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| '''Western Goals (UK)''' was a far-right anti-communist pressure-group, founded as the British branch of the American organisation the ]. | |||
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| It's early 1988 publicity brochure stated that: "Western Goals UK is active on a number of fronts - highlighting and combating the insideous 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 chioce 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 conjunction with a number of organisations involved in countering terrorism and terrorist propganda, particularly that of the ] in ], and the ] in southern Africa. Western Goals UK is affiliated to similar anti-terrorist groups worldwide, most notably 'Victims Against Terrorism in South Africa'." | |||
| The group was formed in May 1985 with Stuart Notholt, ] (Oxon),FRGS., and ] of the Young ]) as its directors. 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 Marxist affiliations was circulated and gained widespread press attention. WG then produced an additional report on 67 candidates engaged in covert ultra-Left activities. This list formed part of a special 4-page supplement in the '']''. | |||
| By 1988 Mark D Haley, ]., was Chairman, and other members of the board of Directors were Michael McCrone, ], AKC, Paul Masson, BA,. and Gideon Sherman. Its initial Parliamentary Advisory Board included the Rev. ], ] ] for ], later also a Vice-President. | |||
| 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 Martin Smyth, MP, ] The Lord Sudeley, Rev Basil Watson, OBE, MA, RN(Retd). | |||
| Western Goals was essentially an ] and ultra-conservative organisation. Its 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 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 inn 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 ]. | |||
| At the October 1988 ] Conference, Western Goals UK held a fringe meeting on the subject of "International Terrorism - how the West can fight back". The speakers were Sir ], ],], and ]. Peter Dally of ]'s UK Chapter, the ], was in the chair and an 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). | |||
| 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'. The December edition cited AVR Smith as the ''Young Europeans for World Freedom'' Secretary-General. | |||
| Smith had a very long letter from Western Goals UK published in '']'' on 1 January 1989, entitled ''Links with Terrorists'', which was wide-ranging in those it encompassed. | |||
| On 5 May 1989 Western Goals UK issued a joint Press Release with Major-General ]'s Free World Foundation attacking ]'s Marxist dictator, Daniel Ortega, 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
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