnson, National Association of Girls' Clubs supervisor; Mses. Marcie Williams, Sharon Green, Kimberly Melton, Sonya Bell, Felecia Barbee, members of the Duchess of Utopia Club, and-Ms. Edith M. Allen, club advisor, who attended the North Carolina Federation of Negro Women and Girls' Club Convention in Hickory recently. They participated in various con tests, arts and crafts. Winners are Arts and Crafts, first place trophy, Ms. Sharon Green; first place plaque, Ms. Edith Allen; first and second place ribbons, Ms. Sonya Bell; contests, Ms. Kimberly Melton, Miss Federated Teenager; and Ms. Sonya Bell, second place talent. . Some three months after Mozambique filed a number of indictments against the United States for alleged CIA activities, two other southern African governments have raised further questions about U.S. intelligence operations and covert links with South Africa. FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON TRIAL FOR CIA LINKS (AN Webster Kayi Lumbwe, who worked in the Africa section of Zam bia's Foreign Ministry, went on trial last week in Lusaka ,.., for . offenses reported to be delivering the airplane to a buyer in Cape Town, South Africa, was arrested by the Angolan authorities, who accused him of providing support for UNITA, the South African-backed op position guerrilla move ment in Angola. Tyler is suspected by the Angolans of links with the CIA, and he now faces espionage charges. So far few details either confirming or refuting the charges have emerged. But in its current issue, the Washington-based Covert Action " - Information 'ecfJ8i the. security tof umjMiXht the state." Lumbwe, who results dfWinvstrgatioTi was arrested in late June concurrently with the ex pulsion of two U.S. diplomats, is said to have admitted working for the CIA since 1979. Lumbwe reportedly confessed to supplying in formation concerning weapons deployment, views of top military and political officials, and visits by Eastern bloc of ficials. The most serious point contained in-Lumb-we's statement, as released in late June by a spokesman for President Kaunda, was that the CIA allegedly hid "examined the possibility of an alter native leadership in the country." The two U.S. diplomats, First Political Secretary John Finney and Public Affairs First Secretary Michael O'Brien, left Zambia on June 24 after receiving a 48-hour expulsion notice. At the same time Zambia declared four other U.S. citizens personae non gratae diplomats Nor man Smith, Robert Simp son and Frederick Lun dahl, and businessman William Lowethier. None of the four were in Zam bia at the time of the order. Lundahl had been ex pelled from Mozambique, charged with espionage, in March this year. At that time the picture of his ac tivities emerging from, testimony was that of an energetic recruiter of in formation sources in both Zambia and Mozambique, making extensive use of sports and flying club con tacts. Immediately following the expulsions, U.S. Am bassador to Zambia Frank Wisner was recalled to Washington for "urgent consultations." He has not yet returned to Zam bia, but no long-term break in U.S.Zambia relations is expected. SUSPICIONS RAISED ON AIRCRAFT EXPORTS IAN In February 1981,, American pilot Geoffrey ; Harrison Tyler landed a small Piper Cherokee Ar row aircraft on a road in ; the southern Angola pro vince of Cuando' Cubango, Tyler, who was into Globe Aero Ltd. In corporated, the company employing Tyler. And while the investigation did not turn up an obvious in telligence connection for the Florida-based firm, it did reveal a startlingly high number of planes be ing delivered to South Africa raising the possibility that Globe is violating the UN arms em bargo against the Pretoria government. , Globe Aero operates by purchasing small aircraft from manufacturers in the United States, and flying them to the Globe hangar, where modifications and .. alterations are made , ac cording to 4 clients pecificaliar'Thel W planes are flown by Globe Aero pilots to the customers abroad. Accor ding to the Federal Avia tion Administration, dur ing the past year Globe Aero has delivered more than 400 aircraft to clients in at least fifteen cpun tries, with a staff of 21 regular pilots on contract. Twenty-one out of a total of 58 aircraft delivered between March and May of this year, ac cording to FAA records, went to South African buyers, making that coun try Globe's leading overseas client. Many of the aircraft, Coverr Ac tion charges, are adap table to military use. "UnffeNatiOrtS tions, ' agreed to by the United States, prohibit the export of military equip ment to South Africa. But small aircraft ostensibly for civilian use, although they can be modified for military purposes, have generally been considered 'gray area' itemsj and their export is not pro hibited by the govern ment. According to Covert Action, the Piper, Beechcraft and Mooney aircraft delivered by Globe Aero are ideally suited for aerial surveillance and recon naissance. And additional fittings,, for photographic equipment or ammunition "Patron Saint of Terror." , For millions this designa tion rings true. But what are the real reasons behind the Haig effort to topple the Qaddafi government? The primary reason js that Libya presents a real danger to the left flank of the Egyptian-Israeli bloc. This bloc is being carefully nurtured as a pro-Western outpost at an important junction of the eastern Mediterranean and Red Seas. With the Sudan, also on the Red Sea, Somalia on the Indian Ocean and South Africa at the junc tion of the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic, the establishing of a pro Western chain of allies astride vital sea lanes becomes very attractive in a raw material hungry world. With Libya on the left flank providing aid and comfort to the Palesti nians on the right flank, Colonel Qaddafi must in deed seem like a very dangerous man. The se cond reason for wanting Qaddafi eliminated is that Libya is an active member of those Arab states stan ding in opposition to the old feudal ways of the oil Sheiks of the Arabian peninsula. The Sheikdoms tend to be pro-Western, whereas Algeria, Western Sahara, Libya and Southern Yemen are not so inclined, believing that Arab feudalism offers aid and comfort to neocolonialism. The third reason for wishing Qaddafi away is the presence of Libyan troops in land-locked Republic of Chad. Chad borders on .the Sudan. Qaddafi has long regarded the Sudanese leadership as "reactionary" and a pup pet of Egypt's Anwar Sadat. Moreover, should "reactionary" Sudan ever attempt to invade "progressive" Ethiopia, then Libya would be in a position to put pressure on Sudan's western flank. Chad also borders oil rich Nigeria, across Lake ween the Mediterranean and the Atlantic and at the same time unite the richest oil producers on the African continent, with far reaching i conse quences, not thought to be favorable to the West. Euminating Qaddafi would severely weaken the "progressive" Arab states. It would enhance the power of the Sheiks in the councils of the oil pro ducers and make the establishment - of a TV vjlCI U Will mm J jiiwwuw. easier to achieve. Resulting complications from eliminating Qaddafi are numerous and frought with grave dangers to Africa and the Middle East. But the most1 im mediate danger may come from Egypt which might attempt a pre-emptive strike against Qaddafi, similar to the many Israeli, pre-emptive strikes against Syria and Iraq, which are becoming suicidal in nature. Planning the demise of Qaddafi will certainly arouse the suspicions of France. Already the French are fearful that the American desire to topple Qaddafi may be the first step in a grand strategy to establish a firm American presence in North Africa. Such a presence would be viewed by the French as a direct threat to their own neo-colonial interests in the former French colony. To forestall this threat France, under its new socialist President Mit terand, may in fact strengthen its ties to Algeria and through Algeria to Libya. The political killing of Colonel Qaddafi, made to seem desirable , to the multitude by branding him a "Patron Saint of Terror" may backfire. There are those in Africa who are wondering why the State Department planners show little or no zeal in helping the world community topple the apartheid system in South Africa. And why have the bright boys at State failed to discover who the Chad, so that Libva. Chad . . . 1 im.i o r h. v , - ' 'iVUMMIMUIC Inn4 ' ffllMfl" mifrhf CDADTC DD A IV I SO riCC Regular $8 l $SB& 'W&Ml C89 . m m l vsm yi FF Men's Dress Shirt CLEARANCE Stock up now on selected long and short sleeve Perma-Prest shirts. Choose from many solids and patterns in assorted fabrics. Hurry in today for best selectionl While Quantities Last Men's Dress Slack CLEARANCE Perma-Prest sports bra has special ly knit seamless cups, stretch frame. 33 OFF NYLON PANTIES Tailored panties of Antron III nylon. Cotton-lined shield. Pkg. of 3. Brief siies 5,6,7. Bikini, hip hugger sizes S,M,L. 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