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PASTOR GENERAL'S TO THE MINISTRY OF THE REPORT WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD

From t h e Pas to r General. . . . 1 From Church Adminis t ra t ion . . 3

VOL. 8 , NO. 15 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 11, 1986

mandments. - H e s ays H e spoke no t H i s own words b u t H i s Fa the r ' s . H e d i d n ' t j u s t "go along w i t h " H i s Father, H e wholeheartedly sub-

Dear Min i s t e r s of Jesus C h r i s t ,

Have you ever considered j u s t what comprises uni ty? We know t h a t God is t h e u l t i m a t e source of u n i t y and w e can have t h a t u n i t y i n u s through H i s Holy S p i r i t . B u t how is u n i t y expressed i n us?

Jesus C h r i s t prayed on t h e evening before H i s dea th t h a t H i s F a t h e r ' s Church would be m, even as H e and H i s Fa ther were one. H e prayed t o t h e Father t h a t t h e Church would be one ' in us' (John 17:21-22). That is, t h e Church is t o be i n complete oneness, or un i ty , with Jesus and t h e Fa ther who are themselves i n perfect un i ty . But how are they u n i f i e d ?

Jesus t o l d H i s a p o s t l e s i n John 15:l-7 tha t i f we abide or l i v e i n H i m w e can bear f r u i t . H e compared u s t o branches on a vine. Unless w e are p a r t of t h e v ine , ab id ing i n C h r i s t and H e i n US, w e are wor th l e s s , unable t o bear f r u i t , d ry ing up, ready f o r t h e f i re . H e t e l l s u s t h a t without H i m we can do nothing ( v e r s e 5 ) . Now n o t i c e ve r ses 9 and 10 : "As t h e Father ha th loved m e , so have I loved you: cont inue ye i n my love. I f ye keep my commandments, ye s h a l l abide i n my love ; even as I have kept my F a t h e r ' s commandments, and abide i n h i s 1ov.e."

Jesus makes it clear t h a t w e must keep H i s commandments i f w e are t o abide i n H i m . He makes it clear i n Matthew 5:17-48 and elsewhere t h a t t h e keeping of H i s commandments must be more than j u s t t h e phys ica l a c t i o n s of keeping them. It must be i n the h e a r t . It must be a way of l i fe - -not only a way of doing, b u t a lso a way of th inkinq .

The apostle Paul t o l d us t o b r i n g every thought i n t o c a p t i v i t y t o t h e obedience of Christ (I1 Cor in th ians 10:4-5). That h a s t o do wi th obeying God, keeping H i s commandments i n our h e a r t s , no t on ly i n our a c t i o n s , though it c e r t a i n l y inc ludes our a c t i o n s .

Proverbs 3:l says , "My son, f o r g e t no t my law, b u t l e t t h i n e h e a r t keep my commandments.' Notice it s a y s 'let t h i n e heart keep my commandments." The u n i t y that w e are t o have wi th God and wi th one another through H i s S p i r i t , which is based upon keeping H i s l a w i n our hearts, m u s t be more than j u s t a c t i o n s 1 T h i s un i ty , l i k e God's law, must become a part of =--part of our very na ture . I 1 God the Fa ther and Jesus

I N THIS ISSUE Christ a r e i n aqreement. J e s u s says H e k e p t H i s Father 's com- I

mit ted- H i m s e l f t o H i s Fathe;. I I n l i k e manner, w e m u s t each On t h e World Scene . . . . . . 7 I

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ou r se lves t o God i n mind and heart . J e s u s no t on ly kept God's law--He agreed with it. Because H e and t h e Father were one, it was Jesus' l a w a l so . He kept i t , l i v e d by it i n s p i r i t and i n truth--not grudgingly, nor wi th ind i f f e rence . H e wholeheartedly, a c t i v e l y suppor ted , promoted and be l ieved i n it. It was p a r t o f H i m . So it must become w i t h u s .

Unity is a s t a t e of mind. It is a way of th inking . And w i t h God's people t h a t u n i t y is based upon God's p e r f e c t law. You m i n i s t e r s need t o set an example of u n i t y not on ly i n a c t i o n s , b u t i n a t t i t ude . You c a n ' t j u s t "go along" wi th t h i s p o l i c y OK t h a t , whi le d i s p l a y i n g disagreement t o c l o s e f r i e n d s . If you have a s i n c e r e lack of understanding, then you have a r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o 1) communicate it t o your s u p e r i o r s a t headquar te rs , and i f you s t i l l d o n ' t understand, 2) keep it y o u r s e l f , fol lowing P a u l ' s admonition i n Romans 16:17-18. B u t you should go t o God i n prayer , ask ing H i m for t h e understanding. I n Psa lms 111:10, w e are t o l d , "A good understanding have a l l t hey t h a t do H i s commandments." Obedience comes be fo re t h e understanding. Understanding is a product of obedience. S i m i l a r l y , when w e suppor t God's government i n t h e Church on a p a r t i c u l a r matter, praying f o r understanding whi le c a r e f u l l y avoiding d i v i s i o n , God w i l l g r a n t t h e understanding.

Unity is t h e r e f o r e based a l so upon f a i t h . To have u n i t y w e m u s t have f a i t h i n God's a b i l i t y t o l e a d H i s Church and t o work through H i s government i n it. When f a i t h sags , so does uni ty . When f a i t h i n God is s t rong , so is u n i t y among those who have it. And from where does f a i t h come? From Jesus C h r i s t , t h e v ine , wi th whom w e are t o be one.

L e t ' s deeply a p p r e c i a t e t h i s upcoming Passover s e r v i c e . How blessed w e are t o have the prec ious blood of our Savior app l i ed t o us! How merciful God is t o have called u s and t o have granted u s repentance from the way of dea th t o t h e way of e t e r n a l l i fe !

God cont inues t o lead u s . Telecast response l a s t weekend was t h e second h ighes t ever--45,290 weekend calls! The Work Cad is doing through H i s Church marches forward. As our ways p l e a s e God, H e w i l l b less us. You m i n i s t e r s must be champions of God's Word, both i n word and deed.

Thank you f o r your p raye r s and your l a b o r of l ove ,

S ince re ly , i n C h r i s t i a n love ,

FROM CHURCH ADMINISTRATION

HOLY DAY SERMONS; STATUS UPDATES; CHANGE OF ADDRESS; SUPPLIES; FESTIVAL NOTICE; INTERNATIONAL NEWS--NEW ZEALAND, CARIBBEAN; ANNOUNCEMENT

Eoly Day Serrons For many of you t h i s w i l l be t h e l a s t "Pastor Genera l ' s Report" you w i l l r ece ive p r i o r t o t he s p r i n g holy days. L e t me encourage

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you now t o do your utmost t o e d i f y t h e bre thren during t h i s season. Yield yourself t o God as H i s instrument, feeding t h e f lock H e has committed t o your care. Spend e x t r a t i m e i n prayer and s tudy so t h a t you are f i l l e d with t h e mind of Chr i s t and able t o i n s p i r e God's people as they come before H i m i n these holy convocations. L e t t h e Holy S p i r i t s t i r you up w i t h convict ion and f a i t h so t h a t you can preach powerful, moving sermons. Clear ly expound the s c r i p t u r e s r e l a t i n g t o t h e holy days, teaching t h e bre thren how they p i c t u r e t h e master plan of God. Make p l a i n so t h a t even t h e newest member can understand.

If you have been i n your a rea f o r many years , you may worry about giving the same old sermon. Don't g e t caught i n t h e t r a p of giving something d i f f e r e n t a t t h e expense of meat i n due season. Don't f e e l t h e need to a m l o s i z e for r e p e t i t i o n . Of course, t h e r e a r e many ways t o approach t h e subjec t and t h e r e is a wealth of material i n God's Word, so s u r e l y you can add a l i t t l e v a r i e t y and s t i l l g ive sound, basic sermons p i c tu r ing God's purpose being worked out i n o,ur l i v e s .

The a r r i v a l of Passover season r ep resen t s f o r many t h e beginning of preparat ion f o r t h e Feast of Tabernacles i tself . You might want t o t ake advantage of t h a t a n t i c i p a t i o n t o p u t real emphasis on t h e Days of Unleavened Bread, showing t h e n e c e s s i t y of p u t t i n g s i n out of our l i v e s before i n h e r i t i n g t h e Kingdom of God. 2 know YOU can it i f you l e t Chr is t work through you and r e a l l y g e t exc i t ed about t h e awesome t r u t h s God has revealed only t o H i s Church.

W e pray f o r God's r i c h e s t b l e s s ings on you and your family a s well a s your whole congregation as w e keep these holy days.

Status Updates-United States Hembership W e want t o u s e t h i s opportuni ty t o remind you of t h e need t o keep c u r r e n t with member updates. I n j u s t two o r t h r e e w e e k s y o u ' l l be receiving t h e f i r s t Feast sign-up l i s t i n g s . Please remember t h a t t h e Feas t sign-up process is a l s o designed to e l imina te t h e annual update t h a t w e used t o have t o do. By doing both jobs a t t h e same t i m e , it should save considerable t i m e and e f f o r t . L a s t year, w e f requent ly had l i s t i n g s returned t h a t d i d n ' t have a s i n g l e update of addresses, baptisms, deaths , d i s a s s o c i a t i o n s o r ord ina t ions . Although it is poss ib l e t h a t t h i s would occas iona l ly happen, t h e chances of it occurring f requent ly are q u i t e unl ikely.

Change of Address Recently w e s tud ied t h e change-of-address forms t h a t come i n through t h e f i e l d minis t ry . O u t of 42 forms with e f f e c t i v e dates, 32 were dated almost a month previous and one was dated months e a r l i e r ! Please make every e f f o r t t o send change of address forms i n on the Monday or Tuesday following t h e Sabbath t h a t t h e forms were submitted. Without t h e appropr ia te updates, mail may be delayed o r even c u t o f f f o r a per iod of t i m e t h a t might vary from days t o weeks and even months.

Passover and Holy Day Supplies Because of t h e l imi t ed budget f o r miscellaneous supp l i e s f o r Passover and t h e Holy Days, w e m u s t ask t h a t you request approval from Church Administration before you make ,a purchase.

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As a reminder, w e d iscourage r en t ing towels f o r t he foot-washing ceremony. Rather, it would be more appropr i a t e t o a s k each member t o br ing a towel f o r h i s o r her own use .

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The t o l l - f r e e number f o r Travel Inc., t h e t r a v e l agency i n Puerto Rico, has not been proper ly programmed by t h e phone company. The number given was incorrect--the c o r r e c t number is (800) 468-2494. If you experience d i f f i c u l t i e s reaching the agency, p l ease c a l l the o the r numbers l i s t e d i n t h e brochure.

Also, due t o c o n t r a c t u a l d i f f i c u l t i e s with t h e M t . I r v i n e Bay Hotel a t t h e Tobago Feast s i te , w e w i l l not be o f f e r ing it as a lodging establ ishment f o r t h i s y e a r ' s Feast. The extr.a space necessary has been reserved a t t h e Crown Reef Hotel and s e r v i c e s w i l l - b e held i n t h e Golden Thistle.

I n t e r n a t i o n a l News

Prom Canada The WATS l i n e s continued t o be very product ive during t h i s month. Mr. Richard Ames' second telecast produced a t o t a l of 747 ca l l s , up from h i s f irst telecast of t h e previous week,which brought j u s t over 490 calls. Perhaps the review of the f i r s t program coupled with the one on Easter caused more people t o f e e l they should ca l l in . I t is encouraging t o see more people respond i n Canada, a s they have t r a d i t i o n a l l y been r e l u c t a n t t o do so.

For the year-to-date, w e have received 3,629 ca l l s ,which is 135.3% over 1985.

Thankfully, t h e threatened p o s t a l s t r i k e d i d n ' t ma te r i a l i ze . However, i t seems the Post Office is not processing mail a s f a s t o r a s e f f i c i e n t l y as it should be. W e have experienced low days i n mail t h i s month with occasional b ig days, r a t h e r than a s t eady flow a s i n the pas t .

In March l a s t year most t i t h e of t h e t i t h e was s e n t i n , b u t t h e bre thren have not y e t s e n t it i n f o r t h i s year . A s a r e su l t our mail income was 4 percent , br inging our year-to-date t o t a l t o j u s t over 9%. W e hope that Apri l w i l l see a l a r g e inc rease as the t i the of the t i t h e s t a r t s t o a r r i v e , and t h a t w e w i l l ca tch up.

In the Church d iv i s ion , many p a s t o r s have been planning o r conducting "Plain Tru th" subscriber Bible lectures. I n t e r e s t is h i g h a t p resent , with many repor t ing very f i n e responses i n new people a t tending . Whereas w e used t o g e t about 1% response t o the i n v i t a t i o n a l l e t t e r s e n t t o readers, t h e resu l t s r ecen t ly have been between 2% and 4%. It has been e s p e c i a l l y good i n l a r g e c i t y areas . Most of the lectures have been deal ing with Canada's p lace i n prophecy.

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O u r d i rect mail campaign has produced j u s t over 40,000 responses t o da t e and t h e r e tu rns are still coming in . W e hope t o reach t h e 50,000 mark or h ighe r .

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ON THE WORLD SCENE

TERRORISM: WORST YET TO COME; GORBACBEV COURTS EUROPEANS; CAMPUS CRUSADE OF THE '805

As t h e worlU careens i n t o t h e second h a l f of t h e 1980s, t h e face of r a d i c a l t e r ro r i sm becomes ever more grim. The t e r r o r i s t who blew a hole i n t h e s i d e of a TWA 727 a i r l i n e r over Greece on Apr i l 2 d i d more than damage t h e plane and k i l l four American passengers. The wanton a c t t h rea t ens t o c r i p p l e t h e g loba l t r a v e l indus t ry .

Concerned about recent i n c i d e n t s of mid-air h i j ack ings and bombings,

changing t h e i r t r a v e l plans t h i s year. They w i l l be vacat ioning more a t elsewhere i n the Western Hemisphere or i n East A s i a (st i l l

r e l a t i v e l y untouched by t e r r o r i s t mayhem). Bookings t o Europe and t h e Middle E a s t , on t h e o the r hand, are o f f sharply. Excursions t o Greece, fo r example, a r e expected t o drop t o h a l f of those l a s t year; h o t e l cance l l a t ions i n I t a l y are running a t 30 percent over 1985 and r i s i n g ; Egypt's t o u r i s t i ndus t ry , s t i l l smarting from t e r r o r i s t i nc iden t s l a s t year, is s a i d t o be i n ruins . Travel t o Israel by Americans is a l s o down

waiting lounge massacres and bombs exploding i n popular t o u r i s t r e s t au ran t s , Americans-who appear t o be the main targets-are

though mostly on a i r l i n e s o t h e r than El Al. Israel 's na t iona l

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a i r l i n e is holding its own, a t r i b u t e t o t h e c a r r i e r ' s tough s e c u r i t y precautions.

What is most f r igh ten ing about t h e explosion aboard TWA F l i g h t 840 is t h e apparent ease with which t h e t e r r o r i s t eluded a i r p o r t s e c u r i t y measures r- at Cairo a i r p o r t . This may have been due t o t h e bomber's u s e of a hard- to-detect p l a s t i c explosive. L a s t Friday, an explosives exper t showed a nationwide TV audience on CBS news how innocent-looking some p l a s t i c explosive devices are . H e d isplayed s e v e r a l bombs which looked t o be nothing more than t h i n p ieces of cardboard, e a s i l y carried i n e i t h e r a suitcase o r a briefcase. Most amazingly, he next displayed seve ra l yards of what looked t o be twine-again, a p las t ic bomb. Such "twine" could be used t o wrap a " g i f t " and be carried r i g h t aboard a plane. Of course t h e explosive would s t i l l need t o be detonated. B u t t h e expert showed t h a t t he appropr ia te timer-detonator was so small it could a c t u a l l y be concealed i n s i d e an ink pen.

Another CBS r epor t claimed t h a t Libya had r ecen t ly employed a t l e a s t a dozen U.S. and Canadian explos ives expe r t s i n t r a i n i n g would-be t e r r o r i s t s i n bomb-making techniques. An American, who was -one of t hese i n s t r u c t o r s , was asked what t h e Libyans wanted him t o teach. H e rep l ied : "HOW t o make home-made bombs, de fea t s e c u r i t y , a s s a s s i n a t i o n techniques and th ings of t h a t nature." Asked what type of people were h i s s tudents , he r ep l i ed cu r t ly : "Assassins." H e f u r t h e r said t h a t t h e Libyans used some East Bloc personnel as teachers , b u t p refer red t o u s e Americans because of " the advanced technology w e have i n explosives and e lec t ronics . " The motives of t h e American and Canadian teachers f o r doing such i n s t r u c t i o n , he added, "was money."

Because of t h e increased u s e of p l a s t i c explosives , t h e U.S. Federal Aviation Agency is spending $12 mil l ion t h i s year on explosives de t ec t ion research, One poss ib l e countermeasure is called "thermal neutron ac t iva t ion ." Using t h i s technology, luggage is bombarded with low- i n t e n s i t y neutron p a r t i c l e s t h a t i n t e r a c t with n i t rogen found i n a l l explosives. But t h e u s e of hard-to-detect p l a s t i c explosives is not t h e end of t h e s to ry . W e have l a t e l y received s e v e r a l news accounts about t h e development of--hold your breath!--a p l a s t i c gun! Such a weapon ( a c t u a l l y p a r t metal, p a r t p l a s t i c ) is a l ready produced i n A u s t r i a , and l icensed f o r i m p o r t t o t h e United States. A r epor t e r i n t h e March 1 0 issue of MACLEAN'S c a l l e d it " the h i j a c k e r ' s spec ia l . " !I!he p l a s t i c gun is indeed f o r real, as syndicated columnists Jack Anderson and Dale Van A t t a wrote i n t h e i r March 1 4 column:

W e s t irred up a tempest of alarm, den ia l and malicious innuendo when w e reported recent ly t h a t Libyan d i c t a t o r Muammar Khadafy, t h e t e r r o r i s t s ' f r i end , was d icker ing t o buy a quan t i ty of Austrian-made, semi-plast ic p i s t o l s t h a t a r e d i f f i c u l t o r impossible f o r a i r p o r t s e c u r i t y measures t o detect. The p i s t o l is t h e Glock 178 invented by an Austr ian, Gaston G l O C k , and manufactured a t a p l a n t o u t s i d e Vienna, O u r i n t e l l i g e n c e sources t o l d u s Khadafy was t r y i n g t o buy 1 0 0 t o 300 of t he handguns.

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We a l s o reported t h a t a Pentagon s e c u r i t y expert had succeeded twice i n car ry ing a dismantled Glock 17 through t h e human and mechanical weapons d e t e c t o r s a t Washington's National Airport . After our January repor t , Glock and t h e Austr ian government began i s su ing r e f u t a t i o n s i n p re s s r e l e a s e s and telegrams t o major publ ica t ions . Their concern was presumably heightened by t h e f a c t t h a t Glock is at tempting t o m a r k e t t h e p i s t o l i n t h e United States. One Pentagon spokesman had t h e nerve t o t e l l a j o u r n a l i s t t h a t he doubted t h e ex i s t ence of t h e "Pentagon s e c u r i t y expert" w e said had tested t h e Glock 17 aga ins t a i r p o r t s ecu r i ty . For t h e record: The man who conducted t h e unof f i c i a l tes t is t h e Pentagon's t o p exper t on counter- te r ror i sm, Noel Koch, t h e p r i n c i p a l deputy a s s i s t a n t defense secre ta ry .

Glock t o l d anyone who would l i s t e n t h a t tests under t h e - supervis ion of unnamed " o f f i c i a l s e c u r i t y specialists" showed

c l e a r l y t h a t "both scanners and d e t e c t o r s can i d e n t i f y t h e Glock 17," which has a mass t h a t is 83 percent s tee l and only 1-7 percent p l a s t i c . The poin t , of course, is t h a t t h e metal p a r t s which are de tec t ab le , don ' t look l i k e gun parts, while

- Roch proved t h i s twice with _a dismantled Glock 17.

I n f a c t , Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., set t led t h e matter beyond any n i tp ick ing . One of h i s aides hand-carried t h e most recognizable part of a Glock 17--its p l a s t i c pistol-shaped frame-through a Capi tol H i l l metal de t ec to r without having it spot ted. The rest of t h e p i s t o l ' s p a r t s , mostly metal , were i n h i s b r i e f c a s e and went through t h e scanner without being i d e n t i f i e d . [ I n a tes t conducted by ABC N e w s , a person car ry ing t h e metal p a r t s w a s stopped, b u t only because t h e scanner operator wanted a c l o s e r look a t t h e metal. Operators are now being educated as t o t h e p r o f i l e s of t h e p a r t s . The q u a l i t y of t h e opera tors is now t h e e s s e n t i a l f ac to r . ] Meanwhile, both t h e Federal Aviation Administration and t h e Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms suddenly decided t h e problem of p l a s t i c handguns deserved a t t e n t i o n . The a v i a t i o n agency has s i n c e learned of a t7.S.-made, a l l -plast ic p i s t o l , which is not y e t on t h e marke t b u t which would be undetectable by a metal-scanning device....

How se r ious is t h e problem of a gun t h a t can bea t t h e a i r p o r t s e c u r i t y machines? Some FAA f i g u r e s should make c l e a r t h a t i t ' s deadly ser ious . Since mandatory screening procedures went i n t o e f f e c t a t U.S. a i r p o r t s i n 1973, more than 33,000 firearms have been de tec ted and almost 1 4 , 0 0 0 related arrests have been made. Officials estimate t h a t a t l e a s t 113 hi jackings have been prevented. Footnote: Glock t o l d u s he has never so ld h i s p i s t o l s t o Libya, and has no ongoing negot ia t ions t o do so. But o ther sources t o l d u s t h a t , without Glock's knowledge, Khadafy w a s t r y i n g t o buy t h e guns through in te rmediar ies i n Aus t r ia . . . .

- t h e plast ic -- parts, which & look like _a gun, escape d e t e c t i o 3

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Apparently one "advantage" of t h e part-plastic gun is t h e fact t h a t it is considerably l i g h t e r than an al l -metal gun. The Glock 17 is a l ready t h e standard sidearm of t he 25,000-member Austr ian army. Nevertheless, t h e manufacture of t h e Glock 17 and its c e r t a i n successors , noted t h e communications d i r e c t o r of the National Coa l i t i on t o Ban Handguns, sets "a t e r r i f y i n g example of progress outpac ins common sense."

Hoscow Courting Europe in a Big Way U.S.-Soviet r e l a t i o n s , s l i g h t l y improved a s a result of l a s t y e a r ' s Geneva summit , ran i n t o a snag recent ly when t h e U.S. government ordered Moscow t o t r im over a hundred

t h e Sovie ts had a huge s t a f f of 275 people a t tached t o the i r O.N. s t a f f i n addi t ion t o s i x hundred Sov ie t s being on t h e U.N.'s own payro l l i n var ious capacities. (This makes a t o t a l , said the Apr i l 11 NATIONAL REVIEW s a r c a s t i c a l l y , of "near ly n ine hundred Kremlin-approved and cer t i f ied t o i l e r s f o r peace and-world unity.") The major reason f o r t h e U.S. demand f o r a scale-back'is t h a t it had become almost impossible f o r t h e FBI t o keep tabs on the Sovie t mission personnel, many of whom are known t o be i n New York s o l e l y for espionage purposes. A s long as President Reagan is i n t h e White House, U.S.-Soviet r e l a t i o n s w i l l be f r o s t y a t best. Meanwhile, an ar t ic le i n t he March 27 TIMES of London t o l d of the Kremlin's l a t e s t propaganda- o f f ens ive i n Western r;urop(?'; Headlined 'Gorbachev Determined to Separate Europe from _U.S.," it reported i n p a r t :

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The Kremlin is launching a b ig propaganda o f fens ive i n Western Europe t o persuade both governments and publ ic opinion t o adopt a more independent l i n e from t h e United States on s e c u r i t y pol icy, and e s p e c i a l l y on t h e key i s s u e of Star Wars. Well- placed diplomatic sources said here [ i n Moscow] yesterday t h a t t h e information d r i v e would include v i s i t s by Mr. Gorbachev, t h e Soviet l eade r , t o s t r a t e g i c European c a p i t a l s , t he appointment of a new breed of communications-conscious Sovie t ambassadors t o sen ior European posts and t h e encouragement of more v i s i t s t o Moscow by leading West European statesmen.

The European d r i v e is understood t o be one of t h e cent rep ieces of Soviet fore ign pol icy f o r 1986. It involves t h e imminent appointment of new Soviet envoys t o London, Bonn and Madrid, and v i s i t s by Mr. Gorbachev and h i s e l egan t wife Ftaisa before t h e y e a r ' s end t o Rome, Athens and poss ib ly Bonn--although t h i s arrangement has y e t t o be completed. According t o both Soviet and I t a l i a n o f f i c i a l s , there is ,a s t ronq chance t h a t t h e v i s i t

Anti-Apartheid: loew Campus Cause A l l a c ros s t h e United S t a t e s , b u t e spec ia l ly on the t w o more l i be ra l "bi-coastal" regions of t h e upper At l an t i c seaboard and Ca l i fo rn ia , c o l l e g e students-backed by l i b e r a l teachers and deans (themselves the p r o t e s t e r s and flag-burners of t h e 1960s)--have found a new cause: t h e demand t h a t un ive r s i ty investment funds be d ives ted from firms doing business i n South Africa. Often t h e p r o t e s t e r s erect clapboard shacks on campus commons a r e a s said t o dep ic t black squa t t e r se t t lements such a s t h e i l l ega l "Crossroads" camp i n South Africa. E f f o r t s t o dismantle the eyesores (sometimes called "Mandela shacks") by campus po l i ce o f t en meet v i o l e n t reac t ions .

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Y e s , t h e s tuden t s have indeed discovered t h e campus crusade of t h e '80s. One such s tuden t is Amy Carter, 18-year-old daughter of t h e former pres ident , an ant i -apar theid a c t i v i s t and f requent arrestee a t Brown University i n Providence, mode Is land. On t h e West Coast, t h e issue is extremely v o l a t i l e a t (where else?) t h e Universi ty of Ca l i fQrn ia , Berkeley (or Berserkley, as some of its o lde r f r u s t r a t e d alumni c a l l i t ) . L a s t week, Berkeley experienced its most v i o l e n t confronta t ion s i n c e t h e anti-Vietnam war days of t h e 1960s as 120 campus and l o c a l police ba t t led with an t i -apar the id demonstrators. This l a t e s t campus cause celebre drew t h e a t t e n t i o n of a Washington-based writer f o r t h e South African newspaper BUSINESS DAY, who wrote on March 7:

Up and down t h e l ibera l es tab l i shment ' s east coas t ( t h a t is t o say, from Pennsylvania t o Maine--Maryland and po in t s south don ' t q u a l i f y ) t h e ch i ld ren of t h e well-to-do are taking time out...to erect symbolic shantytowns on t h e i r co l l ege lawns and otherwise bu l ly t h e i r elders i n t o d ives t ing themselves of s tock i n f i rms t h a t do business with SA. Indeed, t h e r e seems t o be no corner of t h i s region 's academic groves t h a t has not been -decorated with a p l a s t i c and cardboard scu lp tu re i n t h e manner of Crossroads. Even t h e Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology has one-and a disappoint ing structure it is, too. You would have thought MIT could a t l e a s t have made its o f fe r ing geodesic.

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The bu i lde r s mean w e l l , of course, and it must be tremendously morale-boosting t o be ab le t o spend a winter n ight camped ou t i n t h e snow f e e l i n g s o l i d a r i t y f o r t h e vict ims of apar theid. The class of '86 may have no d ra f t cards t o burn, poor s o u l s , b u t a t least they w i l l be able t o t e l l t h e i r ch i ld ren they stood f o r something before heading of f t o Wall Street and t h e execut ive o f f i c e s of Dow Chemical Corp.

Twenty years from now, it is un l ike ly t h a t t h e i r ch i ld ren w i l l f e e l any t h e less proud o r envious of t h e i r pa ren t s when they consider t h e SA those parents helped c rea t e . After a l l , t h e present genera t ion draws no l i n k between its own pa ren t s ' opposi t ion t o t h e Vietnam war and t h e t o t a l i t a r i a n wasteland t h a t is now Vietnam.... - Such the arrogance of t h e w e l l - in ten t ioned American l ibera l , e s p e c i a l l y i n his l a r v a l staqe.

can never see t h e damage & w r e a k s , a lbei t t a n g e n t i a l l y , because he is u t t e r l y convinced of his own self-worth. H e , i n t h e words of t h a t grotesquely smug, se l f - serv ing song, is t h e world....

In Berkeley and elsewhere, a good number of those a r r e s t e d include non- s tudent "professional p ro te s t e r s . " In the 1982 book "Roots Radicalism," by Stanley Rothman and S. Robert L ich ter , t h e authors note t h a t "reformers and radicals have h i s t o r i c a l l y depended upon youthful exuberance and idealism" t o se rve t h e i r own p o l i t i c a l ends. Young people have always been subject t o such manipulation. Even A r i s t o t l e complained t h a t t h e young "have exa l t ed not ions because they have not y e t been humbled by l i f e o r learned its necessary l imi ta t ions . . . . They would always r a the r do noble deeds than u s e f u l ones: their l i v e s are regulated

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more by moral feeling than by reasoning .... They love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else. They think they know everything, [which] is why they overdo everything." (This quote is from page 3 of the Rothman-Lichter book.) As Benjamin Hart wrote in the April 11, 1986 NATIONAL REVIEW:

You see, the rioters and flag-burners of the Sixties are now - the college deans and tenured faculty at America's major universities. They are bitter about the country's sharp move to the right, and are especially bitter about the increasing conservatism among the nation's young people.... The college establishment is a last enclave of Sixties-style leftism.... America's real battlefront [is] the college campus.

How true. Marxism and other forms of far-left radicalism is a growing force at American universities. There are now more than 500 courses on- the philosophy of Marxism being offered. Marxist-oriented teachers form powerful factions in the idea-oriented disciplines such as the humanities, political and social sciences and economics. Marxist-style ideas are also behind the popularity of new activist courses such as ethnic, women and gay-rights studies. "About 250 ethnic studies programs exist on campuses," wrote David Brock in the December 12, 1985 WALL STREET JOURNAL, "and women's history, written mostly by neo-Marxist feminists, is an accepted fixture at many schools."

Speaking of causes and struggles, the people of New Zealand, reported the April 11 NATIONAL REVIEW, might soon be in for their share:

The latest addition to the roll call of sinner states is New Zealand--"a white racist state," according to the country's National Council of Churches, which even wants the country renamed "Aotearoa" [the older Maori name for the islands1 .. . . Maori "activists" are currently goinq 5 Cuba liberation techniques.

study advanced - This charge by New Zealand's liberal church hierarchy must come as a surprise to the country's Prime Minister David Lange, who has done h i s best to cultivate ties with the Third World, and especially to terminate all sporting links with South Africa.

--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau