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...financial and economic crisis that Mexico is living through is truly grave. This comes about because we have structural imbalances in our economy that we must correct. There is a critical lack of internal savings, also an imbalance in our balance of payments. Another structural imbalance is the lack of efficiency of large sectors of the Mexican productive system. This is all reflected in our society in a very serious social inequality...
...equipment and wounded in its morale." Then came other leaked statements by the air force and navy chiefs of staff, revealing what they said were still secret government studies of making major cutbacks in military manpower and procurement between 1984 and 1988. The result, :hey claimed, would be grave damage to France's defenses. As public furor over the spending cuts mounted, Premier Pierre Mauroy responded angrily, calling the disclosures part of a political "operation cooked up to cast doubt on the government's will to defend the country...
...interviewed George Kistiakowsky on October 29, 1982, about a month before he died. To my knowledge, this was Professor Kistiakowsky's last interview. By then his condition was extremely grave; he was constantly tired and ill with cancer. But I think he knew how important it was to me to record his words and I believe he truly wanted to give me the chance. The interview did not last long; some of his answers were short and incomplete. The following are excerpts from our conversation...
With unusual candor, the new President told his countrymen that "Mexico is undergoing a grave crisis." He noted that unemployment was high (between 10% and 15%) and that inflation would reach almost 100% this year. De la Madrid expressed concern about the "mistrust and pessimism" engulfing the country. "We are not a defeated or bankrupt nation," he said. "I will not allow our homeland to crumble away through our fingers...
...Paris headquarters from 1956 to 1961, he allegedly gave the Soviets copies of more than 80 NATO documents carrying the "cosmic" designation, NATO'S highest security classification. The consequence, Attorney General Sir Michael Havers told London's Old Bailey criminal court, could only have been "exceptionally grave damage" to the alliance...