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'''Western Goals (UK)''' was a right-wing 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 alleged Marxist affiliations was circulated and gained widespread press attention. 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 '']''.

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 ], MP, Merlin Hanbury-Tracy ], 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 ], 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 ]'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).

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 ].

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 The December edition cited AVR Smith as Secretary-General of the ''Young Europeans for World Freedom''.

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 but included the ], ], the ], and urged readers to write to the ]. On 15 January ] had a letter on behalf of Western Goals published in '']'' attacking Sir Brian Young, Director of ] and their blatantly Left-wing political activities in Britain and abroad. On the 22 January Western Goals UK was mentioned in '']'' (in an article about ]) for 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 this is compiled form "first-hand material from the local population and inteeligence sources" and much is made of ]'s connections with ]; it attacks ].

On 5 May 1989 Western Goals UK issued a joint Press Release with Major-General ]'s Free World Foundation attacking ]'s 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. 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.

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