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The
Helsinki Final Act is - with the benefit of hindsight, one of the most important
agreements the U.S. ever entered into in terms of how it
affects U.S. domestic affairs. The scope of it is
breathtaking. And when the lines are drawn from the
conceptual areas of agreement to the legislation and actions
of our government, it becomes clear that members of Congress
- and
in particular, the Senate are mere puppets who have in effect,
been operating as agents of a foreign
power - against the interests of the American people and our
nation.
So how did that happen?
When Willy
Brandt was elected in West Germany in 1969, the peaceful
reunification of East and West Germany was a priority.
"While East and
West struggled with their respective ideologies
and attitudes towards reparation and restitution,
the question of a future unification of Germany
would loom large. In Timothy Garton Ash’s study,
the major initiative that contributed to the
unification of Germany was Willy Brandt's
Ostopolitik, the goal of which was to
reduce tensions between the two countries by
establishing cooperative relationships in the hope
that they would constitute an evolutionary process
toward unification. For Ash, the question is
squarely located in Western as well as in Eastern
European context, where it belongs. This policy
established communication between two Germanys on
different levels and provided a framework for
peaceful and constructive resolution of disputes
between the two countries, as well as the Soviet
Union, Poland and Czechoslovakia."[1]
Toward
that goal, the Conference on Security and Co-operation in
Europe (CSCE) began in 1973 and the agreed upon framework of
actions for reunification was codified in the Helsinki Final
Act that was signed in 1975.
The third and final stage of
the Conference on Security and
Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)
- the signing of the Helsinki
Final Act - took place in the
Finnish capital from 30 July
to 1 August 1975.
Thirty-five Heads of State or
Government from all over
Europe, the USA and Canada
gathered for the signing.
Among them were the leaders of
the two superpowers, Gerald
Ford and Leonid Brezhnev, and
the two Germanys, Helmut
Schmidt and Erich Honecker.
In his speech, US President
Gerald Ford underlined the
historic significance of the
event: "History will judge
this Conference not by what we
say here today, but by what we
do tomorrow - not by the
promises we make, but by the
promises we keep."
...
The Helsinki Final Act encompasses three main sets of recommendations, which are often referred to as 'baskets'. These three baskets are:
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Questions relating to security in Europe.
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Co-operation in the fields of economics, of science and technology, and of the environment.
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Co-operation in humanitarian and other fields
Basket 1.
Questions Relating
to Security
Considering that the reunification of
Germany was pivotal in the creation of the European Union,
and the fact that both Canada and the United States were
signatories to this agreement - and again, with the benefit
of hindsight, the significance of Helmut Schmidt referring
to both Canada and the United States as 'North America' in
his speech at the signing, should not be overlooked:
"The States of
Europe and North America, recognizing their common
responsibility, have tried "to build bridges of
co-operation between the systems, spanning the
gulfs that divide them". Those were the words in
which Walter Scheel, then Foreign Minister and
today President of the Federal Republic of
Germany, described the mandate of this Conference
here in Helsinki in July 1973."
In plain English, this agreement was
about regionalism - expansion of frontiers (borders) and the
establishment of a supranational governing body with
provisions for the exchange of observers to ensure
compliance and progress towards the 'common' goal of a
one-world international system of 'governing'.
One would be hard pressed to
consider that the establishment of the David Rockefeller's Trilateral Commission
in 1973 was coincidental to the Conference on Security and
Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) given that the mission of the
of the Trilateral Commission coincides with the agenda of the
Helsinki Final Act. Even though Japan was not a
participant in the CSCE, the efforts of Nixon and George H.W.
Bush to open up China led to Bush sending Robert Zoellick to
Asia to assist in the establishment of the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperative in 1989.
The stealth strategy for
regionalization has been the same even though the precise
language may differ for each region. The first step is
trade and cultural exchange, followed by 'open market' and
enlargement of the 'frontiers' an external tariff, followed
by the stand-up of the regional governing body which is
attached to the totalitarian, COMMUNIST United Nations
system. Europe
Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe
European Union
U.S. -
Canada - Mexico (excludes trade agreements)
Partnership for Prosperity
(P4P)
Deputy USTR Peter F. Allgeier - Parliamentary
Summit for Hemispheric Integration, 2002
Security and
Prosperity Partnership
Americas Society - Council of the Americas,
FTAA Blueprint for Prosperity
Asia
Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Prosperity and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region
Central Asia - Partnership for Prosperity
On
September 11, 2000,
Charlene Barshevsky, Ambassador and U.S. Trade
Representative gave a speech to the Inter-American
Development Bank titled, "The
Turning Point: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the
Free Trade Area of the Americas in 2000" in which she
said the following:
This is an especially appropriate time for us
to meet. The months ahead will mark a turning
point in the
relationship between the United
States and the Caribbean region. This is true in
the most direct terms,
as we implement a newly strengthened trade and investment relationship.
And it is true in a larger
sense, as we prepare for a fundamental change in the economic environment
of the entire Western
hemisphere - as, in accord with our mandate from the Summits of the
Americas, we complete a first
draft of the agreement creating the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
The FTAA represents a dream two
centuries old but never yet fulfilled - an
integrated western
hemisphere, united in
democratic ideals and shared prosperity. This was
the goal of the first Pan-
American Congress held 170
years ago in Panama. And a renewed commitment to
it - , drawing ideas
from and building on the
success of CBI together with NAFTA, Mercosur,
CARICOM and the Central
American Common Market - was
President Clinton's central aim in convening the
first Summit of the
Americas in Miami six years
ago.
On April 2, 2001,
George W. Bush issued a proclamation declaring April 14
as Pan-American Day and April 8 through April 14 as
Pan-American Week. The following is an excerpt of that
speech - note the near political gaff:
In 1890, a Pan
American conference established the International
Union of American Republics. The Union eventually
became the Organization of American States (OAS),
which continues to faith-fully serve its member
states. The OAS charter, in affirming the shared
commitment, states that "the true significance of
American solidarity and good neighborliness can
only mean the consolida-tion . . . of a system of
individual liberty and social justice based on
respect for the essential rights of man."
On
September 11, 2001,
Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Lima Peru to sign the
Inter-American Democratic Charter. Quite a series
of coincidences - especially considering that in the
aftermath of 9-11, our borders remained open, there was no
criminal investigation, the 9-11 Commission produced a
report of administrative changes for our government and the
plan for the new
Department of Homeland Security was prepared in the late
1990's propaganda to the contrary notwithstanding.
In a speech in 2002, Ambassador Abelardo L. Valdez said
the following in a speech titled, "The Free Trade Area of
the Americas: Laying The Corner Stone for a Community of the
Americas":
"The dream of a
"Pan-American Community" is an old one. In 1826,
Simon Bolivar, the Liberator of South America,
convened a hemispheric conference to begin the
process of building a sense of community among the
newly independent nations of the Americas. (The
United States was invited to the conference, but
its delegation failed to arrive in time to
participate in this historic meeting, primarily
because Congress delayed approval of the
President's request to send a delegation to
Panama.) Secretary of State James Blaine kept the
Pan-American dream alive when he convened the
first Inter-American Conference in 1888 to
consider a hemispheric customs union. For the
most part, however, relations between the United
States and Latin America were destined to be
plagued by misunderstanding and, at times,
conflict.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy" and
John F. Kennedy's "Alliance for Progress" were the
first positive initiatives to reestablish the
cooperation that Bolivar had envisioned for the
Americas. However, it was not until the
establishment of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) that the leaders of the
hemisphere were convinced that significant mutual
benefit and a genuine spirit of community could be
achieved through expansion of trade relations."
The plan was for the 'Free Trade
Area of the Americas (FTAA)' aka North American Union
to be complete by 2005.
Continued [1]
[2] [3] [4]
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