From: covici@ccs.covici.com (John Covici)
Newsgroups: alt.activism,soc.culture.china
Subject: Genocidal Roots Of Bush's New World Order part 2
Date: 5 May 91 11:39:52 GMT
Organization: Covici Computer Systems

Kissinger, Scowcroft, Bush plotted
Third World genocide by Hassan Ahmed and Joseph Brewda 

Although U.S. population control studies intended
for public dissemination typically center on the allegedly
dire effect that ``overpopulation'' has on the economic
well-being and stability of the developing countries, this
is not the actual concern of the planners who have shaped
U.S. policy toward the Third World since the Henry
Kissinger era in government. An examination of recently
declassified documents, in particular National Security
Study Memorandum 200, ``Implications of Worldwide
Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas
Interests,'' written in 1974, shows that U.S. government
population policy is motivated by imperial and racial
concerns that differ markedly from those professed
publicly. 
   The primary concern of these studies is that the
continued population growth of the ``less developed
countries'' (LDCs) would lead to an increase in the
political, economic, and military power of several of
these states, at the expense of the power of the
Anglo-American oligarchy. The studies worry that
population growth is linked to an increasing tendency for
nationalization of U.S. investments, to demands for
sovereign control of resources, and to the growth of
anti-imperial movements generally. 
   For that reason, the studies are devoted to
developing plans to eradicate any ideas which oppose
malthusian population reduction. The documents' authors,
Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft, both national
security advisers in the relevant 1974-77 period,
explicitly identify these ideas as then embodied in the
call for a ``New World Economic Order''--a concept
associated at that time with Lyndon LaRouche's call for a
moratorium on the Third World debt and a high-technology
development policy to raise living standards. That,
as LaRouche was telling Third World leaders, is the
solution to the seeming ``population problem.''

             - The declassified documents -
   On Dec. 10, 1974, the U.S. National Security Council
issued a classified 250-page study entitled ``National
Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide
Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas
Interests.'' The study had been prepared by the
Undersecretaries Committee of the NSC under the
supervision of Henry Kissinger, then serving as both
secretary of state and the President's national security
adviser. 
   The study had been ordered by President Richard Nixon
in a decision directive signed on Aug. 10, 1970. This is
the first known instance in which a U.S. President defined
Third World population increase as a threat to U.S.
national security. 
   NSSM 200, unlike other government documents on the
subject, outlined the ``international political and
economic implications'' of population growth, rather than
its ``ecological, sociological or other aspects.'' It
included recommendations for ``dealing with population
matters abroad, particularly in the developing
countries,'' by relevant U.S. agencies. 
   On Oct. 16, 1975, Kissinger sent a confidential White
House memorandum to President Gerald Ford, proposing
that the President authorize an NSC decision memorandum
adopting the NSC study. Following Ford's approval, the NSC
issued ``National Security Decision Memorandum 314'' on
Nov. 26, 1975, which endorsed the study and its
recommendations. The memorandum was signed by Brent
Scowcroft (who had, in the meantime, replaced Kissinger as
national security adviser; Kissinger remained as secretary
of state) and was addressed to the secretaries of state,
treasury, defense, agriculture, the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and the director of the Central
Intelligence Agency for implementation. 
   In May 1976, the National Security Council produced
its ``First Annual Report on U.S. International Population
Policy,'' a classified report mandated by NSSM 200 and
NSDM 314, which summarized the progress in implementing
the earlier adopted plan of action. The report was
addressed to then-CIA director George Bush, among other
intelligence officials, for study and implementation. 
   Bush and Kissinger had worked together since at least
1971, when Bush had been U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and
Kissinger was national security adviser. During 1975, when
Kissinger's memorandum was under study, Bush was the first
U.S. envoy to the People's Republic of China, a major
target for birth control. In 1976, Bush became the
director of the CIA, where he worked closely with national
security adviser director Scowcroft and Secretary of State
Kissinger. The threesome constituted a team then, and also
today. 
   These studies were quietly declassified in 1989 and
released to the U.S. National Archives in Washington in
1990, where they can now be reviewed by the public. 
                                    
             - Kissinger fears `backlash' -
   NSSM 200 cites 13 ``key countries'' in which there is
``special U.S. political and strategic interest'' which
requires imposing a policy of population control or
reduction. The primary reason these states are so defined,
is that the effect of their population growth is judged
likely to increase their relative political, economic, and
military regional and even world power. 
   These key states are: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan,
Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines,
Thailand, Egypt, Turkey, Ethiopia, and Colombia. The study
expresses concern that even with population reduction
programs put in place in such nations, ``population growth
rates are likely to increase appreciably before they begin
to decline.'' 
   So, for example: 
   ``Nigeria falls into this category. Already the most
populous country on the continent, with an estimated 55
million people in 1970, Nigeria's population by the end of
this century is projected to number 135 million. This
suggests a growing political and strategic role for
Nigeria, at least in Africa south of the Sahara.'' 
   Similarly, Egypt: ``The large and increasing size of
Egypt's population is, and will remain for many years, an
important consideration in the formulation of many foreign
and domestic policies not only of Egypt but also of
neighboring countries.'' 
   As for Brazil, it ``clearly dominated the continent
demographically,'' the study reports. It consequently
warns of a ``growing power status for Brazil in Latin
America and on the world scene over the next 25 years.'' 
   Among Kissinger's biggest fears is that leaders of
such states might realize that international population
reduction programs are designed to undermine their
development potential. As he puts it: ``There is also the
danger that some LDC leaders will see developed country
pressures for family planning as a form of economic or
racial imperialism; this could well create a serious
backlash.'' 
   He adds: ``It is vital that the effort to develop and
strengthen a commitment on the part of the LDC leaders not
be seen by them as an industrialized country policy to
keep their strength down or to reserve resources for use
by `rich' countries. Development of such a perception
could create a serious backlash adverse to the cause of
population stability.'' 

         - Ensuring imperial freedom of action -
   Another reason for fostering the population reduction
of the entire Third World is frankly imperial. NSSM 200
pays particular attention to U.S. access to strategic
minerals in the developing countries, and concludes that
reducing the population growth of mineral-rich Third World
states will make continued access to such resources more
politically reliable. 
   ``The location of known reserves of higher-grade ores
of most minerals favors increasing dependence of all
industrialized regions on imports from less developed
countries. The real problems of mineral supplies lie, not
in basic physical sufficiency, but in the politico-economic
issues of access, terms for exploration and exploitation,
and division of the benefits among producers, consumers,
and host country governments.'' 
   The study forecasts that in the absense of political
stability, i.e., subservience, in these states: 
   ``Concessions to foreign companies are likely to be
expropriated or subjected to arbitrary intervention.
Whether through governmental action, labor conflicts,
sabotage, or civil disturbance, the smooth flow of needed
materials will be jeopardized. Although population
pressure is not the only factor involved, these types of
frustrations are much less likely under conditions of slow
or zero population growth.'' 
   Consequently, reduction of population increases in
these states is a matter of vital U.S. national security: 
   ``Whatever may be done to guard against interruptions
of supply ... the U.S. economy will require large and
increasing amounts of minerals from abroad, especially
from less developed countries. That fact gives the U.S.
enhanced interest in the political, economic and social
stability of the supplying countries. Wherever a lessening
of population pressures through reduced birth rates can
increase the prospects for such stability, population
policy becomes relevant to resources supplies and to the
economic interests of the United States.'' 
   The study is also worried that population growth in
such states will tend to increase their demands for
economic development. For example, in the case of
Bangladesh: ``Bangladesh is now a fairly solid supporter
of Third World positions, advocating better distribution
of the world's wealth and extensive trade concessions to
poor nations. As its problems grow and its ability to gain
assistance fails to keep pace, Bangladesh's positions on
international issues likely will become radicalized,
inevitably in opposition to U.S. interests on major issues
as it seeks to align itself with others to force adequate
aid.'' 
     
         - No to a `New World Economic Order' -
   One of the major concerns of NSSM 200 is to check the
spread of ideas which are hostile to population control
and which demand economic development as the solution to
Third World problems. According to Kissinger's definition,
such ideas are a threat to U.S. national security.
   To highlight the dangerous growth of such ideas, the
document presents the case of the World Population
Conference in Bucharest in August 1974, to which ``the
U.S. had contributed many substantive points.'' The
document complains that the conference's proposed World
Population Plan of Action (WPPA or the Plan) was rejected
by many of these states, because of the spread of such
anti-malthusian ideas. The failure of the conference,
which the U.S. government had intended to be epoch-making,
is one of the cited reasons for the drafting of the NSC
memoranda. 
   Referring to this conference, the document states: 
   ``There was general consternation, therefore, when at
the beginning of the conference, the Plan was subjected to
a slashing, five-pronged attack led by Algeria, with the
backing of several African countries; Argentina, supported
by Uruguay, Brazil, Peru and more limitedly, some other
Latin American countries; the Eastern European group (less
Romania); the P.R.C.; and the Holy See.'' 
   Kissinger reports that the objections to the Plan
were based on the idea that a ``New World Economic Order''
could be a basis for social and economic development of
the former colonial sector, and also the basis for the
respect for the sovereignty of these states. This would
make population control appear unnecessary or even
harmful, Kissinger worries. He complains about the
``wishful thinking that economic development will solve
the problem'' generated by supposed overpopulation
as an idea necessary to eradicate.  
   These ideas had already acquired their most
articulated expression in the writings of Lyndon LaRouche,
whom Kissinger, among others, consigned to 15 years in
federal prison in 1989, following a politically motivated
frameup trial. The Kissinger effort to crush the LaRouche
movement is known to date back to the period in question,
when LaRouche's influence had become a powerful
international factor to reckon with. 
   Although the NSC document nowhere mentions this fact,
Helga Zepp, now Mrs. LaRouche, led an intervention
into the Bucharest conference around the ideas of the
``New World Economic Order,'' personally challenging
speaker John D. Rockefeller III with the genocidal
implications of his population reduction policy. The
LaRouches and their associates, through numerous
publications such as {EIR,} have played a central role
over the subsequent years in advocating the ideas
Kissinger defines as a threat to U.S. national
security--meaning the security of his elite power group.
   In order to combat this ``problem,'' the document
stresses the need for ``education'' of Third World leaders
potentially susceptible to such threatening ideas of
fostering economic development: ``The beliefs, ideologies,
and misconceptions displayed by many nations at Bucharest
indicate more forcefully than ever the need for extensive
education of the leaders of many governments, especially
in Africa and some in Latin America. Approaches [for]
leaders of individual countries must be designed in light
of their current beliefs and to meet their special
concerns.'' 
   Elsewhere, in NSSM 200, Kissinger defines the
acceptance of the supposed need for population control as
vital to the U.S. secret plan: ``Development of a
worldwide political and popular commitment to population
stabilization is fundamental to any effective strategy.
This requires the support and commitment of key LDC
leaders. This will only take place if they clearly see the
negative impact of unrestricted population growth and
believe it is possible to deal with this question through
governmental action. The U.S. should encourage LDC leaders
to take the lead in advancing family planning.'' 
   To this end, the document outlines various
formulations deemed appropriate in influencing such Third
World leaders, and at the same time blunting the influence
of those exposing the imperial policy behind population
control. For example, the document reports: ``The U.S. can
help to minimize charges of an imperialist motivation
behind its support of population activities by repeatedly
asserting that such support derives from a concern with:
(a) the right of the individual to determine freely and
responsibly their number and spacing of children ... and
(b) the fundamental social and economic development of
poor countries.'' 
   At the same time, the study recommends a worldwide
propaganda offensive employing diverse U.S. governmental
and international agencies to this end: ``Beyond seeking
to reach and influence national leaders, improved
worldwide support for population-related efforts should be
sought through increased emphasis on mass media and other
population education and motivation programs by the U.N.,
USIA [U.S. Information Agency], and USAID [U.S. Agency for
International Development]. We should give higher
priorities in our information programs worldwide for this
area and consider expansion of collaborative arrangements
with multilateral institutions in population education
programs.'' 
 
                  - Food as a weapon -
   While Kissinger cautions, ``We must take care that
our activities should not give the appearance to the LDCs
of an industrialized country policy directed against the
LDCs,'' the document also outlines steps to force
countries to adopt population reduction measures if covert
forms of persuasion and education prove ineffective. The
primary weapon seized upon is the restriction of food aid. 
   The document states: ``There is also some established
precedent for taking account of family planning
performance in appraisal of assistance requirements by AID
and consultative groups. Since population growth is a
major determinant of increases in food demand, allocation
of scarce PL 480 resources should take account of what
steps a country is taking in population control as well as
food production. In these sensitive relations, however, it
is important in style as well as substance to avoid the
appearance of coercion.'' 
   Elaborating on this measure, the document raises the
possibility that ``mandatory programs may be needed and
that we should be considering these possibilities now,''
adding, ``Would food be considered an instrument of
national power? Will we be forced to make choices as to
whom we can reasonably assist, and if so, should
population efforts be a criterion for such assistance?|...
Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help
people who can't/won't control their population growth?'' 

             - Progress on implementation -
   As previously noted, in May 1976, the NSC released
its ``First Annual Report on U.S. International Population
Policy,'' a progress report study mandated by NSSM 200 and
related memoranda. The classified study analyzed the
progress made over the previous year in implementing
Kissinger's memorandum, and was forwarded to then-CIA
director George Bush, among other intelligence officials,
for implementation. 
    According to the report, the primary resistance to
U.S. efforts to reduce the population of the former
colonial sector was found in Ibero-America, the Middle
East, and Africa--areas dominated or heavily influenced by
either Catholicism or Islam. Both religions are opposed to
birth control, a policy which the NSC condemns as
``pro-natalism.'' 
   The report states: 
   ``LDC countries uncommitted to population programs
include most of Africa, Latin America, and the Middle
East, with a combined population of about three-quarters
of a billion people. Population policies of these nations
range from the pro-natalism of a few to the non-commitment
of most of the others, where, in varying degrees, family
planning is tolerated or even encouraged. Abortion is
generally abhored, and sterilization disfavored.'' 
   The report complains that this ``relative lack of
concern,'' which should be combatted, can be
``explained by a variety of factors,'' including: 
   ``1) no perceived need to limit population growth; 
   ``2) or, if there is a perceived need, wishful
thinking that economic development will solve the problem; 
   ``3) belief that a large family is necessary for old
age security or to meet needs for labor at certain points
of farming cycle; 
   ``4) preoccupation with other, more immediate issues; 
   ``5) religious influences; and 
   ``6) ignorance as well as racialism, tribalism, and
traditionalism.'' 
   The report adds:            
   ``To the extent family planning is identified with
the Western world, particularly the United States, there
are even greater inhibitions in some countries toward
family planning. This factor may be particularly
noticeable in international conferences where Third World
countries tend to combine against the West, against
capitalism, and in favor of the `New World Economic
Order.'|'' 
   Then, in typical Washingtonese, the report outlines a
program of subversion: ``It follows that our efforts to
promote family planning amongst uncommitted countries must
be fine-tuned to the particular sensitivities in each of
these countries. This serves to underline the important
role of our Ambassador and his or her country team in each
LDC country in terms of advising Washington on how
commitment can be best achieved in terms of the particular
circumstances of that country being alert to take timely
initiatives on their own to further these objectives.'' 

       - The need for police-state `discipline' -
   In contrast to the ``uncommitted'' countries, which
are subject to special covert targeting, the
progress report cites countries allegedly committed to, or
at least not opposed to birth control. These countries
include most of Asia, notably the People's Republic of
China. The study claims that ``almost one-half of the
world's population live in developing countries whose
leaders are committed to population policies and programs.
This represents roughly two-thirds of the developing
world.'' This account contrasts with statements made in
the 1974 Kissinger memorandum, in which hostility toward
population control by such states was considered far more
prevalent. 
   However, the study notes that even in these nations,
population reduction is often difficult to implement
without an appropriate form of government, even if public
education, dispension of birth control devices, and other
measures are vigorously pursued: 
   ``Many leaders recognize that all these measures,
significant as they are, will not help reduce population
growth rates sufficiently to avert major disasters.
Prerequisites for real success are likely to involve three
approaches that are interrelated and have proved highly
effective, as follows: 
   ``1) strong direction from the top; 
   ``2) developing community or `peer' pressures from
below; and 
   ``3) providing adequate low-cost health-family
planning services that get to the people. 
   ``With regard to 1), population programs have been
particularly successful where leaders have made their
positions clear, unequivocal, and public, while
maintaining discipline down the line from national to
village levels, marshalling government workers (including
police and military), doctors, and motivators to see that
population policies are well administered and executed.
Such direction is the {sine qua non} of an effective
program. In some cases, strong direction has involved
incentives such as payment to acceptors for
sterilizations, or disincentives such as giving low
priorities in the allocation of housing and schooling to
larger families.'' 
   Thus it can be said that by 1976, the U.S. government
was committed to an imperial policy which had the
following components: a plan to enfeeble the power of the
developing sector through fostering population decline; a
plan to undermine states opposed to population control; a
plan to create or strengthen Third World police-states as
a means of enforcing population control. A central
principle of this policy was the idea that Third World
economic development represents a threat to U.S. national
security, and that those advocating such development
policies had to be crushed. 
                            
>From EIR V18, #17.


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Thanks.

         John Covici

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