Afghanistan and Grenada

Press, 2 January 1985, Page 12

Afghanistan and Grenada

Sir,—ln its editorial on Grenada and democracy (December 26), “The Press” conveniently forgets its own comment that “States in their relations with one another have interests, not morals” (August 28, 1984). Incredibly, “The Press" suggests that a major reason for intervention was to restore democracy and benevolently help Grenadans regain sovereignty. One might as well imagine a democratic Poland free to be anti-Russian as a democratic Grenada free to be anti-American. During the invasion American propaganda on Grenada was described as Orwellian even by a “Time” correspondent, Bernard Diederich. Today, reliable information seems thin on Grenada but how the C.I.A. rigs Third World elections — in this case, El Salvador — is described in “AfricAsia,” (August-September 1984). The same publication describes the takeover of Grenada by American firms for profits. Perhapsißeagan

will next clean out the “armed thugs” in dictator Duvalier’s Haiti? —Yours, etc.,

D. K. SMALL December 30, 1984.