Hello, my friends, this is Dr. Beter. Today is December 22, 1977, and this is my Audio letter No. 29.

Three days from now will be Christmas Sunday, 1977. On that day my family and I will join millions of others around the world in celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Like other proud parents, I look forward especially to watching my three small children as they open their gifts. For them, Christmas is a time of pure joy, and that helps to make it so for us grown-ups as well. Even so this Christmas they will not be receiving the one present I wish they could have most of all, the gift of a future to look forward to--a future of freedom, instead of slavery; a future of plenty, instead of scarcity; a future of real peace, instead of deliberate war. If I had the power to grant my children an abundant future of freedom and peace all by myself, I’d do it, but that is not possible. They cannot look forward to a future like that unless all of our children can do the same; and, my friends, the future which we as a nation are bequeathing to our trusting children is one for which we deserve to be chastised severely by our Lord. Much has been entrusted to us, and we have not measured up to that trust. My three topics for today are: Topic #1--CYCLONES, AIR QUAKES, AND SOVIET INTIMIDATION OF AMERICA; Topic #2--THE DISMANTLING OF THE NATO ALLIANCE; and Topic #3--AMERICA’S BETRAYAL INTO A NEW BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION.