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According to a survey published in the Paris daily Le Monde, the Nazi anti-semitism - Polish Jews forced to dig their own graves Military aid to El Salvador should be increased to $400 million by 1985, military aid to Guatemala should be resumed it was suspended by Carter], big doses of arms should be supplied to Honduras so that it can 'build a credible deterrent" to 'the Nicaraguan/Cuban threat." iscent of the Nazis.

to speak two sides of the same coin."

positions of the Western nations."

which for so long rejected the Badinters."

Since Kissinger's report was delivered it has been announced that a new round of US/Honduran manoeuvres — Big Pine 3 -will begin in June. The 2,700 US personnel currently involved in Big Pine 2 will stay in the country ready for the next round.

Speaking in Tegucigalpa on February 6, US Senator J. Sasser really let the cat out of the bag when he admitted that: "there appears to be a process taking place here in Honduras of preparation for a military infrastructure that's far beyond, in my judgement, what's needed to carry out the military exercises."

It was reported in the International Herald Tribune that General Paul Gorman, commander of the US Southern Command in Panama, has become "Washington's pro-consul in the area, frequently overshadowing ambassadors and at times overruling them." The US ambassador to Guatemala was recently sacked for being "too soft"

What bourgeois alternatives are there to the policy of US military build up? One is that put forward by the "Contradora Group" [Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia] who advocate the withdrawal of foreign advisors, UN supervision of national boundaries and a negotiated solution to the Salvadorean conflict.

This stance is supported by the Salvadorean FDR/FMLN, the Nicaraguans and the Cubans [although it should be noted that a new group has emerged in El Salvador - the Revolutionary Workers Movement [MOR] -which is opposed to any negotiations].

The diplomacy of the Contadora group was seen to achieve some success when, on January 8, all five Central American governments signed an agreement calling for a "census" of all arms and advisers in the area and the eradication of irregular forces crossing national frontiers.

Superficially a negotiated peace may sound appealing but it would leave the repressive military apparatus of states like El Salvador intact. Such a solution would only be a breathing space.

On several occasions in the past, the Salvadorean military has shown its desire to crush the organisations of the workefs and peasants, even when the country has been ruled by sypposedly progressive governments.

And it should not be forgotten that the only reason the Mexican bourgeoisie pursues such a strategy is to prevent guerrilla warfare spilling over into its own territory.

Only the destruction of the US backed war machine in Central America and the expropriation of the landowners and industrialists by the working class can provide a lasting peace.

When imperialism sees vital interests threatened [and it has plenty in Central America: the Panama Canal, oil, manufacturing], it will brush aside any "scrap of paper.' - it would be a mistake to believe otherwise.