Box 8 LSF

Scope and Contents

Contents: Interview: Dr. E.V.K. Fitzgerald, who has advised the new government in Nicaragua on economic matters, discusses his most recent visit to that country; Dr. Richard Sinkin, who was in Cuba when the Somoza regime in Nicaragua was toppled, describes Cuban reactions to that event.

Recorded: August 28, 1979

Final Production: September 12, 1979

[Air Date]: October 10, 1979

Timings: v.o. 28:05, m.o. 28:25

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: The fifth segment of the Great Decisions ?79 series entitled ?The U.S. and Latin America: Facing New Facts of Power.

Recorded: n/a

Final Production: n/a

[Air Date]: October 17, 1979

Timings: v.o. 29:31, m.o. 29:42

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: A look at the U.S.? Mexican agreement on the sale of Mexican gas to the United States and how it will affect American consumers; a report on the current status of U.S.? Mexican relations as reflected by the recent meeting in Washington between Presidents Jimmy Carter and José Lopez Portillo.

Recorded: October 6, 1979

Final Production: October 6, 1979

[Air Date]: October 24, 1979

Timings: v.o. 29:39, m.o. 30:00

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, which recently secured independence from Great Britain; a special report on Mexico's tradition of receiving political exiles from abroad including its recent acceptance of Iran's former Shah. Interview: Miguel D? Escoto, Sergio Ramirez, Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Alfonso Robelo, all members of the Revolutionary Government in Nicaragua, comment during a press conference on their recent meeting with U.S. officials in...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A close look at the growing pressure in Chile for a return to democracy and the military government's response to this. Interview: 8Georges Landau, Senior Advisor to the President of the Inter?American Development Bank, discusses the role of multilateral assistance and its effects on development efforts in Latin America. Recorded: October 16 and 19, 1979 Final Production: October 19, 1979 [Air Date]: November 7, 1979 Timings:...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: An examination of illegal immigration from Colombia into Venezuela; a report on a recent meeting of leftist democratic political parties from around Latin America in Mexico; a look at Japan's interest in building a sea?level canal in Panama; a review of a recently-published book by historian Walter LaFeber entitled The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective. Interview: The second part of our talk with Georges Landau, a Senior Advisor...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the human cost of the year?long revolution in Nicaragua; a report on the trip by Argentine President General Jorge Videla to Japan to discuss economic relations between the two countries. Interview: Dr. Wilfried Prewo, professor of Economics at the Institute of World Economies at the University of Kiel in West Germany, discusses the growing interest in formulating a new Law of the Sea. Recorded: November 2 and 3, 1979 Final Production:...

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: (Rebroadcast of #79?27) The seventh of the Great Decision ?79 series sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association on the United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea.

Recorded: November 12 and 16, 1979

Final Production: November 17, 1979

[Air Date]: November 28, 1979

Timings: v.o. 29:16, m.o. 29:40

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A review of the 9th meeting of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States held recently in La Paz, Bolivia; the first of a 3?part special report on Jamaica with a look at the colonial origins of the social, political, and economic problems currently facing the Caribbean island. Interview: Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, discusses the problems and promise of ?democratic socialism?: Jamaican opposition leader, Edward Seaga, comments on the policies...

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: A look at the recent coup in Bolivia and a report on the first woman president in that nation's history; an analysis of Jamaica's relations with Cuba in the second part of our special series. Interview: Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica; opposition leader Edward Seaga and other prominent Jamaicans.

Recorded: various

Final Production: November 29, 1979

[Air Date]: December 12, 1979

Timings: v.o. 29:06, m.o. 29:28