BOX 2250, CHRISTCHURCH. REGISTERED AY WELUNGTON PO 2S A MAGAZINE. Campaign Against Foreign Control it New Zealand OulOBsR Issue SH 01110896 193 PaGa wor. Harcwood abu 2 Hew aceiand Investment 3,4 85 w Wrong, but not about mu 6 shor, LvoryWaor. 1 8 who said this & Birch guts a swod 9 Gomans tale another Look. io Patriot of the wock & Uolumbus Linc Na. " lob gore 12 Sheraton grabs for town hall &Coll 13 Gols adds Life? & Na still in 14 HaduwaOD DAY O8 4 mble at Burneid ent ont Join. the repo HasiwWOUD Oey OF ACTION NOVEREGR 5%Be OOY AAU! tev LD. cneemed over violation: of neubers work ab the americer Ok Hartia © Gheistemuecn wnic embers rights, wher fantal tation! figrewond. he ULerical stores end Peokers, end liotel workers Unions hore found ticks ic thers are not afforded union protection et Harewood, exc pain below award wager and no penal or overtine rates, have to my their own tox, have difficulty in getting ing are denied redundancy pay and the the erievance hea: to rike. fect th they have been cenied any ty with the p ani working concitions of thei k ud ceprived of the fundamental rivit of any other Wa citizol to belong to, and get the benefit of a trade union, Hecause they pa and military use buildings at Barewood, the american miliary, with the cognisance of our government, have taken sovercign immunity from W% Laws ara goverment regulations, have expected und imnosed embassy status. Wa workers at the base have been subjected to the militarr's own appointment criteria, They must sign a statubary declaration on an oath which relates to their politics. the aim being to ‘guard against subversive activity", it prohibits vorkers from part in "partisan poldticel campaigns". Acting on com = intz from Deep Freeze workers, the Chcrical Woxl for 4 yeara got no further thon a "brick wall", to in Yee, Uneistchurch residints, we have a real piece in our midst. veep Preeze harmless? CAROINS POLLUY Of HAILING Lisws. to CAPCINS' 2 nailing ral policy on this Lt thet our members fore wo would not make rit was also following several requests for scovs Lists, it was decided to formlote a gen question. Those prosunt at the mecting prefered confidentiality , the Lists available to othe cceided that those groups ungeg to Gafeins could spply fox gpa. in watchdog to their work. wi hope thet thess decisions ervcetly reflect thu feulings of Watchdog subscribers CERISYCHUACH wALUHUOG SUBSURLEBRES Add YOUR SUBSCRIPLIONS ?New Zeatann INvestwenT OVERSEAS ‘Those people keeping an eye on the business colums in the newspapers may have noticed sune recent achieverents by NZ cawanies overseas. These include Pletcher-Challenge: ‘s purchase of the Canadian Crowm~Zellerbach operation and the completion of a constructien project by Cable-Price Donner in Palau. In the latter case this involved Ceble Price contracting for the construction of a US aivbase cumay, which is in conélict with the desire of the Palauans for neutrality and demilitariration in their region. Some other examples of NZ aid ani inv aclude yD ilippines : Tongonanan geothermal pover project. NZ Engineering ngston, Reyrolds, Thom and Allardice in a joint ippines government corporation and the Philippines National O11 Coupany built a 122 megawatt station. ‘This provided power for a $250m coper smelter owned by a miltinational corporation, but did nothing for ral electricity supply. 2) Indonesi The NZ aided Kanah Kemajang gcothemml project provides BOK laxge textile m‘lls that undentine local village industries. A note here ca Ingonesian justice. General Ali Murtopo the vice-Chaiman Of Indonesia's Supreme Aivicory Council said that the 553 mysterious Killings of suspected cziminals in the past six months were "justified" and “In line with the rules governing the implementation of the duties of the armed forces" {Press 30/7/83). 3) Thailand ; Watties has a 348 intexest in a new export chicken processing plant in Bangkok, Watties Intemational Division includes Barry Brill (ex Under-Secretary for Erergy and National M.P. for Kapiti) and R.D.P. Hassett (forverly NZ Amy Chief cf Genexal Staff) - see Asian Workers’ Solidarity Links No 5, Notice the military-politicians-business tie-up cocors in NZ a3 well as Asia. 4) Malaysia : The Press 9/8/83 printed a picture of three Malaysian stanps commenorating the work of the NZ cagineering company ENEX, Since 1969 ENEX has participated in 38 projects in Malaysia, Skellerup has just recently arzcunced a profit in its 703 omed Malaysian joint venture which avolds the 30% eupoct tax on rubber and emorts Bvincaps to 70 counties. Why should NZ menufactuzers heve an interest in investing overseas, Our foreign aid is tied closely to foreign investment and military assistance. It is supposedly to raise Living standards but much of it acts as a prop for governnents sympathetic to wultinaticaal investment. Barry Brill at an Eyport Institute anual conventica (Stor 11/8/83) gives soma reasons for NZ investment overseas: () | Pranchis2 crrancenonts to give NZ guods an: edge over local and overseas competition, eg, the Goodman Group in Sirgepore. (Li) Lower costs ~ the Skellerup production line in Malaysia cut labout costs by four-€ifths. (iii) Cheapor interest rates (Singapore was 98 when NZ was 158). (iv) Cheaper raw materials - cloner to factozies. (v) Higher Sth-bast Zsian growth rates (6% against NZ 28). (vi) Higher producti en factories operate o1 three shifts to take vestwants (end their workers)(NZ Investment Overseas .cont/d) (vii) Complenentation with ingorts from NZ ~ to achieve market entry, eg. Wattics manufacture of baked beans in Malaysia cncouraces sales of other imported Watties goots.. (viii) Sidestip import controls and foreign exchange restrictions. (ix) Recycle an old product on a new market. () Better access to other Ascan countries. (xi) Cheaper freight rates. (xii) Attractive investment incentives, wmatched in NZ, Substantial tax holidays and market develourent incentives. (xiii) ALL these factozs should, according to Brill be based on an assessnont cf "political stability” and "future repatriation of profits". Note: (Political Stability = NZ troops in Singapore and Malaysia). To put this transfer of investment in its NZ context, a quote from the Star 9/2/82 ~ "Now NZ is rationalising its industrial structures ... gradually phasing cut uncometitve industries and opening its markets to cheaper inports, these industries (under profitability threat) should consider transferring their manufacturing base to countries where they can produce their goods nore cheaply." Many of the reasons for NZ investment overseas are the same as the reasons why overseas firms invest in NZ. The debate of the NZ left of the 1970's, whether Nz is a Second or Third World country, or an imperialist power is so much hair-splitting. Very few of the large NZ companies are wholly NZ omed. Of the top 50 by shareholding, 36 have as their major shareholdérs an overseas company or finance house (NBR And CBA finance holdings directory of share- holdings of NZ Public Companies). In 1960 338 of the total NZ company asscts in the manufacturing section were held by overseas companies (those in which there is greater than 25¢ overseas equity) - Reserve Bank 1982, Of the 24 of the top 50 NZ companies that have invested overseas, only Skellerup and Watties lack substantial non-NZ capital ownership. Seven of these have greate= than 25% equity hold by companies outside NZ. The renaining fifteen all have an overseas company as cne of the throe major corporate shareholders (source WER and @A), Capital flows into NZ and out of NZ where it can attract the most profit. Nz politicians and burcaucrats attempt to hold as much as possilsi- of the cornings of this capital in NZ but have divided interests ~ their international connections against their local loyalties and patronage. increasingly multinational corporations have no commitment to any particular country. AS an exanple of this, by the end of the 1970's the US share of the total world invest outflows hed dropped to less than a half, (Japanes*, Canadian and West Cexman increases) and inflows into the US had increased to cne third of the world total (UN Centre on Transnational Corporations ~ Transnational Corporations in World Development, and Survey, 1993). Attempts to liberalise cross~Tasman investment under C.E.R. are indicative of this trend to.a freer flow of capital (goes hari in hand with free-trade). Between April 1976 and March 19€3, 364 investment proposals by NZ firms were approved by the Australian Forcign investment Review Board. (Press 27/8/83). Healing Industries have recently becore the first NZ company to tukeover an Australien firm since Hawke ‘xcane to power. They have concluded final negotiations to take over Lawrence Snith and Canning, a metal protection and charical . supply business. ‘The national label a coupany attributes to itself has become increasingly irrelevant. Multinationals head offices are located in tax-havens or close to traditional sources of finance, Two major points of concern are ~(82 Investment Overseas. (3) ay Which group of employers are ripping-off which employees? 2) What can local conmunitics who ere having the decisions about their soci structure, resources and environment made by extemal companies, do to contro] these businesses? We are concemed about foreion control anywhere, people having their lives controlled by bosses and financiers, wiclected by tham and not resronsible i against foreign control and to them, CARCINZ is part of 2 world-wide movement is opposed to both the nationalist aspirations of so-called NZ capital and the international aspirations of multinationals. The only meaningful distribution between these two groups is that in the case of 'NZ’ companics some of the capital is generated from NZ resources and labour and same of the sharsholders have parochial interests. The company directors and managers of the larcer businesses all tend tc move in the sane international milieu ~ give or take sone status order. Increasingly the capital is moving in and out of NZ in a way that reflects its cosmppolitan origins and destinations, with no consideration for the intarests of the NZ working population. For example, in 1970-72 there was a net outflow of investment capital from NZ of $m, i.e. Nz firms invested $3n more overseas in equity than they brought back home. But in 1978-80 there was a net repatriation of NZ capital invdsted overseas of $16, Similarly overseas investment. . in NZ was lower ($28) in 1974-80 than in 1970-72 ($54). (UN Centre 1963). ‘The relative downturn in the Nz economy in the 1970's meant less money was beinc invested in NZ and more withdraw from overseas, At the same time NZ outflows of payments on foreicn direct investment increased from $24m in 1970 to $45m in 1980, (UN Gentre, 1983). Tb put this in relation to. total transactions, in 1982 NZ foreign debt was $15,000m, ‘Total assets of all NZ companies were $13,500 in 1981, of this $4,432n wes held by companies with greater than 25 overseas omership (Reserve Bank, 1981). Even if NZ sold off all its company assets it would still be in debt ? Ne foreign investment overseas may be small in proportion to total assets and debts of the country and declinin3 in total. this probably reflects a reduction of traditional Nz insurance investments in Europe and Australia, but an increase in NZ manufacturing investments in Asia and the Pacific. As N2 finance capital gets squeezed overseas, NZ productive capital attempts to compete internationally by taking advantace of cheaper labour and resources overseas. Tako note, as pointed out carlicr, that mich of this finance and productive capital is dominated by non-NZ based interests. These details cf ownership are of little comfort but hopefully of som: interest to Malaysian workers in Watties baked-bean factories or Hawkes Bay workers in Watties cannerics. Similar concerns are held by the employecs of European transnationals that happen to have investments in Nz and the employees in those NZ firme. We al] have to put up with declining wage levels. the threat of unemployment and increasing militarisation, (The views expressed in this article do not necossary represent, those of CAFCINZ).YE WERE wRoNa - ZUT NOT ABOUT MUCH 1 Watchdog 42 ran a story entitled "Where vere You in 62, SAS?" dealing with the fact that the NZ Special Air Service (SAS) had been sent to Thailand in 1962 to "perform specialist duties alongside Amorican special forces”. CAFCINZ believed this to be a previously unknown part of the murky history of the Sas. What we hadn't reckoned on is a journalist actually doing his job. Garry Arthur, features writer for the “Sress" decided this would be a useful test case for the new Official Information Act, and accordingly wrote away to Defence HQ. The Acmy's PR man was delighted to reply and sent an entire file of press releases official reports and even official Army photos of the SAS men in Thailand. 0 it was not a secret at al?. The PR man, Major Mike Wickstead charitably suggested that perhaps memories had become a little dulled over the dntorvening 21 years. ie was keen for the "Press" to run the story, to prove the Army had nothing to hide, The Press didn't oblige, preferring to treat it as a 21 yoar old non-event. 28 we've always gleefully put the boot into the NZ media, we'll give credit wher: eredit’s due. Good work, Garry. You did the basic homework we didn't do in th: case. and we apologise to our long suffering heros of the SAS. But savour the apology, because that's as far as it gocs. As the title says, we were wrong, but not about much. Hatchdog 42 speculated that what tho SAS was doing in Thailand in 1962 had a lot to do with America's overt and covert war in neighbouring Laos. $0 what does this bulging army file tell us they were doing there? The official Army report for the year states: “At the request of the Royal Thai Government a detachment of 30 mon from 1 Squadron, NZ SAS, was stationed in that country £rom 2 June to 16 September 1962. Useful training was performed in close association with United States and Thai units". Hiolyoake's official announcement states that NZ was asked to send token military forces to Thailand, 2long with other South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO} allies, principally the US. This was to counter the perceived threat of fightin. in Laos’ civil war from spilling over Thailand's borders. This was the heydey of the domino theory, and Thailand was seen 2s the biggest domino of them all. However the real purpose of the deployment becomes plain in a press release entitled "Nz Officer Leads SBATO Force to Mekong River” (which constitutes the Thai~Laotian border), It says "Of special interest to the SAS was Ban Don Ling, a small village near the Mekong. where 2 team of the jmericen Special Forces, the SAS counterparts, are training sclected officers and soldiers of the Royal Thai Army in counter-insurgency tactics. The work of the Special Forces team impressed the party and it is possible that an SAS team may go back to Ban Don Ling to work with the americans for a short time", Indeed they did. In a later press release entitled "US Soldicrs Farewell NZ SiS", it states: "The SAS, in assisting the US Special Forces in training Thai army and ¥Otdcr Police Units nad shown itself to be a capable group and 2 credit to WZ". Se we were right. 3 years before Kolyoake sent NZ troops to Vietnam, the SAS was helping the Americans do their dirty work in Indochina. 2i-year-old press releases make fascinating reading. They are written with that curious enthusiastic innocence that propelled New Zealand into the Vietnam holocaust in America's slipstream, They take for granted a nation united in its resolve to fight godless Communism whercver it may be found. Even the social attitudes are fascinating. 4A reporter who visited the Sa boys in Thailand states that many of the American soldiers are fzom Amcrican Samos and that the New Zealanders call them "Pineapples". One cannot imagine today, even the worst of hacks returning from a junket and printing that 42 soldiers call Samoan soldiers “Coconuts”. (cont/d bottom of following page)Water, Water EverywHere and ot a Drop to SELL Arguably the only beneficial thing to come out of the whole squalid € maleo ripoff is that the construction of the Willmott Pass round bes enebled access to the amezingly beautiful Doubtful Sound for ordinary New Zealanders (for a.hefty price, of course!) Just when we thought all the wide boys had moved to Te Puke, along comes a etory to remind that they are evenly distributed around the country. We've all heard the Jokes about the Deep Cove water being safe to touch because its had the electricity taken out of it, But this is a real joke, An American company, Triune Resource Developnes! Ltd vents to sell Doubtful Sound water to an unnamed Middle Eastern country. The company proposes to send one 120,000 tonne shipment from the Menapourd power station tail race at Deep Cove every 2 days. It claims the shipments would earn $370 million p.a. Its long term plans are to send daily shipments. The water woul@ be shipped in surplus oil tankers. The proposal involves about 2% of the flov of the f2i2 race. So confident was Triune that everything was A-OK, that it signed a contract to start shipping water this Novenber for a 3 month trial period. This was agreed to by the Southland National Parks and Reserves Board, which recommended its acceptance to the National Par snd Reserves futhority. But the national body refused until an environmental impact report vas prepared, pointing out that Triune had been asked.to do this last February. Now Triune's gole New Zealand director, Mr J. Van Giels, is worried’ that his Middle Eastern contract is jeopardised and that his Americ. partners will pull out. He claims he wes only asked to do an environmental assessment, which is a simpler process. Tough luck to all you thirsty Arabs and hungry Yanks. Doubtful Soun2 has survived Captein Cook, the Wanganelle and several million beer cans. We are confident that it will survive this latest outrage. BUT DO GET 10 SEE THIS NATURAL MARVEL SOON ~ BEFORE SOMEONE DECIDES To Tow EP TO DISNEYLAND . WE WERE WRONG ~ BUT NOT ABOUT HUCH ! (cont/d) In fact the whole openness of the Army about its elite corps, the SAS, is revealing A lot has changed in 21 years. CAFCIN2 can't recall any official announcements, Army press releases, or official photosof our SAS boys in the Philippines, where they've gone for annual "special warfare” exercises inside military bases since 1276. Their undoubted expertise could be usedin the Philippines tracking down the murderers of Benigno Aquino. We're sure Narcos is looking hard“Ce Yas’ GH & FORD EXPECT EVERY MAN TO DODGE HIS DUTY Richard Nixon, Mr Asia and the Mafie did it vith money, Now it appears thet two of the biggest American multinationals are doing it with cars. And teke our word for it, “laundering” cars is nothing to do with cleaning them! Watchdog has recorded the sags of the old car imperialists, based on American, British, Australian and Furopeen cers, screaming blue murder because the industries Development Comission has vecormended that tariff duties that liseriminate against the new imperialists, the Japenese, be droped. oth General Motors and ord have vigorously opposed the scheme. GM, on the srounds thet it has no ready access to a strong line of Japanesc cars. The opposition of Ford is seemingly sore curious - vith the launching of the Telstar, it 1s now more then 90% Japenese sourced. So why ig it so keen to stick to Australien sourced cars? This is where the laundering comes in. Ford imports car packs from Australia ~ the contents of which large}y originate in Japan, topped up with Australian parts ~ and pay only 6.25% cuty instead of the normal 45%, Both Ford and Gif have built up close connections with Japanese manufacturers - GM with Icuza, . end Ford with Toyo Kogyo, makers of Mazdas, They blend Australian and Jepanes. parts, and uark the car peck "for onward export to New Zealand", at 6.25%. The Jspanese parts qualify for e Customs "drawback" in Australia - and no duty is paid there. Enter the very helpful regulation 76 of NZ Customs. ‘This permite the value of parts deleted under NZ's mandatory deletions policy (which requires such thing Ss Seats, typres, glass and wiring to be supplied locally) to be regarded as Australian. The value of those parts can be added to the velue of the Austrelian parts included in the pack, so the notionel value of the Austrelian content suelifies at 50% or greater + eithough it is in fact considerably less. ‘The savings sre considerable, and can run to as much as $1500 per car. In ada: under the Australien government's vehicle manufacturing plan, Une Australian arn of a multinational company benefits from “facilitation credits” ~ what we know as export incentives, How it becomes clear why the old inpericlists are quite happy with the status quo they can sell Japanese cars in NZ, whilst paying only the tariff for Australian cars, Incidentelly they don't call it laundering - they call it "mti-scureing” ‘The new imperialists aren't hapry. Daihatsu, Buco, Mazda, Motor Holdings, Nissen Datsun, Todds and Toyote have eil run squesling to Muldoon. In fact Todds (witsubishi franchise) and Emco (Honda) claim they'll go out of business if they're not allowed to “multi-rouree" as vell. Muldoon has noted the squeals, At 2 recent electorate function in Mirimar, he said ~ "Ford in particular iv introducing into New Zealand et the Australien terif?, « very large quantity of Japenese parts which come into Australia and ‘then form part of the CKD (completely knocked down) kitset thet comes from Australia to New Zesland". With reference to regulation 76, Labour's spokes~ porson David Geygill, said “they have found small gap and they are trying to fit an arny through it, I don't think thet's reasoncble", The Customs Departuen’ has promised to urgently review this loophole. it's always fascinating to vatch how multinationale operate to maxinise profits. Next time Customs slems you for that radio you've brought back from Sydney, think about Ford and G! and their perfect seen, rhaps you shoula try multi- soureing your dutyfree goodsHO Sap © Soviet Union was intent on expanding its borders and persist Sas policy of world domination. New Zeslend needed the ANZUS Tre a defence. Some of the radicals involved in the present nucleaz protests “owed their first commitment to the Soviet Union”, he saié they ere creating a psychology of fear, highlighting the horrors » nuclear war, and suggesting that Wew Zealand's arrengenent with ta nited States is subjecting us to the prospect of either # aajor leer accident or the threat of Soviet atteck if war broke out hile a US ship was in port", He accepted that many in the prot ovement were genuine. Sut he claimed it was being used ty members the Socialist Unity Part. ormulate public opinion to induce e country to strategies thet were benefirial to the Soviet Union". 8/83). tes, you're right. Mick Connelly, retiring Labour MP for Yelahurst, Spposition spokesperson on Defence. Speaking at the same Canterbur: Officers’ Club where David Yhomson mede his ‘Sucker tucker’ speech Who needs « Watione] Party when you ean have | Labour Party like this Contrast his speech with that of Bob Jonea in this issue for truly startling juxtaposition. What a pity Mick didn't join Joha “I'd Rather Be Skiing" Kirk on the Texas, They could have both sailed into the sunset together | EarcH CETS 4 SWEDE LIGNITE GETS A RA PRERRY VTIONGL HAS ALWAYS PRIDED ITSELF AS THE FARMERS’ PARTY, From SMP's to the Springbok Tour, it hasn't put a foot wrong. But its Think Big policies are rapidly putting it offside with its natural constituency. Waikato fermers are none tco Sappy ebout plans for massive opencest coal mining at Ohinewai, and other places. Some of the richest farmiond in tne country, in Southland, sits over massive depos! f lowgrade lignite coal. Buck in the late 70s, when ofl prices vere scaring, it was ali systems go to tear up large hunks of Southland, including outlying parts Invercargill, vo West Cerman multinationals, Hoechst end Rhinebraun, were to involved (the Pederal Republic of Germany leads the world in coal gesification end liquefaction, and hes helped South Africa in their programme. ) But now ofl prices have fumbled, and there is no pressing need to get at NZ's great. single enerey resource. Energy Minister, Bill Birch, told Southlena Federated Farmers that the need to mine Southland lignite was now relatively remote, but "the day ney come when the NZ farmer may be desperate fcr home produced fuels". Southlenders know how to roll their Rs; they also know how to meke a point. ‘Tay presented Birch with e Southland swede, accompenied by the cryptic message - “It's not handouts we went ' it's hands off!" funnily enough Birch said that opposition to evaluation ie “cutting off our nose to spite our facc", For several years Canterbury farmers, no le.s staunch Tories then their Southland counterparts, asked the Government to ewluate establishing e suer sect industry in Canterbury. This would provide 2 domestic sager industry, cutting eat dependence on imported suger, end produce ethanol, which would reduce derendence on inported ofl.Hirch Gets a Swede : Lignite Gets » Raspberry (cont/é) But the Government didn't vant to evaluate eny such proposal. Why? Beceuse the 100% sugar monopoly in WZ is run by the NZ Suger Refining Company which is whol owned by Colonial Sugar Kefining (CSR), one of Australia's biggest multinationels and major investor in NZ (remember the Aronosna suelter?). So it obviously depends on whether the resp multinational vante the government to Jump or sit stil. Incidentelly, if you went « free neal in Norway, Just tell then you're from New Zeeland, where we call our turnips “swedes"! West Germans Taxe ANOTHER Look ¢ In June 1980, CAYCINZ published "Bloodless Blitekriey", warning New Zealanders of an expected increase in Hest Gezmin investment which was being actively encouraged by the government. The talk continued into 1991 with few results. CAFCINZ must have scared them off: This year however, has seén a reawakening of interest by West German capitalists. 8d Zublin, with a New Zealand company in 4 minority position, last year got he contract for the huge Clyde hydro~electricity developments. This apparent1u is seen as a test case for sthor West German investors. As if to formalise this, the West German Minister of Economics, Dr Otto Count tambsdorff paid an official visit in July this year, along with a retinue oF officials and journalists. lie mot the Prine Minister, other mombers of Cabinet and equally significantly, top >usinossncn in Now Zcaland. He was last here in 1978 = as 2 monber of tho Pree Democratic Party ho has survived the changes of Sovernment in Boar. The Count also visited the Clutha construction site. one of the more lasting effects of his visit may have been the address he gave the inaugural meting of the Now Zealand-Gorman (presumably West German Business Association. This Association is headed by the managing director of jex Harvey Industries, Mr $.D. Pasiey. The Association "will help to establish contacts between New 7ealand end West Goren companies and businessmen, giving advice on investment, markets, arrenging advertising and helping with formalitiss of trade between the countries.” : While here, Lambsdorff gave cone clves es to whet political changes were necessary to allow us to suffer Hest German investment. One such change has already been put in place : "The new scenario created by the CBR agreement with Australia could hold # key to lifting the low level of private West German investment in Naw Zealand," Lambsdorff said. They could now look at an expanded market. "We would like to see more private investment here," he said. A second such change required was to make unions less ‘frightening’ to the company industralists. lLembédorff “acknowiedged thet New Zealand's Pritish-style of industrial unions frightoned West Germans used to company unions’ There is a feeling of unsafety ou the side cf the German industrialists ... they are used to one union , one company and they are afraid of a situation in which thoy ha te deal with a number of unions in one company” said Lanbsdorff, Very similer comments were made by the Germans two or three years ago. Meanwhile, West Germany is trying to expand its influence in the rest of the Sovth Pacifs "alc" was given to the Forum Line, a stdpping line run by south uPacific countries to ensure reasonably priced transport for their pri Produce exports. The Forum Line has run into financial trouble recently ~ partly because of undercutting by big shipping companies with excess shippi because of the Depression.t Germans Take Another Look (cont/d) It turns out that ancther reason for its financial difficulties is that it uses tho West German shipping Line, the Columbus Line, as an agency, and has to have t Gorman ships' officers. Presumably these were conditions attached to the earace PatetoT oF THE WEEK We just can't say a bad word about old Bob Jones in this issue, People will suspect he's financing us. Unfortuntely we're not in th women's Refuge business. Zn the annual report of Robert Jones Investments Ltd, poor old Bob bewailed that he is a substantial commercial landlord, and a lot of his tenants are multinationals. But the price freeze, imposed by the "secialist Muldoon administration" stopped him from charging market rents, and accordingly they could repatriate more profits overseas. As you can see, that socialist Muldoon is stopping Bob from doing his patrictic duty of screwing more money out of the multinationals. And think of the extra money he'd have to give away to solo mothers and the unemployed perhaps .. COLUMBUS LING SuRVES NYW ZHALAND - IT A SHAVES WRITS ON UNEMPLOYED SEAMEN, COOKS, AND STEWARDS. Columbus Line have a fleet of German owned and operated ships thet carry Na cargoes to and from North America. These ships do not tr to Gemany. New Zealand trade generates income for Columbus,but t wont employ Né seamen.s11 profits go back to Gemany. They wont ¢ jeb opportunities for young New Zealanders,at a time of th unenployment. There is only one Na ship on’the North American tr and thet is threatened with moth-belling, while the German and ot? ships continue to trade. Wew yealans has a record deficit, yet Columbus »lonz with ott Yoreign flag shipowners, shave Ni's $1.5 billion freight bill a by th ont by seeking Ne have the spectacl: f Né Harbour Boards, elec ing up the cudgele against uncaployed Nb injunctions against them on behalf of these shipowner: we have a company, wholly owned in Gornany, uring New seal one civil lew ainst Kiwi seamen who are ting to for young New gealanders.New uealand seencn denand; New zealand ships foe New Zeeland trade. An independent shipping icy r New wealand. ( taken fron a Jeaflet by the NS Seamens,cooks and stewards UniBoB Go: Bouse” Christchurch is kneedeep in smartly dressed young men end women who molest innocent passers-by to press upon ther the dubious proposition that "we (ie. then) vould have to pey less tax if there vas less government spending.” If one agrecs with then, saying e useful start would be to sack the police, wilitery end SIS, it doesn't seen to be the unewer they had in wi But fear not, the a seems to be getting through to these would-be Khner Rouges of the 8, Now that Bot Jones’ nodestly named New Zealand Party he come out of closet (or should that be the tax shelter?) it 1s worthwhil: to examine the curiously irreconcilisble hodge podge they call policy (pos: accounted for by over exposure to Kdvifruit). For exemple, one could summa their policy on social welfare ané culture, as Let Them Eet Opera. Of all the hodge thet gos. into this “odge, none is more curious thet the policy on defence. The New Zealond Farty advocates complete withdrawal from ANUS, end a comprehensive South Pacific nuclesr-free zone. We couldn't asree nore. With that in mind, we reprint in full the extraordinary speech that Bob Jones nade to the Waskato Export Institute recently. It sppeared in the "Star" (6/8/83) under the heading "Jones slans NZ Defence Policy". New Zealand's dsfence policy is irrational and foolish, according to @ Hlellington property developer, ME Bob Jones. Hr Jones, who has said he will run against the Minister of Trade and Development (Mx Yempleton) in the Ohariv seat next year told the Waikato Bxport institute in iiamilton 1est night Mew Zealand had never been threatened by conquest since its European colonisation. "this nation is in serious economic trouble, he said. "Yet we choose to spond more than §709m annually on defence. A good proportion of that goes in salaries for the persons! involved and the loss of their productive contriiut. to New Zealand probably takes the cost to mors than $1000m annually. “That is an outraseous waste when one considers what: it could achieve if spread over the educavion or health votes, if spent in part on sports or the arts or scientific research, or if used £0 reduce the deficit and not just the internal deficit cox a great amount of defence expenditure involves foreign exchange. "Perhaps wo could keep a sms. Perhaps ws could mintain © sm New Zealand condi tio: surveillance naval and airforce operation. ray trained in guerrilla tactics for the jat might be necessary to savisfy the doubter: seid that recently the Prime Minister (Mz Muldoon) said New Zoaland’: 23,900 waz dead and 21,000 other casualties made their sacrifice in the interests of peaci “there is nothing 7 Mr Jones. “the Prime Minister then referred to our defence expenditure as a modest If the enemy exists then the price of protection is irrelevant But if the enemy is non~existent ~ $799qxnnually is an enormous price if ti latter ie the case. — “My message is a simple one, Our defence policy is irrational.” peaceful about either dying or being wounded.” said “7t is a policy that relies on the childish proposition that there are foodies” and "kaddies" in the world. And we, who have aligned ourselves with one faction, the Americans, accordingly categorise the Soviet Union as baddies. That is an insult to eack and every Soviet citizen. Tha récord shows that america has invaded for diverse reasons a great many more countries than the Soviet Union. aa not anti-amezicar, fo the contrary, I have cnurmous admiration for th nation. And ne matter how altruistic its underlying motivation, I have nothi: But contempt for the auvhoritarisnism of Commnisn. But to extend that bolic? to representing a military threat to this natioa is patently absurd.” “But it is more than th pointless, wastful and ost important of 21, dengerous.13 SHERATON GRABS FoR CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL vatchdey 42 detailed how the Lebour dominated Christchurch City Council was goinc to desperate lengths to attract the American multinational hot chain, Sheraton, ‘ts quite happy to close Victoria Squate, the city's second most inportent, to tra‘! to suit the hotel, which would be situates next to the ‘fom Hall (built in’ the innocent days before public amenities are named after sitting mayors). a six own current vacancy rater, suggested that the Sheraton would want to control = large part of the Ttwm Hall's operation. ‘he Mayor, Sir Hamish Hay. seid tho idea was “crazy”. Shortly aftervards, heraton Said that if it is to build in Christchurch (Wellington is also kowtovinc) it will have to have a large decree of control over ‘Town Hail activities, specifically the lucrative Convention business, with the proviso that the Tom ali would be bocked cut well in advance on many occasions. ‘This would mean many visiting acts wouldn't get into Christchurch, and Christchurch citizens, who paid for the Town 'Hall,would have their access restricted. This was not what the local Establishment had had in mind, and editorials attacked the lay was left with egg on his face. He recently said his son wouldn't forgive for not getting “Dire Straits" to Christchurch. It locks like Sheraton have ici him in a fairly dire strait at presont. Will the Labour Council hand over. th: publicly owed Town Hall to an American multinational, as well as the publicly owned Victoria Square? COLLABORATORS UNLIMITED Readers of “Bloodless Blitakrieg" will remember R.C. MacDonald Ltd as one of ¢! New Zealand partners in High Seas Fishories Ltd, the NZ/west German joint ver that revolved around the German factory fishing boat, the Wesermunde. The Jo: venture got the Government to pass legislation to exclude éxisting unions from handling the boat. The law-went through, but the Wesermunde shot through, nevir te return, Now, R.C. MacDonald Ltd is still keen to get its pound of flesh out of south! only onshore this time. It's riding tho coat tails of the cil boom, My Petre. co. Ltd. and its partner, Triton (WZ) Ltd, both of which are American, have reached an agreement with MacDonald for the latter to explore the feasibility of extracting methane gas from coal seans buried in the area. B.C. MacDonald himself has been international president of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (P25C), president of the Wellington Chamber of Conmerce, and rector of NZ Industrial Gas, Ivor Watkins Dow, Niven Industries and Michaelis ayley. B Leopards don't change their spotsPi4 COK# ADDS LIFW? in New Sccland etenped work to support Cok: workers in Guatemala. Whon 4 Jobn Trotter bought the voku franchise in Guatemala in 1956, h. made it clear that be would ficresly oppose any trade union activity. ily firot organisers wore disminced. Then thore were death throats. iu 1978 the union seexctary narrowly cscapud e machine gu atiock, Whe unions financial sverctary was shot. Union 1 amlfo Gomez wes found with hie lips slashed with To cor vig tongue cut owt and put in his pockcot, and his toce « Finger nails broken. In 1981 Coka-Uole work. w dealand Food Processors Union joined in an action $ Coke, organised by the International Union of Food and Drink workers. Uoncuncr boycotts pushed up rival Pupsi selos snd forecd the company to nogotiat.. who franchis. was eventually off Yrotter and givin to an operator who would recognise ths union. Coke also agruud to compensate thy familics of rors who lost their lives in tho course of the disoute. unt Marcon to of e Solidarity wae ban on Chile, the pressure on Prosi, Bort Olalia, and the Uoke action,an on cf international solidarity amon ng & Willingness to look across national the woricing poople of other countrics. Rccognie a transnational company in the Philippines nak«s a xport processing vone that ellows minimal union ‘privileges", then union rights in Now avaland under thr: Tt means that workurs in NeW avaland anxious to protuet their y by callin protection for lia manufacturers, nicht demand better wagen and conditions for the Third welrd workers they compote with. protvetion for Ks working broth.xs in th world mditions to Tn the long mun th. only sure people is to help their sist. to fight to improve thir wages and that thers are no longer any * low wag countrice" from which cheap 4 : is truth yot in th union 6 ‘gn injury to on. is ao injury to all". these cxtracts wor. taken from an working Poople, which also edvort. ov funds.) Kisd oBALAWDS LSVOLVALENY Tf Wha GINAT. some readers may have missed a tiny pross erticle witht sunounencat thet the Govt has cxtendod the Na troop involvom nt in the aultinational fores in th. Sinai beyond the original 2yr coumittiont. But dutaile of a new agrocment Mavi yot to be vorksd out!are NZ troons gutting into an open cnded committment? wh. middle cast remains th. worlds number 1 troubl. spot. th. US have begun to take an activ. fighting rolu in Lubenons wars, multinational Sinai force hulp to scour, Isracls outhur border,ivaving Israck fruv te hold Lubencs. territory, Syries Colan Ucigi ome romain in pormencnt possession of the et Bank. 4