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'''Western Goals (UK)''' was initially the British branch of the American organisation the ].


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The Western Goals (UK) branch was formed in May 1985 with Stuart Notholt & ] (both leading lights in the Young ]) as its directors, and its initial Parliamentary Advisory Board included the Rev. ], the ] for ], who was also a Vice-President of the group. Western Goals was essentially an anti-communist and ultra-conservative organisation, and soon took up campaigning against allegedly left-wing charities such as ],], and ], and denouncing far-left Labour candidates such as ] as 'extremists' during the ] campaign.

In 1988 they helped organise a visit to Britain by ] leader of ]'s ] rebel group, following which a member of their directorate visited Angola and South Africa.

The group published numerous policy sheets and a 'Newsletter of Young Europeans for World Freedom' entitled "Young European" edited by Stuart Notholt. The October 1988 edition carried a leading article by Andrew V R Smith, 'Freedom from Communism - the hope of millions'.

The following year they expanded both their membership, activities, and organisation, becoming the ], independent of the US Foundation.

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