{Overlord}[c.28th July 1980]

[Redbook2:166-167][19800728:1230]{Overlord}[c.28^th July 1980]

19800728.1230

The 'Overlord' concept: the international conflicts are of such complexity and are so interlocked that specialist negotiators will never solve the problem: only 'overlords' from each party, with the power to negotiate (and to bind?) in any area, can do so.

For example: the North[-]South dialogue is being held up not least by Britain. Britain itself has trade problems which contribute to this attitude. Therefore Developed-Nation trade cannot be separated from North-South inequalities. More money would be available for the Third World (from own and others' resources) if they stopped spending disproportionate sums of money on arms. But each arms budget is measured against someone else's. This is partly a consequence of the availability of arms from Developed Countries. But this is part of East-West conflict, carried out in the Third World. Therefore, to help the Third World financially the North must end its East-West rivalries. But this requires trust, open inspection, a respected United Nations – and that requires a U.N. probably consisting of stateless persons....

So – to mention only a few major items – it seems that Third World Poverty, Developed Nation Trade, the East-West Arms Race and the United Nations must all be treated together. To this, without stretching the imagination, one could add Nuclear Power, Energy, Natural Resources, Ecology, Racial differences, Cultural identity, National territory, Religious awareness....

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