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| '''Western Goals (UK)''' was a hard-right anti-communist pressure-group, founded in May 1985 as the British branch of the American organisation the ], with Paul Masson, BA, Stuart Notholt, ] (Oxon), FRGS., and ], all members of the Young ]), as its directors. | |||
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| The group's activities included campaigning against charities such as ], ], and ] which it saw as left-wing and denouncing as "extremist", left-wing ] candidates such as ] during the ] campaign. | |||
| In 1987 the group was active during the General Election "exposing Leftist candidates - of all major parties - and ensuring they were defeated". During the course of the campaign a list of 100 Labour candidates with alleged Marxist affiliations was circulated and gained widespread press attention. One who was singled out for special vitriol was Kenneth Stewart, whom the Soviet government had presented with ''The Complete Works of Lenin'' after he had written to Kosygin complaining of "the shortage of Marxist literature" in his local public library. WG then produced an additional report on 67 candidates allegedly engaged in covert ultra-Left activities. This list formed part of a special 4-page supplement in the '']''. | |||
| Its early 1988 publicity brochure stated that: "Western Goals UK is active on a number of fronts - highlighting and combating the insidious menace of liberalism and communism in all sectors of British society. The directors are experienced politicians and professional Public Relations executives, lawyers, authors, and journalists - a unique portfolio of skills which enables Western Goals both to counter the Marxist agenda and to strengthen the Western values of civilization and free enterprise. Our media pack contains choice vitriol, lies and smears from the liberal and radical media - proof that Western Goals UK is hitting the Marxists where it hurts! Western Goals UK currently has three main projects: Domestic Affairs Unit (Charities), Africa Desk, and International Desk (mainly Europe)". | |||
| Western Goals also participated in the ] and sent delegates to the WACL Conference in ]. WG's Director of Information is the Secretary of the WACL Committee on international freedom struggles. Western Goals is also active in opposing groups that it considered to be terrorist in nature, particularly the ] in ], and the ] in southern Africa. It was affiliated to similar groups worldwide, most notably 'Victims Against Terrorism in South Africa'. | |||
| By 1988 Mark D Haley, ]., was Chairman, and other additional members of the directorate were ] Michael McCrone, ], AKC, and Gideon Sherman, son of Sir ]. Its Parliamentary Advisory Board that year included the Rev. ], ] ] for ], (later also a Vice-President), ], MP, ] M.P., and ], M.P. | |||
| In "An Open Letter to the Conservative Party Conference" in October 1988, the group's Patrons were: General Sir ], KCB, CBE, DSO., Major Sir ]. MC, VRD, RM (Retd)., and its Vice-Presidents were Peter Dally, Professor ], MA (Oxon), DLitt, Linda Catoe Guell, Tryggvi McDonald, Rev ], MP, Merlin Hanbury-Tracy ], Rev Basil Watson, OBE, MA, RN(Retd). | |||
| The London magazine ''City Limits'' (October 20, 1988) gave extensive coverage to what they called the "Tories' Loony Fringe" activities at that month's ] Conference at ], and included Western Goals finge meeetings. | |||
| In 1988, one of their pamphlets stated that they were "Britain's leading political research organization for investigating and exposing liberal and Marxist threats to Western values. It has been involved in highlighting Marxist control of 'Third World development agencies'." | |||
| In 1988 they helped organise a visit to Britain by ] leader of ]'s ] rebel group, following which WG Director Stuart Notholt visited ] and ], and issued an "Open Letter to the ] Conference" in October 1988, the opening paragraph stating: "We urge all Conservatives to take cognizance of recent developments in South Western Africa where a disaster for Western Interests unparalleled since the loss of Vietnam is unfolding" and calling for "the Angolan patriots of ]" who faced "the might of a Cuban army equipped with the most modern Soviet equipment" to be given every possible support. | |||
| Following ]'s claims that the ] and the ] had been "plotting" together, and his public call for ] to deport ANC members from Britain ('']'', 16 July 1988), Western Goals UK held a fringe meeting at the October ] Conservative Party Conference on the subject of "International Terrorism - how the West can fight back". The speakers were Andrew Hunter, ], Sir ], and Dr.]. Peter Dally of the ]'s UK Chapter, the ], was in the chair and a message was read to the meeting from General Sir ]. Andrew Hunter spoke on high-level connections between the ] and ], in which he stated that "the ANC ultimately relies on the USSR for virtually all its weaponry and explosives. The IRA also depends appreciably on Eastern European sources for its weapons of war." In September Hunter had given the Prime Minister a lengthy dossier detailing his evidence. (Refer WG Press Release, 13 October 1988). | |||
| Western Goals issued a Press Release on the 16 November 1988, headed "British Conservative Group warns Botha against 'going soft on communism'". On Saturday 10 December a delegation from Western Goals took part in the ''European Freedom Rally'' in ], organised by the European Freedom Campaign, whose Secretariat included the Rt. Hon. Sir ], ], CBE, and ], editor of the ]'s ''Freedom Today'' newspaper. | |||
| The group published numerous policy sheets and a newsletter entitled ''Young European'' and edited by Stuart Notholt. The October 1988 edition carried a leading article by Andrew V R Smith, ''Freedom from Communism - the hope of millions'', and an article by Peter Dally opposing the British withdrawal from ]. The December edition cited AVR Smith as Secretary-General of the ''Young Europeans for World Freedom''. | |||
| Andrew V R Smith had a long letter from Western Goals UK published in '']'' on 1 January 1989, entitled ''Links with Terrorists'', which was wide-ranging in those it encompassed but included the ], ], the ], and urged readers to write to the ]. On 15 January Smith had another letter on behalf of Western Goals in '']'' attacking Sir Brian Young, Director of ] and their political activities in Britain and abroad. On the 22 January Western Goals UK was mentioned in '']'' (in an article about the deportation of the ]n, Viraj Mendis) as criticising the British Council of Churches. | |||
| Western Goals UK issued a Press Release on 20 April 1989 headed "]n Crisis Worsening, say research group". The preamble states that the details herein are compiled form "first-hand material from the local population and inteeligence sources" and much is made of ]'s connections with the ]; it attacks ]. | |||
| On 5 May 1989 Western Goals UK issued a joint Press Release with Major-General ]'s Free World Foundation attacking ]'s ], referring to him as "Latin America's Gaddafi", and "a modern-day Stalin", and urging ] to shun him during his visit to London the following week. The same month, Western Goals UK published a ''Briefing Paper'', entitled ''IRA/ANC: Partners in Terror'' | |||
| As a result of their expanding activities, membership and organisation, Western Goals UK was reformed later in 1989, becoming the ], independent of the US foundation. | |||
| ==Some Western Goals UK publications== | |||
| * ''European Dawn'' short-lived tabloid newspaper on quality paper. The July 1989 edition carried headlines on ] elections and ''Reds to come clean over 1940?''; page 6 carries an article: ''Outcry grows over ] sell-out'', and on page 7 there is a ''Tribute'' to Senator ]. The September 1989 edition carries the headline ''AIDS Crisis Deepens'' with quotes by ]; another front-page article states ''Drugs Menace Crosses Atlantic''; page 4 carries a full-page article by ] entitled ''Legacy of Betrayal''; page 6 carried a picture and article on the visit to Britain of Dr. ], and page 7 carries an article entitled ''Communist Tactics in ]''. | |||
| * ''Family Protection Scoreboard'' magazine - Special full edition on '']'', , editor David W. Balsiger, published by the National Citizens Action Network, Costa Mesa, CA92627, USA.,1989. | |||
| * ''Hit-job on ]'' WG Viewpoint Paper, by John Wilkes, April 1990, in which it was claimed that "there is a conspiracy to undermine the Prime Minister, led by liberal establishment figures." | |||
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