The army manoeuvies around Heathrow Airport are Just one of the first of a series of moves to accustom the "British public to co-operation between the army and the police. While it would he ridiculus to say that the British ruling class is at present aiming at a military coup. nevertletes it is consciously stepping up the infegration of the army and the other fonoes of repression at all levels, to the north of Ireland, of course, the integration of the army and the police is total Ariny exports are used for torture-politely se ferned to as 'interrogation"-and there is a complete interlinking of intelligence services. All thisisin line with the views of the chief of army infantry training, Brigadier Frank Kitson, who has been appointed to his job as an expert in "subversion.' Hath's understanding on this point was charly spelt out at his spech at the United Nations in October 1970 when he suid: *in the 1970s divil war, not war between nations, will be the main danger we will This type of thinking lads cicarly towards strong' forms of police force trained by the army. This can be seco in the traiming of the spocial anti-picker squads of the police in army methods, This is in line with most countrics in to have to move out of the reatm Europe in Germany, for example, under the guise of anti-terrorist activities lane sections of the police are receiving arney training, while in Italy it has been revealed that the fascist organisations have been recciving training from the Talian army in is taining camps in the. Pisa area. In Entain, hawever, these policics face bie obstacks There ane still momories of the period before 1914 when the use of the when the army shot down workers This is why, for example, the introduction of troops to try to hroak the Glugow firo mens strike had to be done so sirefully. The bourgeoisie, therefors, break the thing in gradually by supposed anti-terrorist activities which are going to be extended to other cities. The troops at Heathrow luv nothing to do with so-called "terrorism'-this can be soon from the simple fact that they are withdrawn at night fond of the best times for an atlacki.
The working class movemenl must understand the dangers of the Gosemment's now moves. The demands for the richt of political organisation in the army and for to have to none out of the rect of propaganda,